Today is the last day of 2012 and I know I have been bad by not updating my blog lately. I apologize for that! In the year of 2013, I promise to showcase much more Indonesian and Asian recipes. I also would like wishing all my loyal readers a Happy and Flourishing New Year with …
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I have Meyer Lemons’ picture long before I went for holiday last May. These lemons have a named after Frank Nicholas Meyer, an agricultural explorer and employee of USDA who introduced them to the US in 1908. That time was my first time trying Meyer Lemons which are a crossbreed between lemon and orange. These Meyer …
Guava or Indonesians call for Jambu Biji is another tropical fruit that I miss. In Canada, I’m able to buy it but again it’s not as sweet and red as the ones that I used to get in Indonesia. Rally on my Indonesia trip is what I have been doing since June. What I usually …
Kedondong (Ambarella) is another tropical fruit that I adore for rujak. Rujak Manis (or known as Rujak Buah) and Rujak Cingur are often added by kedondong (ambarella). If you are new to Indonesian Food, Rujak is basically a fruit salad. My rujak manis recipe has been posted before. But I would love to make my …
BILIMBI Bilimbi (belimbing sayur or belimbing wuluh in Indonesian) is one of fruit ingredients in Indonesian cooking and Asam Sunti is the sun-dried form of bilimbi. Both are used to give a tart or sour flavour in Indonesian recipes beside tamarind. This bilimbi tree has been grown at my family’s house front yard since I …
Beside Es Campur (iced mix), Es teler is another mix ice that Indonesians are fond of. The Westerners may think es teler as a cold dessert but the Indonesian categorizes it as a beverage 🙂 The basic es teler mainly uses avocado, jackfruit and young coconut meat. However many people add different things such as …
Durian Pancake is a popular dessert in 3 Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. I don’t know why it’s called Pancake while the shape is similar to Crêpe that is filled and fold like an envelope. The Indonesian dark coffee (kopi tubruk) would be perfect to company this dessert. I had Betty before …
I was randomly asking on twitter, “which mooncake do you like the traditional or snowy ones? I personally like the snowy one. However, since I wasn’t grown up with mooncake I didn’t taste the one that a friend of mine, Tuty likes. She likes the Indonesian mooncake ” Sin Hap Hoat” brand (Flavours: chocolate, cheese, raisins, durian,cashews). …
I honestly tried guacamole for the first time when I moved to Canada. For us the Southeast Asian nations, avocado is for a sweet based beverage which I often enjoy with a mix of coffee and/or chocolate condensed milk; Jus Alpukat (Avocado Shake). To almost all Indonesians’ mind, avoacado is related to something sweet not …
Perfect and enjoyable for hot summer day! Asinan Bogor (Bogor Fruit Pickle). It’s really easy to make and you can use any fruits that you like. In this recipe, I substituted the chili pepper for scotch bonnet pepper. I also used tropical fruits that I used to enjoy back when I was in Indonesia. Too …
