Bumbu Dasar (Basic Spice Paste) is an important in Indonesian cooking and varies depend on the colour matter. My Bumbu Dasar Kuning (Basic Yellow Spice Paste) was posted in 2011 and can be handy when you need to cook something yellow while this Bumbu Dasar Putih (Basic White Spice Paste) is good for making many …
Bumbu Dasar Putih Recipe (Indonesian Basic White Spice Paste) Read More »
This recipe is perfect for meatless Monday. I saw the fennel bulb at the market but never knew what to make from it until I opened up Michael Smith’s cookbook and now I’m hooked. At the beginning of my introduction to fennel bulb, I used his cookbook as my guidance to make salad which was …
Fennel, Avocado, Pea Shoot and Orange Blood Salad with Sesame Dressing Read More »
On the way to Pasar Senggol Gianyar, my eyes were seeing that make me happy, a place to get food props. I saw a sign “Pipin’s Lombok Traditional Art Shop”. Hmm Lombok island has many pretty crafts too. So, I asked Bli Yudi to stop. Since he is in a restaurant business, he enjoys browsing …
After dropping all my luggages at 100 Sunset Boutique Hotel and filling up our belly at Warung Lawar Kartika with Lawar (Balinese meat salad), Sate Lilit Sapi (Bali Beef Sate) and Sop Sapi (Beef Soup), my ride took me to Ubud. Ubud is a very nice place to relax in Bali. It’s not so crowded …
Beet roots are often eaten in my household. I usually make them into salad, fritters or food colouring. Then, I turned the beets into chips after seeing a picture on pinterest that was pinned from Donna Hay as I needed an idea on how to utilize my Sumac. The original idea was making chips from …
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 …
Torch Ginger or Wild Ginger (Etlingera elatior) is another valuable plant to be used in Indonesian Cooking. Not only the flower and young shoot/bud, the fruit is added an exotic flavour into some Indonesian foods. With many different dialects in the country, Torch Ginger has many different names. The common Indonesian name is Kecombrang when …
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 …
