Month: February 2016

Let’s Cook ~ Fishcake, tofu and string beans spicy stirfried

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Do enjoy the flavor of lime leaves again from this simple dish.

 

 Ingredients:

*  6 pieces fishcake (ready-made), sliced sloping

* 1 pc white tofu, cut, fried, set aside

* 100 gr string beans, cut 2cm

* onion, chopped

* garlic, chopped

* red chili and cayenne, cut          

* 3 pcs lime leaves, sliced thin

* salt

* white pepper

* cooking oil

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Cooking steps:

* sauté garlic, onion, and chilies in 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, stir until it smells good

* add fishcake, stir 2 minutes

* add string beans, stir 3 minutes

* add fried tofu, stir 2 minutes

* add salt, white pepper, stir until everything is well mixed

* the last, sprinkle the lime leaves onto the dish, stir a while until the aroma of lime leaves is smelled

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“Enjoy the simplicity thru the simple-but-tasty food .” ~my thought~

Serpong, 25th February 2016, 19.08

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Let’s cook ~ Broccoli Fishballs in Oyster Sauce

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I always love the aroma of ginger, garlic and onion being sauted in olive oil.

 

Ingredients:

* broccoli

* half piece carrot, sliced as matchsticks

* 8 pcs fishball, cut half, then sliced

* 1 egg, make omelette, then sliced thin, set aside

* spring onion, sliced

* onion, chopped

* garlic, chopped

* salt

* white pepper

* 1,5 cm ginger, sliced

* oyster sauce

* soy sauce(kecap manis), if like

* 2 table spoons olive oil

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Cooking steps:

* sauté garlic, onion, and ginger in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, stir until it smells good

* add fishball, stir 1 minute

* add carrot and broccoli, stir 3 minutes

* add salt, white pepper, oyster sauce, and soy sauce

* add spring onion

* put some thin slices of omelette as garnish

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“Eat vegetable and have a fun day!” ~my thought~

Serpong, 18th February 2016, 13.59

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Let’s cook ~ Meatballs Vegetable Soup

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I’m in the mood of cooking meatball and fishball dishes, so there will be some menus using these ingredients  during this week.

Ingredients:

* 10 pcs meatball, cut 4 each

* carrot, sliced thin

* baby corn, lengthwise cut

* mustard green (caisim)

* 1 pc white tofu, cut, fried, set aside

* spring onion, sliced

* celery, sliced

* half pc tomato, cut

* onion, chopped

* garlic, chopped

* 1,5 cm ginger, sliced

* salt

* white pepper

* 2 table spoons sesame oil

* 1500 ml water

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Cooking steps:

* sauté garlic, onion  and ginger in 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, stir until it smells good

* add carrot and baby corn, stir 2 minutes

* add meatballs, stir 1 minute

* add salt and white pepper

* add water, cook until its boiling point

* add fried tofu, stir

* add mustard green, stir

* the last, add sliced spring onion, celery and tomato

* served while the soup is still hot/warm

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“Being creative is absolutely needed in the kitchen” ~my thought~

Serpong, 18th February 2016, 10.44

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Let’s cook – Bubur Sumsum (rice flour porridge)

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Such a dainty and tasty Indonesian dessert. Easy to make, but it’s really good.

 

Ingredients for the porridge:

* 300 gram good quality rice flour

* 1500 ml thick coconut milk

* 2 pcs pandan leave,washed and make knots

* 1 teaspoon salt

 

Ingredients for the sauce

* 350 gram brown sugar, thinly scraped

* 1 pc pandan leave, washed and cut into 5 pcs

* 2 tablespoon white sugar

* 150 ml water

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Making steps:

* Put rice flour, salt and 750 ml (approx.) coconut milk in a bowl, mix them well, then set aside

* Boil the other 750 ml coconut milk on small cooking fire while keep stirring

* Add 2 knots of pandan leave into the boiled coconut milk

* Add the mixture of rice flour, salt, and coconut milk into the boiled coconut milk, keep slowly stirring until it’s getting condensed and denser, lift from the burner and set aside

* Boil brown sugar in water, add pandan leave cutlets, cook until its boiling point

* If needed, filter the sauce out, to make it dregs free

* Serve porridge with brown sugar sauce. I add some slices of roasted almond as topping.  It is seriously dainty and tasty!

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“Life is sweet, enjoy the sweetness to the fullest” ~my thought~

Serpong, 8th February 2016, 20.07

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