As other Indonesian salads, pecel (or known as pecal) is enjoyed with a company of warmed cooked rice or lontong, other protein sources (such as fish, chicken, beef, tempe(h) or tofu) and crackers. For those who know about gado-gado, lotek and karedok, you may love pecel as well. – Gado-gado: peanut (sometimes mix with cashew nuts) base …
Pecel Recipe (Java Style Salad with Peanut Sambal) Read More »
From the name siomay, you can tell this food had an influence from the Chinese who immigrated to Indonesia long time ago. A word of siomay itself is derived from shaomai (also spelled shui mai, shu mai, sui mai, sui maai, shui mei, siu mai, shao mai, siew mai or siomai), the traditional Chinese dumpling. …
Siomay Bandung Recipe (Bandung Steamed Dumplings with Peanut Sambal) Read More »
Another dish that I used to have when I still lived in my parents’ house. I wasn’t aware of this dish’s name until Renny told me. Yeah, I recreated the dish to what I recalled. Then I chatted with my brother. He asked to our helper at home. And Renny was right. The name is …
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Tempe or tempeh is an Indonesian soybean cake. In order making sambal tumpang, you need tempe semangit. Semangit is derived from a word “sangit” which is meant less pleasant odour. A word “semangit” usually is followed after a word “tempe”, and known as Tempe semangit. What is tempe semangit and is it different from tempe? …
Cantik means pretty while manis means sweet. It’s straight forward translated from its name. Even though the name is cantik manis, I reduced the sugar amount from the recipe that I saw in my Yasa Boga cookbook. It’s very easy to make, no steaming or baking process. Cantik manis is also popular during Ramadan in …
Cantik Manis Recipe (Indonesian Sweet Pretty Cake) Read More »
A snack that I recalled from my childhood and was loved by maternal grandpa. Surely, this snack is loved by our family especially my baby brother. I enjoyed it for my iftar. Iftar is an evening meal during Ramadan which the Muslims can break their fast. Since I was in Indonesia, I like my iftar …
At least once a week, I had this Sayur Bening Bayam when I still resided at my parents’ house. It’s very light soup with lots of health benefits. As my maternal side is Eastern Javanese, we enjoy this with dadar jagung (Indonesian corn fritters/pancakes) and sambal terasi. Sayur bening bayam, dadar jagung and sambal terasi …
Sayur Bening Bayam Merah Recipe (Indonesian Red Amaranth Clear Soup) Read More »
Tahu Bacem is perfect for summer BBQ. Instead of buying tofu or vegetarian burger at the stores for your vegetarian guests, why you don’t try to make this Tahu Bacem. Many recipes of this sweet marinated tofu apply frying process. However, some people like to BBQ them on top of the charcoal. People on the …
These Deep Fried Stuffed Tofus have some different names in Indonesia beside Tahu Isi such as Tahu Berontak, Gehu, Tahu Bunting, Tahu Susur, Tahu Sumpel. Since I grew up in East Java, I know the name of this dish is Tahu Berontak. Literally, Tahu means Tofu and Berontak means Struggle. What a weird name! Tahu …
First and foremost, I would like to say thank you very very much for the birthday wishes that I received through emails and facebook. Also, I got a nice breakfast in bed from my husband, a glass of berries (acai, blueberry, blackberry and boysenberry) smoothie and a glass of strawberry soy milk. Thank you, Pung! …
Tahu Pong Semarang Recipe (Tofu Puff and Shrimp Fritter with Hot Sweet and Sour Sauce) Read More »
