Serves 4 At night, Indonesian like to drop by to stalls selling assorted sate. They will also order ‘tongseng’ to go with the rice and the sate. This is not something that I like or will order. It is basically soup with goat meat and shredded cabbage served hot. Lately, my friends were sending me…
Serves 4 Green Moong Dal is a very healthy bean that we Indonesian believes will help pregnant woman have babies with thick hair and have more breast milk.This is also a supplement for toddlers to prevent them from malnutrition in the early stages. The common method of preparing this is to make it as a…
Serves 4 I was craving for some cassava leaves curry, unfortunately cassava leafs are very rare here in Japan. So, I googled to find inspirations from other fellow Indonesians living abroad and most of them refer ‘Kale’as substitute. Oh,this is great, Kale is in season and it was delivered by my grocery store today. You…
Makes 16 Pieces A very popular snack found in local coffee stalls or fried snack stalls, ‘bala-bala’ will always be there. So, I think it is necessary to add this recipe because the food is imbedded in the daily life of the Indonesians. Very easy to make, just add all the ingredients in a bowl…
Serves 2 A lunch buffet stall menu, “stir fry squid in black ink”, they usually use the small squid and add chopped green chilies. Large squids is here in season and I change the green chili to chopped green onion. Squid black ink gives that unique tasty flavor to the dish. I couldn’t have enough…
Makes 8 patties A popular lunch buffet dish, ‘perkedel kentang’ or potato perkedel. This dish is very often served in Indonesian homes together with another chili dish and plain chicken soup. It taste like the western croquette but without the bread crumbs. A very humble recipe and mostly liked by toddlers. Ingredients: 100 gr minced…
Serves 3 I think the best tasting deep fried omelet is the one sold in Padang restaurants. It is tasty and thick. For years I wondered how they made it, it turns out that they use duck eggs and chili relish as spices. To keep it strong, they use corn starch or flour then deep…
There are those times, when I open up the snack box in meetings and wish that it was ‘Kue Lumpur’. If I am lucky, the cake will be in the box but most of the time it will not be there. What I like about the cake is it’s moistly texture with coconut and egg…
Makes 20 Mini Martabaks Mini martabaks are usually sold in morning markets or near elementary schools. The bigger versions are usually sold at night stalls. There are two versions of ‘martabak’. The salty egg based version (recipe here) called Martabak Telor, that uses duck eggs. The other is the sweet version that has various names…
Serves 3 This recipe is a typical lunch stall dish variations. They are so easy to make and the taste is so homy that it becomes one of people’s favorite side dish. Any fish with hard meat structure will do. The basic spices are those to make ‘oseng-oseng’,sweet soy sauce and fresh chili. Pike is…
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