Pompom potatoes

Pompom potatoes or usually known as tater tots is a snack made from deep fried grated potato. Recognize as crispy, ball shaped snack, I tried to make with cheesy filling.

Ingredients:

Fresh potato

salt, pepper powder

grated garlic

well shaken egg

wheat flour

grated cheddar cheese

breadcrumbs

fried oil

mayonaise

sambals

directions:

steam potato for 15 minutes and then grated

add salt, pepper powder, grated garlic into the grated potato and mix them all

add egg, wheat flour and cheddar cheese and mix them all 

make the potato dough into small balls

roll it into breadcrumbs

deep fry

serve pompom potatoes with mayonaise and sambals

Tongseng Jamur

Tongseng is goat meat, mutton or beef stew dish in curry-like soup with vegetables and sweet soy sauce. Originally from Surakarta in Indonesian province of Central Java.

The soup is made of ground mixture of garlic, shallot, black pepper, ginger, coriander, galangal, bay leaves and lemongrass sauteed with palm oil until it gets aromatic. The diced meat then poured into the sauteed mixture until cooked. Add water until it boiled and add sweet soy sauce with tamarind juice. After the boiled mixture reduces, add shredded cabbages and sliced tomato. Some versions are prepared using coconut milk.

Tongseng is usually served with hot steamed rice. Today we will find not only meat as main ingredients but mushroom is also can be the alternative. So, here the mushroom tongseng recipe:

Ingredients:

fresh button mushroom

coconut milk

mineral water

fine spices: shallot, garlic, ginger, turmeric, nutmeg, pepper powder, galangal

lime leaves, bay leaves

cabbage

red cayenne pepper

fresh tomato

palm sugar

sweet soy sauce

salt

directions:

stir fry the fine spices until it smells good

add lime leaves and bay leaves

add coconut milk and mineral water, mix them all

add button mushroom, chopped cabbage, red cayenne pepper and chopped tomato

add palm sugar, sweet soy sauce and salt

cook until all ingredients is cooked

serve with hot steamed rice

Simple chicken congee

Who doesn't know chicken congee? Everyone knows congee. Congee is a type of rice porridge so popular in Asian country. Including Indonesia. People in Indonesia usually eat chicken congee for breakfast. Chicken congee here is served with shredded chicken meat and then serve with fresh chopped spring onion, fried shallot, fried soybean and chinese crullers called cakwe. Here, I share how to cook a simple chicken congee which using fast food fried chicken which we can find it anywhere.

Ingredients:

rice

mineral water

salt

bay leaves

chicken feet

fine spices: shallot. garlic. turmeric, pepper powder, coriander and nutmeg

shredded chicken meat ( I used fast food fried chicken)

celery, fine chopped

dried red chilli powder

directions:

cook rice and mineral water on the pan

add salt, bay leaves and chicken feet

meanwhile, stir fry the fine spices, add into rice porridge and mix them all

add shredded chicken meat, celery and dried red chilli powder

mix them all

cook until all ingredients is cooked

serve hot is better

Gulai telur ikan padang

Gulai is a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce commonly found in Indonesia and Malaysia. The main ingredients might be poultry, beef, mutton, various kinds of offal, fish and seafood, and also vegetables such as cassava leaves and unripe jackfruit. The gulai sauces commonly have a thick consistency with yellowish color because of the addition of ground turmeric. Gulai sauce ingredients consist of rich spices such as turmeric, coriander, black pepper, galangal, ginger, chilli pepper, shallot, garlic,fennel, lemongrass, cinnamon and caraway, ground into paste and cooked in coconut milk with the main ingredients.

Gulai is originated in Sumatra, Indonesia and is thought to be the local adaptation of Indian curry, developed and derived from Indian and influence on Indonesian cuisine. The dish is popular and widely served in the Indonesian archipelago, especially in Sumatra, Java and also Malay peninsula and Borneo. The thick and yellowish gulai sauce is one of the most common sauces in Minangkabau cuisine, to gave a rich and spicy taste to meats, fish, or vegetables. The ingredients are simmered and slowly cooked in coconut milk, spice mixture and chili pepper. The thick golden, yellowish, succulent and spicy gulai sauce has become the hallmark of Padang restaurant's window display everywhere. In Padang, smart cooking means the capability of preparing gulai. The gulai sauce found in Minangkabau, Aceh, and Malay cuisine usually has a thicker consistency, while the gulai in Java is thinner, served in soup-like dishes containing pieces of mutton, beef or offal. Gulai is usually served with steamed rice, however, some recipes such as goat or mutton gulai might be served with roti canai. 

Today, i tried to make Gulai telur ikan Padang (the Padangnese fish egg gulai) which is commonly in Padang restaurant. Here the ingredients:

Steamed fish egg cake, cut into 8 pieces

fine spices: shallot, garlic, red chilli, red cayenne pepper, coriander powder, ginger, turmeric, salt, sugar

bay leaves

coconut milk

mineral water

directions:

stir fry with margarine, the fine spices until it smells good

add coconut milk and mineral water

add steamed fish egg cake

cook until all the ingredients is cooked

Shrimp with butter sauce

Ingredients:

fresh shrimp

lime juice

butter margarine

spring onion, chopped

oyster sauce

worcestershire sauce

sweet soy sauce

tomato ketchup

salt, sugar, pepper powder

mineral water

big onion, fine chopped

garlic, fine chopped

directions:

marinate shrimp with lime juice, keep it stand for a while

stir fry with butter margarine, big onion and garlic until it smells good

add fresh shrimp and spring onion

add oyster sauce, worcestershire sauce, sweet soy sauce, tomato ketchup

add salt, sugar and pepper powder

add mineral water, mix them all

cook until the shrimp cooked

Kue cubit green tea (green tea pinch cake)

Kue cubit (pinch cake) is commonly snack from Jakarta. It is a cake with small shape and using simple ingredient such as wheat flour, sugar and milk. The liquid dough is poured into a steel plate and add topping such as chocolate sprinkle or blue berry jam. It is called as cubit because of its small size. I tried to make pinch cake with green tea powder. Here the recipe:

Ingredients:

2 eggs

100 gr sugar

100 gr wheat flour

75 gr margarine, melted

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

3 spoon of green tea powder

directions:

mix egg and sugar using mixer

add wheat flour gently and melted margarine

add vanilla extract, baking soda and baking powder

mix them all

add green tea which already mix with hot water and mix them all

keep it stand for a while

preheat the stainless steel plate/ pinch cake mold with small heat

pour the liquid dough

cook until it cooked

Gulai Tuna

Ingredients:

fresh tuna cut into pieces

shallot, garlic

turmeric, ginger, lemongrass, galangal

green cayenne pepper

lime leaves

coconut milk

mineral water

salt, pepper powder, fish stock powder

margarine

directions:

grind shallot, garlic, turmeric and salt

stir fry with margarine the fine spices

add lemongrass, ginger, galangal and lime leaves

mix them all

add fresh tuna

add pepper powder and fish stock powder

add coconut milk and mineral water

add green cayenne pepper

mix them all

cook until all ingredient is cooked

snaps bean and beef meat in oyster sauce

Ingredients:

snaps bean cut into small pieces

beef meat, previously boil in slow cooker

big onion, fine chopped

garlic, fine chopped

shallot, fine chopped

red chilli, cut into fine pieces

green chilli, cut into fine pieces

tomato

oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce

salt, sugar, pepper powder

mineral water

margarine

directions:

stir fry with margarine, big onion, garlic, shallots, red chilli and green chilli until smells good

add beef meat, snaps bean and tomato

add oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, salt, sugar and pepper powder

add some water

cook until all ingredients are cooked

Yogtail mangga

Ingredients:

plain yogurt

fresh mango

directions:

blender yogurt and mango

serve cold is better

Beef potato teriyaki

Ingredients:

potato

beef meat

carrots

garlic

big onion

teriyaki sauce

margarine

sugar, salt, pepper powder

mineral water

directions:

boil potato with mineral water, add some salt

stir fry with margarine, fine chopped garlic and big onion until it smells good

add beef meat which is cut into small pieces

add some mineral water

add teriyaki sauce, sugar, salt and pepper powder

add boiled potato and carrot

cook until all the ingredients is cooked

Mun Tahu kaldu udang

Ingredients:

Local tofu, cut into little cubes

shrimp stock

dumpling skin

shallot

garlic

cornmeal

salty soy sauce

pepper powder

spring onion

directions:

stir fry shallots and garlic

add shrimp stock

add tofu and dumpling skin

add salty soy sauce, pepper, cornmeal and spring onion

cook until all the ingredients is cooked

Green tea Banana Smoothies

Ingredients:

Ambon Banana

Fresh milk

Yakult

Honey

Green tea powder

Directions:

Blender all the ingredients

serve cold is better

Sambal ijo teri basah

Sambal ijo or famous in the name of Sambal Lado is originally from Minang. I tried to make sambal ijo with fresh anchovies which is common in Balikpapan. Here the recipe:

Ingredients:

Fresh anchovies, deep fry first

big green chili

shallot

garlic

salt

fried oil

Directions:

Boil green chilli, shallot and garlic

grind green chilli, shallot, garlic and salt

stir fry the spice until smells good

add fried anchovies

mix them all

microwave oven Choco Green tea brownies

Ingredients:

75 gr margarine

1/4 teaspoon salt

100 gr white chocolate compound

2 eggs

50 gr sugar

50 gr wheat flour

chocochips

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 spoon green tea powder

Directions:

melt margarine, sugar and white chocolate with au bain marie technique

mix egg and sugar, add the melting ingredient gently

add wheat flour, baking powder and green tea powder

add chocochips

pour the dough into glass container

bake with microwave oven for 15 minutes

green tea donut

Ingredients:

500 gr wheat flour

250 gr potato

4 eggs

250 gr milk powder

200 gr margarine

1 sachet fermipan

2 spoon green tea powder

100 gr castor sugar

directions:

steam potato then mashed it

mix eggs and margarine using whisk ( do not use mixer )

add wheat flour, milk powder, fermipan and green tea powder

mix them all

knead until smooth

cover the dough with napkin until dough ready to fry

shape into donuts

deep fry with fried oil

mix green tea powder and castor sugar

sprinkle donut with green tea powder and castor sugar

Homey Sardines

Ingredients:

Fresh sardines

Red chilli

garlic, shallot

tomato

salt, sugar

bay leave, ginger, lime leave

lime juice

mineral water

directions:

marinate fresh sardines with salt and lime juice

keep it stand for a while

steam the sardines

boil tomato, blend boiled tomato with red chilli, garlic and shallot

stir fry the spice, add bay leave, ginger and lime leaves

stir fry until smells good

add mineral water and sugar

add the steam sardines

mix them all

Sambal teri basah

Ingredients:

fresh anchovies

fried oil

red chilli

tomato

garlic

ginger

salt

directions:

deep fry fresh anchovies with fried oil

blend chilli. tomato, garlic, ginger and salt

stir fry the spices until smells good

add fresh anchovies

mix them all

Green tea latte

Starbuck Green tea latte is so............. refreshing. I love it! Enjoying new york cheesecake and green tea latte at the starbuck corner is my favourite when i go with my husband just for light talk. Slightly bitter and sweet combination of green tea powder or matcha and warm milk is so simple to make it at home.

Ingredients:

Creamer milk

green tea powder

warm mineral water

Directions:

Add creamer milk and green tea powder on the mug

add warm mineral water

mix them all