I wanted to make something for dinner and bring the leftover to work for our lunch. I opened up the fridge and what did I find? I saw these ground turkey and shrimps. So I just quickly made up the recipe for these tasty meatballs. I also made some stir fry asparagus with shitake mushrooms for our meal.

Ingredients:

• Ground turkey/chicken
• Shrimps - chopped
• Garlic - grind
• Onion - grind
• Tapioca Starch
• Egg

Mix together the following:

• Fish sauce
• Sesame oil
• Salt
• Sugar
• Black pepper

Instructions:

1. Mixed turkey, chopped shrimps, garlic and onion.
2. Add the fish sauce, salt, sugar, black pepper mixture
3. Add egg, mix
4. Add tapioca starch, mix
5. Form into balls and fry a few minutes
6. Transfer to baking pan and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown
7. To be eaten with rice and sweet and sour sauce (I usually use Mae Ploy Sauce)

Posted by Caroline at 07:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | Printer-friendly version

Mie Goreng is a typical Asian food. While the recipe is very simple the taste is delectable. There are many variations you can try; with or without meat. I made the vegetarian version for few times, using shitake mushrooms, scrambled eggs and vegetables, and they turned out as delicious as the non-vegetarian version.

The keys to a tasty stir fry egg noodle are two things: don't overcook the noodle and crush the garlic (lots of them) using only the traditional mortar and pestle, instead of food processor. The tip is from my mom, from which the recipe comes from. 

Mie Goreng - Stir Fry Egg Noodle

Ingredients:

-Bawang Putih, ulek - Garlic, crushed

-Kecap Manis - Sweet soy sauce

-Mie kuning rebus sampai 3/4 matang - Egg noodle, boil until almost cooked

-Dada ayam, potong kecil2 - chicken breast, cut very small

  --or--

-Daging babi cincang - Pork meat, thinly sliced

-Bakwan, potong kecil2 - Meatball, cut in 4 pieces

-Udang - Shrimp

-Telur di orak arik - Scrambled eggs 

-Sawi - Choy Sum or any kind of vegetables

-Optional: Jamur - mushrooms

-Garam & merica - salt and pepper

-Bawang merah - Fried Shallot

Instructions:

1. Oseng2 bawang putih sampai harum. Masukkan ayam/babi, kemudian udang dan bakwan.

   Heat oil, add garlic. Sautee until fragrant. Add chicken/pork, shrimp and meatball.

2. Masukkan telur, mie dan sawi. Tambahkan kecap manis, garam, dan merica.

   Add scrambled eggs, noodle and choy sum. Add sweet soy sauce, salt and  pepper.

3. Tambahkan bawang merah goreng diatasnya.

   Add fried shallot on top.

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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

1 oz mentega lelehkan, butter - melted

½ kaleng santan, can coconut milk

2 butir telur, eggs

garam, salt

6 cups tepung, flour

1. Gongso bawang putih dan bawang merah

      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

1. Campur mentega dengan telur dan garam, diuleni

      Mix melted butter with eggs and salt with hand

    2.   Masukkan tepung dan air ½ cup

      Add in flour and ½ cup of water

Posted by Caroline at 04:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) | Printer-friendly version

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.

Sup Merah – Tomato Soup
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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

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

Posted by Caroline at 03:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) | Printer-friendly version

I got this recipe from my brother's gf, siu fang. It's her favorite breakfast food. However, you can also eat it for lunch or dinner.

I modify her recipe by adding ginger and sesame oil, I also cook the rice with chicken stock.

Nasi Tim Ayam Jamur (Rice topped with Chicken & Mushroom)
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This recipe is my husband's family recipe. whenever my mother-in-law made this food, she always made from both chicken and beef because Romana and I love the chicken version while Rico loves the beef version.

Empal Menado (Fried Marinated Meat)
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Posted by Caroline at 03:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | Printer-friendly version

Pangsit Mie Ayam is perfect eaten anytime; I usually eat it both when the weather is cold or warm...

I got this recipe from Siu Fang, but I modified it by sprinkling about 2 tsp of sesame oil on the chicken and add pork wonton to accompany the noodle. You can also add meatballs if you like.

Pangsit Mie Ayam
(Egg noodle with chicken, pork wonton, mushrooms, garlic, green onion and vegetables served with soup)

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