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)

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   This Tuna steak is the perfect dinner food; it's quick, simple and yet it's healthy too. I marinated the tuna with lemon, garlic and black pepper for about 15 minutes. Then pan fried it with about 1 tbs of olive oil. For the side veggies, I stir fry the bellpepper and asparagus with chopped onion and topped them with crispy pancetta...  

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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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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

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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!

Nasi goreng ikan asin (Spicy fried rice with salted fish)

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- 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

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.

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