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Hello..hello...I'm back..
January through April have been the busiest four months in my life...BUT.... here I am again, ready and excited to go back to my passion....FOOD
Enjoy the 5 following new entries below...
My husband, Rico, loves pastel ayam so much and I was so happy to make it and succeeded. The taste is just perfect, the pastry is thin and a bit crusty on the outside. It reminds me of my auntie's pastel ayam.
When I was growing up I often watch her made pastel ayam. It seemed so simple... little did I know that it requires extra energy to flatten the pastry dough... =P My arms were sore from rolling the dough that I'm not even kidding... =P
Overall, the filling itself is easy to make. It requires time to make the dough, though. If you happen to have pasta machine it will make your life easier, but for me, since I don't make it very often I prefer to make it by hand... =)
Pastel Ayam / Chicken Pastry
Ingredients:
1 bh wortel, diris kotak2 kecil, digodog - carrots, cut into small cubes and boil
3 bks suun, digodog, diris2, bean vermicelli, boil and cut
1 ½ ikat seledri, celery
5 siung bawang putih ulek, garlic chopped
½ bawang merah, red onion chopped
1 batang bawang prey iris tipis2, leek thinly sliced
¼ kg dada ayam, di godog & iris tipis2. ½ lb boiled chicken breast, cut into small squares
5 butir telur, digodog & diiris tipis2, boiled eggs
Kulit/Pastry:
1 oz mentega lelehkan, butter - melted
½ kaleng santan, can coconut milk
2 butir telur, eggs
garam, salt
6 cups tepung, flour
Instructions for Ingredients:
Sautee garlic and red onion
2. Masukkan bawang prey, garam, merica
Add in leek, salt and pepper
3. Tambahkan sledri dan suun
Add in celery and bean vermicelli
4. Masukkan air, wortel dan ayam
Bring in water, carrots and chicken
Instructions for Pastry:
Mix melted butter with eggs and salt with hand
2. Masukkan tepung dan air ½ cup
Add in flour and ½ cup of water
I made this soup so many times, especially during cold weathers. And over the time, I noticed that I am combining both recipes from my mom and my m.i.l., and the blend of both recipes brings out a truly wonderful taste.
The trick to a great sup merah lays in the boiled tomatoes, I loved mine a bit tart and sweet to balance the richness of the meats.
1 kaleng maling potong kecil2 & goreng, can of spam cut into small pcs and fry
2 biji dada ayam potong kotak2 kecil, pcs of chicken breast cut into small cubes
¼ kg udang, ½ lb shrimp
Sosis daging dipotong kecil2 & goreng, beef sausage cut into small pieces and fry
Jamur kuping, ear mushroom
Wortel dipotong kecil2, carrots cut into small pieces
Seledri, Celery
Kacang polong, peas
6-8 siung bawang putih dipotong2, garlic, chopped
1 bawang bombay dipotong2 , onion, chopped
3-4 bj tomat direbus, pcs of tomatoes – boil
1 kaleng saus tomat, can of tomato paste
1-2 sdm kaldu ayam, tbs chicken stock
1 sdm anggur merah / arak, tbs cooking wine
1 sdm saus inggris, tbs worcestershire sauce
1 sdt pala, tsp nutmeg
½ std merica, tsp pepper
Gula, garam, sugar and salt
Kecap asin, soy sauce
1 ½ sdm tepung maizena campur dgn air, tbs cornstarch mixed with water
Instructions:
1. Ayam & udang di marinate dengan kecap asin dan merica, biarkan beberapa menit
Marinate chicken with soy sauce and pepper
2. Panaskan minyak, masukkan bawang putih dan bawang bombay, kemudian ayam dan udang
Add garlic and onion into preheated oil. Add the marinated chicken and shrimp
3. Masukkan perasan air dari tomat
Strain the tomato. Bring in the liquid from the boild tomatoes
4. Masukkan kaldu ayam dan wortel
Add in chicken stock and carrots
5. Masukkan spam, sosis, jamur, saus tomat, gula, garam, pala
Add in spam, sausage, mushrooms, tomato paste, sugar, salt and nutmeg
6. Setelah wortel lunak, masukkan seledri dan kacang polong
When the carrots is soft, add in celery and peas
7. Masukkan maizena
Add in the cornstarch
I dedicated this recipe for a friend who, after looking at the picture at my fs, asked for the recipe. This snack is one of my guilty pleasures =P My auntie made this all the time when I was growing up. Family, friends and relatives love it.
While I like the version that my auntie made, which is using the all purpose flour, the one posted above was using the whole wheat flour. It's one of my experiments that didn't go too well.. =P
I would suggest that you use the regular all purpose flour because the bread will come out softer and chewy and yummy... =)
3 bh telur, pc eggs
1 cup gula, sugar
1lb mentega lelehkan, butter - melted
1 sachet yeast campur dengan 1 cup air panas, mix with 1 cup of hot water
1 ½ kg tepung terigu, 2 lbs wheat flour
1 kaleng maling di sobek2, can of spam, shredded
Instructions:
1. Campur telur, gula, mentega, yeast dan tepung. Biarkan 1 jam sampai mengembang.
Mix eggs, sugar, butter, yeast and flour. Let it stand for 1 hour to allow the dough double in size
2. Adonan di taburi maling, digulung dan dipotong2
Top the dough with shredded spam, roll it and cut in few pieces
3. Olesi adonan dengan kuning telur atasnya, di oven 25-30 menit sampai kecoklatan
Brush the dough with the egg yolk. Bake in a preheated 425F oven for about 25-30 minutes.
I would say that empal goreng is a common lunch or dinner food for many of Indonesian. The recipe I post here is just one of the many variations of empal goreng out there.
This particular recipe is very simple because you only need lots of garlic to bring in the taste of the meat. My grandma used to serve it with sop daging (clear beef & vegetable soup) and sambal terasi (shrimp paste chilli) and kecap manis (sweet soy bean sauce). My mom, on the other hand, most often serve it with nasi goreng terasi (spicy fried rice).
Whichever you choose, empal goreng is always good to be eaten with warm rice...
Ingredients:1/2 kg Daging, 1 lb beef shanks
20 Bawang putih diulek, garlic - grind
Asem dicampur air secukupnya, tamarind mixed with 2 1tbs of water
Gula & garam, salt and sugar as needed
Instructions:
1.Godog daging sampai empuk, potong2 dan pukul2
Boil beef until tender, cut into squares and pound until tender
2.Ulek daging dengan bumbu halus, biarkan sampai meresap beberapa menit dan goreng
Mixed the beef with the garlic paste, tamarind and salt and sugar. Marinate for few minutes and fry in hot oil
This food is one of the many of my mom's signature dishes. Our family loves spicy food and I remember even when I was still 5-6 years old I couldn't get enough of it. My mom would sometimes made it with ox-tongue instead of salted fish and I loved both version.
One thing for sure this food always reminds me of home. Enjoy!
- 3 cups nasi putih, cooked rice
- 10 biji lombok besar, big red chilli
-5 biji lombok kecil, red Thai chilli
-10 bawang merah, shallots
-1 sdt terasi, tsp shrimp paste
-Gula dan garam, salt and sugar as needed
-Kecap manis, sweet soy bean sauce
-Ikan asin potong kecil2, salted fish - fried and cut into small cubes
-3 biji tomat potong kecil2, tomato cut into 4 small pieces
-Bawang merah goreng, fried shallots
-Krupuk, fish or shrimp fried crackers
-Telur ceplok, fried eggs
-Ketimun potong2, sliced cucumbers
Instructions:
1.Ulek bawang merah, lombok merah dan terasi
Grind shallots, chillies and shrimp paste
2.Goreng bumbu yang sudah diulek sampai wangi
Heat 1 tbs of oil and sautee the ingredients above until fragant
3.Masukkan nasi, tambahkan kecap manis, tomat dan ikan asin terakhir
Add rice, sweet soy bean sauce and tomatoes and the salted fish
4. Setelah tercampur rata, ditaburi bawang merah goreng. Paling cocok dimakan dengan ketimun dan krupuk putih atau krupuk udang. Bisa juga dimakan dengan empal goreng.
Mix the rice well and top it with fried shallots. It’s good eaten with sliced cucumbers, fried crackers and fried marinated beef.
