Es Cendol (Es Dawet) // Cold pandan dessert with coconut milk and sugar topped with Jackfruit - Masak Bareng

The dessert's basic ingredients consist of coconut milk, starch noodles with green food coloring (usually sourced from the pandan leaf), and palm sugar. Red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, creamed corn, and shaved ice are optional additions. Cendol has become a quintessential part of cuisine among the multi-racial population in Southeast Asia and is often sold by vendors at roadsides, hawker centres and food courts.

Cendol vendors are a common sight in Indonesian cities. In the Javanese language, cendol refers to the jelly-like part of the beverage, while the combination of cendol, palm sugar and coconut milk is called dawet. (Wikipedia)

"Masak Bareng" event this time refer to the cold drinks on Ramadan (Fasting Mont or Holly Month for Muslim), it is very common to serve sweet dessert or drinks for break the fast and there are lots more dessert vendors we could find, during this time of the month (only).

I used my big pasta strainer to make this because i don't have that special strainer for Cendol, tiring but worthed... and my Hubby plus Daugher love it!


Cendol

650 ml air // water
2 sdm air daun suji pandan// pandan Leave--i used drops of pandan paste
75 g tepung hunkwe // mung bean flour
25 g tepung beras // rice flour

Kuah:// syrup

1 liter santan dari // 1000 ml coconut milk
1/2 sdt garam// salt
1 lembar daun pandan, potong-potong // pandan leave- make a kno
250 g gula merah// coconut sugar
75 g gula pasir// sugar
150 ml air// water

5 mata nangka, buang bijinya, potong kecil// Jackfruit, cut into small diced
Es batu, hancurkan // Crushed ice

Cara membuat:// Method

1. Cendol: Campur tepung hunkue dan tepung beras dengan 200 ml air. Masak sisa air bersama air daun suji hingga mendidih. // Mix together 200 ml water mungbean flour and rice flour.Boil the remain water(800ml) with pandan paste.
2.Masukkan larutan tepung hunkue sambil aduk cepat hingga bening dan matang. Angkat.// Add mungbean mixture and whisk generously until clear or cooked. Set aside.
3. Siapkan cetakan dawet, taruh di atas baskom berisi air es. Tuangkan adonan panas ke atas cetakan, gosok-gosok hingga butiran dawet jatuh ke baskom.Tiriskan, rendam dalam air matang dingin. Sisihkan.// Prepare ice water on the big bowl, pour in the hot mixture trough the strainer, use spoon to push if necessary, on top of the ice water bowl.

Kuah:// Syrup : Rebus santan bersama semua bahan hingga mendidih. Angkat, dinginkan. Angkat, saring. // Mix all the ingredient together and boil, set aside, cooled.

Penyajian: // how to serve: Taruh cendol di gelas-gelas saji. Beri es, kuah santan gula merah, terakhir nangka, Sajikan dingin. // Prepare dessert glass, add Cendol, crushed ice, syrup and topped with diced jackfruit.

Semur Betawi (Sweet Spiced Beef in Jakarta Style)

Hello Everyone, seems like an ages I've been neglected my Blog, so dusty in here, Hehe...

Well apart from my busy days, it has been very cold and dark earlier in the winter here, that makes me lazy to take a picture due to lack of lighting, but of course I'm still cooking variety of food everyday.

I also busy with my one and only daughter Ellyn, she's growing up a lot faster than i thought! She's a chatterbox girl yet very clever :)




Before i forget (although it's a bit late), i wanted to say, happy Fasting for my Muslim friends all over the world! Happy Ramadan. here is a smile from my daughter.

Btw i hope you had a great time and enjoy my Picture plus the recipe...
(this is one of the menu on my Wedding feast!)




Semur Betawi (Sweet Spiced Beef in Jakarta Style)


Ingredients:

* 500gr of beef meat, cut into diced
* 200gr of washed potatoes, cut into 2

Grind Ingredients:

* 6 cloves of small brown onion
* 4 cloves of garlic
* 2 cm of ginger,bruised
* 4 candle nuts
* 1tsp of ground coriander
* 1tsp of ground white pepper
* 2tsp of ground nutmeg
* 1/4 tsp cumin
* Salt & Pepper

* 2 dried cloves
* 1 cinnamon stick
* 2 tomato, cut into 4
* 5 Tbsp of sweet soy sauce (indonesian kecap manis)
* 1 tbsp cooking oil
* 100 ml water
Fried Shallot to garnish

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a big pot, sauteed the grind ingredients, add meat, cook until colour has changed.
2. Add tomatoes, Sweet soy sauce, Cinnamon stick, cloves. Stir until mixed together, then pour in the water.
3. Simmer until all the water absorbed and meat is tender.
Sprinkle with fried shallot
Serve with Rice.

Individual Cottage Pie

Kids will love this pie, especially my daughter :) she's really good eater, she would finish one and half of the pie. Try to put any veggies you like.



Individual Cottage Pie

ingredients (serves 4)

* 1 brown onion
* 1 zucchini (i skip this and used frozen peas, carrot and corn)
* 1 garlic clove (crushed)
* 2 tsp olive oil
* 400g extra lean beef mince
* 1 tbs flour
* 1 1/4 cups beef stock
* 1/3 cup tomato sauce
* 1kg peeled and chopped potatoes
* 1/3 cup warm milk
* 1 cup low fat cheese

Method:

1. Fry brown onion,finely chopped, with 1 crushed garlic clove in 2 tsp olive oil. Cook for 7 mins. Add 400g extra lean beef mince, cook on high heat until browned. Stir in 1 tbs flour, cook for 1 minute. Add 1 1/4 cups beef stock and 1/3 cup tomato sauce, add frozen veg and season.
2. Boil 1kg peeled and chopped potatoes until tender. Drain and mash. Beat in 1/3 cup warm skim milk and season well.
3. Spoon mixture into an ovenproof dish. Spread the mashed potato over and sprinkle over 1 cup low-fat cheese. Bake in 200°C oven for 15 minutes. (I used individual aluminium pie case).

Source

Fresh Living - April 2005, Page 36
Recipe by Alison Roberts revised by Ti

Nasi goreng sereh plus bakso // Lemongrass fried rice with meatball

Whoa... deadline again for "masak bareng" (cooking together), i missed last month event due to my tight schedule ;P so i tried to catch up with this month theme fried rice. So far this is the only event that i follow regulary, apart from another new one call "NCC" and click event.

As Indonesian, i love fried rice and we have many different kind of fried rice or "Nasi Goreng". This is the most famous Indonesian dish so far, along with "Rendang, gado-gado and sate".

I made this for our lunch on Sunday, the original recipe is not contain meatball, but i always need some meat on my meal. Photo session only took me about 5 minutes, with crying toddler on the background :( yess it's very limited time and i hate it cos i don't do it properly.




recipe source: Nadrah shahab revised by Ti

Nasi goreng sereh plus bakso // Lemongrass fried rice with meatball

Bahan:// Ingredients

2 cups Nasi Putih // cooked rice
1 Wortel, iris tipis // Carrot, cut into matchstick
50 g Buncis muda, iris // green beans, cut into matchstick
100 g Bakso sapi, iris tipis // beef meatball, sliced


bumbu:Herbs

1 Bawang Bombay, iris kasar // Onion, sliced
2 Bawang Putih, cacang halus // clove garlic, chopped
2 Serai, iris tipis // lemongrass, sliced
3 Daun jeruk purut, buang batang tengahnya, iris tipis // Lime leave, discard the middle part, sliced
Jahe,iris tipis // ginger, sliced
2 Cabe merah, iris halus // red chillies, sliced
Garam, Gula secukupnya // salt and sugar to season
1 tbsp Minyak untuk menumis // 1 tbsp oil


CaraMembuat: // Method

- Matangkan semua sayuran terlebih dahulu , lalu sisihkan.// Saute or cook carrot and green beans, set aside.
- Tumis semua bumbu, dan bakso lalu campur dengan nasi seperti bikin nasi goreng biasa. // Heat Oil, saute all the herbs, add meatballs, then add rice, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Setelah rata dengan bumbu, lalu masukkan semua sayuran dan aduk hingga rata dan beri garam & gula. // Add cooked vegetabes, mix well again and cook for 15-20 minutes, season with salt and sugar.
- Sajikan. // Serve hot.

sayuran dapat di ganti sesuai selera, seperti brokoli atau lainnya sesuai selera.

Teriyaki Rice burger ala Koki & Click Event

Click is monthly event about food photography that i usually participate, host by Bee and Jai. This month theme is wood, but of course must related to the food, so i choose this rice burger with the chopstick and sushi mats to create Japanese style/ decoration.

Bahan:

1 fillet dada ayam, potong 4, pipihkan // Chicken fillet, cut into 4, flatten
50 g tepung maizena // cornstarch
1 sdm // tbsp of sugar
1 sdm mirin
2 sdm soy sauce
2 sdm salad oil
500 gr nasi hangat, bentuk bulat pipih sebanyak 8 // warm cooked rice, make 8 round flat shape
4-8 lettuce
4 bawang bombay, potong bentuk ring // onion, sliced
1 tomato
6 sdm mayonnaise
2 sdm teriyaki sauce
1 Nori // seaweed

Method:

1. Campur fillet ayam dengan gula, mirin dan soy sauce, diamkan 30 menit. // Mix chicken fillet with sugar, mirin and soy sauce, set aside for 30 mins.
2. Angkat ayam, gulingkan diatas tepung maizena hingga rata. // Coated chicken with cornstarch until well coated.
3. Panaskan minyak salad diatas wajan datar anti lengket, panggang hingga matang sambil sesekali di balik. Angkat. // Heat oil in flat saucepan, add chicken and cook until well browned both side, set aside.
4. Campur mayones, san saus teriyaki, aduk rata. Ambil 2 buah nasi, olesi dengan campuran mayones.// Mix mayonnaise with teriyaki sauce. Spread some mixture to the flat rice.
5. Susun diatas nasi : daun selada, ayam panggang, tomat dan bawang bombay. // Lay the flat rice and arrange the lettuce, cooked chicken, tomato and onion ring top with rice.
6. Hias dengan nori.// Decorated with seaweed.
Sajikan.// Serve

Serve 4
Recipe Source: Koki Magazine- Feb 2009

Puding Stroberi Busa (Strawberry Foam Pudding)

Pudding ini sebenarnya saya buat pas Valentine kemarin, tapi saya lihat NCC mengadakan event berjudul :Puding week NCC", jadi sekalian aja saya berpartisipasi.

Ini resep asli dari Alm Ruri, walaupun saya belum pernah bertemu beliau langsung semasa hidupnya, tapi saya sering mengunjungi blognya sampai sekarang, dan mencoba resep-resepnya. untuk Vla-nya saya buat dari Custard powder.

Puding Stroberi Busa

Bahan :
500 ml air
250 gr gula pasir
2 bungkus agar agar
150 gr stoberi
250 ml air
4 butir putih telur
sedikit pewarna merah

Caranya :

* Blender stroberi dengan 250 ml air, jangan terlalu halus, biar bijinya masih ada, jadi kesan stroberinya masih kuat
* Masak 500 ml air dengan gula dan agar agar sampai mendidih
* Campurkan blenderan stroberi kedalam larutan agar agar
* Sementara itu, kocok putih telur sampai mengembang kaku
* Campurkan larutan agar plus stroberi kedalam putih telur sambil terus dimixer dengan speed rendah
* Teruskan kocok campuran agar dan putih telur sampai tidak panas lagi
* Basahin loyang tulban dengan air es, tuang campuran agar ke dalam loyang, diamkan sampai keras di lemari es
* Hidangkan dengan vla vanila

Lodho Ayam (Tulung Agung)

Sorry, but this time i will post the recipe in Indonesian language friends...

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Bangga deh dengan masakan Indonesia yang beragam, walaupun bahan bakunya ayam, tapi ada banyak sekali resep berbeda (bahkan satu pulau bisa mempunyai aneka macam resep ayam).


Hidup di negeri orang itu bagiku banyak sekali enaknya perjuangannya, apalagi kalo lagi kangen sama masakan Indonesia, harus berjuang sendiri di dapur untuk menghasilkan makanan yang diinginkan, dan sesuai dengan lidah kita.

Walaupun sudah banyak restaurant Indonesia disini, tapi tetap aja, menu mereka ngak selengkap di Indo, yang mereka sajikan ya itu- itu aja (yang ada di menu list), se- sekali ok lah, tapi kan lama-lama bosen juga dong.

Dengan berbagai keterbatasan bahan, kadang-kadang kita harus pinter-pinter cari bahan pengganti yang mirip, (tapi biasanya sih kalo buat bumbu-bumbu udah mulai gampang di dapatkan di sini, banyak toko-toko Asia, bahkan Indonesia), tapi yang paling penting adalah melestarikan kuliner Indonesia, ya ngak??, bahkan saya selalu kasih resep Indonesia ke teman-teman bule disini (sebagian dari mereka tertarik untuk coba-coba masakan indonesia).

Sambil ngetik, sambil nahan air liur nihh... hehe.

Ini dia resepnya, dapat dari Tabloid Nova.

Bahan:

1 Ekor ayam, belah dadanya tidak putus, tekan melebar (i cut into 8 pieces)
750 ml santan dari 1 btr kelapa (i used Kara instant coconut milk)
20 buah cabai rawit merah utuh
5 lembar daun salam
3 tangkai sereh, memarkan
5 lembar daun jeruk
1 sdt garam
3 sdm minyak untuk menumis
arang untuk membakar (i used grill oven)

Haluskan:

6 bawang putih
4 siung bawang merah
5 kemiri
1 sdt ketumbar bubuk
1/2 sdt jinten bubuk

Pelengkap:

Nasi gurih dan urap I skip this

Cara membuat:

1. Tumis bumbu halus sampai harum, tuang santan, aduk hingga beruap.
2. Masukkan ayam, kecilkan api, masak hingga matang. Angkat, lalu sisihkan kuah kentalnya, bakar ayam diatas bara api hingga harum (atau grill sambai kecoklatan).
3. Masukkan cabai rawit ke dalam kuah santan sisa rebusan, masak lagi sambil diaduk hingga matang.
4. Siapkan nasi gurih, sajikan ayam bakar dengan urap.