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Vietnamese Grilled Shrimp Rice Vermicelli Recipe (Bun Tom Nuong) » Indonesia Eats
A post of A Food Lover’s Journey for Delicious Vietnam #2 announcement caught my attention. I asked her if I’m allowed to participate since I am just a fan of Vietnamese food. So, I decided to be a part of Delicious Vietnam #2 who is hosted by Ravenous Couple. To be honest, I didn’t know […] Read more >>
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Wingko Babat Recipe (Javanese Coconut Sticky Rice Cake) » Indonesia Eats
Wingko is often known as Wingko Babat. Wingko is basically a Javanese sweet snack and made from a mixture of grated coconut, coconut milk and sticky rice or glutinous rice. Again, I approved to you that many Asian snacks or desserts are vegan and gluten free. Babat is a small regency in Lamongan, East Java […] Read more >>
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Vietnamese Grilled Shrimp on Sugarcane Recipe (Chao Tom) | Indonesia Eats
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Vietnamese Stir Fried Baby Clams with Sesame Rice Crackers Recipe (Hến Xào Xúc Bánh Tráng) » Indonesia Eats
Before I go any further, I need to make it clear. Bánh Tráng Me (Bánh Da) is not the same with banh trang. Bánh Tráng Me (Bánh Ða) is not the rice paper for wrapping the spring roll or summer roll. Also, the complete Bánh Tráng Me must be crispy like crackers. You either can […] Read more >>
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Wonton Soup Recipe (Pangsit Kuah) » Indonesia Eats
Chinese food has been blended into Indonesian food for centuries. Wonton or we call it pangsit (read: punk-seet) is one of them. Wonton soup (pangsit kuah) or deep fried wonton (pangsit goreng) can be found at many street food stalls in every corner of the country. As Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, […] Read more >>
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Vietnamese Shrimp Egg Rolls Recipe (Cha Ram) » Indonesia Eats
This time I made the shrimp version of Vietnamese Egg Rolls to complete my Vietnamese Grilled Shrimp Rice Vermicelli (Bun Tom Nuong). Compare to Indonesian lumpia, Cha Ram (Vietnamese Shrimp Egg Rolls) is very simple to make. Enjoy this cha ram with any of your favourite sauce or Vietnamese favourite, Nuoc Mam Cham (Fish Dipping Sauce). This […] Read more >>
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Srikaya Jam Recipe (Coconut and Eggs Jam) » Indonesia Eats
Srikaya jam is one of traditional flavour jams that I?ve known when I grew up in Indonesia. North Sumatra where most my paternal extended family live and they often sent or brought us some goodies when they visited my family who live in Java. Those goodies were mostly things that were not common to be [?] Read more >>
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Sup Kambing Medan Recipe (Goat Soup) » Indonesia Eats
Sup Kambing Medan or literally translated as Medan Goat Soup was the second North Sumatran food that I made on February after Ayam Pinadar Andaliman Pepper Chicken. Some may ask what the differences between goat, mutton and lamb are. You can always go back to my old post where I discussed about them. Goat is […] Read more >>
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Sayur Bening Bayam Merah Recipe (Indonesian Red Amaranth Clear Soup) » Indonesia Eats
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 […] Read more >>
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Siomay Bandung Recipe (Bandung Steamed Dumplings with Peanut Sambal) » Indonesia Eats
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. […] Read more >>
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Shrimp, Tofu, and Mushroom Ankake Donburi Recipe » Indonesia Eats
Seriously, I have been wanting to make Ankake Donburi (あんかけ丼) for so long. Harumi Kurihara the author of Everyday Harumi cookbook has the explanation what Ankake is. Ankake is a typical Japanese sauce, made from thickened dashi stock and can be served with a variety of ingredients. As other Japanese and Korean cooking, the thickening […] Read more >>
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Sredeg Recipe (Corns in A Cup) » Indonesia Eats
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 […] Read more >>
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Vegetarian Nachos, a recipe of Mexico » Indonesia Eats
My husband had been craving for nachos, I tried to make with any ingredients that came up on my mind :). Please do come back to read the directions 🙂 Vegetarian NachosMy very own recipe Ingredients:300 g veggie ground round1 medium onion, chopped1 tbsp minced garlic1/2 tsp ground cumin1 tsp ground coriander seed1 tsp crushed [�] Read more >>
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Tekwan Recipe (Palembang Fish Balls Soup) » Indonesia Eats
Have you entered your chances to get an English edition of Indonesian Street Snack – Sweet and Savory Treats Cookbook? Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra is famous for its freshwater fish recipes such as pempek (fishcake with spicy tamarind sauce), otak-otak (grilled fishcake in banana leaves), pindang patin (spicy sour basa fish […] Read more >>
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Sup Brenebon Recipe (Manado Red Kidney Bean Soup) » Indonesia Eats
Can you believe that I made this dish in a microwave. Our AC didn’t work (and still doesn’t, the maintenance guy is still on holiday), in order to reduce the heat, I made the soup with microwave. It was really hot here. About 32 °C with the humidex feel like 40 °C. Since this dish […] Read more >>
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Sop Kaki Kambing Jakarta Recipe (Jakarta-Style Goat Feet Soup) » Indonesia Eats
Sop Kaki Kambing Jakarta always reminds me of my late dad. He was the one who introduced this soup to my brother and I. Thou we resided in suburban of Surabaya, dad often brought us to enjoy this soup in Surabaya. Dad used to live in Bogor and Jakarta so he often missed some Betawinese […] Read more >>
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Southern Fried Chicken Recipe » Indonesia Eats
Southern fried chicken is one of American classic dishes. Before it became a culinary habit in the Southern United States, fritters had already existed in Europe since medieval time. The Scots, and later Scottish immigrants to many southern states had a tradition of deep frying chicken in fat, unlike their English counterparts who baked or […] Read more >>
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Semur Tangkar Betawi Recipe (Betawi-Style Beef Ribs Smoor Stew) » Indonesia Eats
Semur is an Indonesian term for type of meat stew that is processed in thick brown gravy. Shallot, garlic, kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), nutmeg are the main ingredients. Semur word is derived from a Dutch term of Smoor which is basically a food that is boiled with tomatoes and onions slowly. Some recipes […] Read more >>
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Tasak Telu Recipe (Karo Meat Salad with Torch Ginger Fruit) » Indonesia Eats
Tasak Telu is translated as Masak Tiga (Tiga Masakan) in Indonesian or Cook Three (Three Dishes) in English. I know it’s a bit weird when I tried to translate to English literally. The reason was being named for Cook Three or Three Dishes since Tasak Telu uses 3 main ingredients; chicken, coconut and bulung gadong […] Read more >>
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Tahu Bacem Recipe (Javanese MarinatedTofu) » Indonesia Eats
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 […] Read more >>
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Sup Kerang Darah (Blood Cockle Clear Soup) Recipe » Indonesia Eats
Another childhood soup that I love so much and didn’t have it for years. The idea of this soup is the same as sayur bening bayam merah (red amaranth clear soup). The different is just added in garlic to my Sup Kerang Darah (Blood Cockle Clear Soup). These clams are also perfect to dip into […] Read more >>
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Stir Fry Dandelion Greens with Garlic Recipe » Indonesia Eats
Dandelion or randa tapak in Indonesian is from genus Taraxacum (pron.: /təˈræksəkʉm/) which is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North and South America. Two species of Taraxacum, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide and completely edible. Dandelion has many things […] Read more >>
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Tteokochi or Ddeok-kkochi (Korean Rice Cake in Spicy Sauce) » Indonesia Eats
I know tteokochi or ddeok-kkochi when I volunteered for the Korean pavilion-Folklorama in 2006. It reminds me of cilok (West Java) or pentol (in East Java) in Indonesia. The differences, cilok or petol is made from sago or tapioca flour and enhanced with a very small amount of beef. The sauce is kinda close with […] Read more >>
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Tom Yum Goong Recipe – Masak Bareng Yuuk Event » Indonesia Eats
Yay! Finally, I can join with you all guys to cook together virtually. Masak Bareng Yuuk means Let’s Cook Together. This event was developed by Ayin of AG’s Food, Deetha of …Mlebu Pawon…, and Shinta of Berkreasi di Dapur Mungil. This month theme is Tom Yum Goong, the famous sour and spicy Thai prawn/shrimp soup. […] Read more >>