Sop buntut is our family's favorite food, they are good eaten with spicy chilli and lime juice. I like to add mine with a little bit of sweet soy sauce (kecap manis). The recipe below is of my grandma's.

To make the soup "a little bit" healthier, after the soup is ready and cooled down, I'd spoon out the solid fat on the top.

Sop Buntut (Oxtail Soup)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 Kg Buntut, 2 Lbs Oxtail
• 1 bh Bw Bombay, large Onion
• 6 siung Bw putih, cloves garlic
• merica putih, white pepper
• pala, nutmeg
• 1 bh Bw prey, leek
• Seledri, Celery
• Garam, Salt
• Bawang merah goreng, fried shallot

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Iris bw bombay kotak2 kecil. Chopped onion in small squares
2. Iris tipis2 bw prey dan seledri. Thinly slice leek and celery
3. Ulek bw putih, merica dan pala. Grind garlic, pepper and nutmeg
4. Goreng bw bombay dan bw prey. Sautee onion until transluscent, then add leek
5. Bw putih, pala dan merica ulek dimasukkan. Add garlic, nutmeg, and pepper
6. Tambahkan air dan buntut. Add water then oxtail.
7. Masukkan seledri dan bw merah goreng setelah buntut matang. Add celery when the oxtail is cooked and topped with fried shallot.
8. Sop buntut siap dimakan dengan sambal dan jeruk nipis. The soup is ready to be eaten with chilli and lime juice, with warm rice.

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• 7 thin slices smoked bacon, sliced, cook and crumbled
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tbs sugar
• 1 tbs baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 large egg
• 4 tbs unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbs sour cream/plain yoghurt
• 3/4 cup diced gruyere cheese

1. In a bowl, stir the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
2. In another bowl, whisk the egg, melted butter, milk and sour cream
3. Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and stir evenly
4. Fold in the bacon and cheese evenly, do not overmix
5. Spoon the batter into muffin cup
6. Bake until golden about 25 minutes

MAKES 9 MUFFINS 

Serving tips: These muffins also make great accompaniments to soups, salads and omeletes.

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Made the scones for breakfast today, both my hubby and lil brother couldn't get enough of it....the scones are really good eaten with the orange marmalade jam... :) 

The recipe is from Ina Garten's "The barefoot contessa" I modified it by using cranberry instead of strawberry, and added chopped walnuts as well...enjoy...

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  The recipe is from the Everyday Italian show by Giada De Laurentiis. I love watching her show; her cooking style is quick, simple, and yet, it's always fresh.  

  The original recipe was a Banana Muffins with Mascarpone Cream Frosting. I modified the recipe by omitting the cream cheese frosting and adding the walnut instead. Enjoy..

Banana Muffin

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 ripe bananas, peeled and coarsely mashed

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg

In different bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Add in the banana. Add the dry ingredients above and stir until blended.

Add the batter on the prepared baking aluminum. Bake on the middle rack until the tops are golden brown and insert tooth pick into the center to check it come with no crumbs attached, in about 25 minutes

Perkedel Tahu (Fried Mashed Tofu)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 kotak tahu, block tofu
• 3 siung bw putih, cloves garlic
• 1 Telur, egg
• Garam, salt

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Tahu di hancurkan. Mashed tofu
2. Bw putih diulek. Grind garlic
3. Campur tahu, bw putih, telur dan garam. Mixed tofu, garlic, egg and salt
4. Buat bola2 kecil dan goreng. Make a small ball and fry

Posted by Caroline at 03:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | 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

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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... =)

Roti Maling - Spam Bread

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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

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.

Posted by Caroline at 03:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | Printer-friendly version

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.

Posted by Caroline at 01:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | 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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