Semur Daging & Kentang / Indonesian style Beef and Potatoes Stew

Yup it's sweet! But rich with spices!
This time I was cheating ^^ I got ready instant seasoning from my friend. Bamboe brand. Just Cooked the beef in pressure cooker for 40min. Pan fried the potato chunks till it's tender. Add the ready instant seasoning in it. Add the beef stock, I used  2 cups and add the tender beef. Bring to boil and served with jasmine rice. Quick! ^^ But it's simple if you wanna make it from scratch tho. 
I gave you the link from one of magazines I used to subscribe in Indonesia. Click this Semur

Sambal Goreng Ati & Kentang

I Found chicken liver in Publix!^^ Excited!
I can cook it in Indonesian style, Sambal Goreng Ati kentang. It's Saute chicken liver and potatoes in red chili paste and coconut milk.

This is one of fav gourmets served after Ramadan ends, Eid Mubarak day.
Hubby said it's so rich, the flavor!

If you wanna try making it, there are plenty of ready instant seasoning in Asian store, tho you still have to add coconut milk, galangal, kafir lime leaves, lemongrass. It's additional stuff that makes the fragrant stronger and richer. 

If you don't want spicy, you don't have to add slices of fresh chili pepper in it. 

If you wanna know how to cook it, just open this http://www.cookle.at/en/sambal-goreng-ati 
you can add shrimps in it. But for now I only want chicken liver. ^^
Served with warm jasmine rice or lontong, my fav.^^
Bon appetite'

 

Tumpeng-Mini-Indonesian Yellow Rice Style Mini size-

Tumpeng mini is just the idea that I created since I mistakenly bought the cake mold that I thought was big lol. I was just too excited buying cheap stuff. But well it turned out to be that useful. I can make mini tumpeng. ^^

I have regular tin mold for real tumpeng that I got from Indonesia. Just not having the event yet and too much for just the two of us, but this one is good size. So I could test it first and looks pretty and cute.
 

Tumpeng is Indonesian style of yellow rice that's decorated with other dishes around the edge in a circle. It's made for celebrating Birthday, anniversary, traditional wedding, or any other national days. Nowadays plenty of creative tumpeng in different shapes. Long time ago was only like the cone.

I like tumpeng that is made by 100% sticky rice and I would eat it with seasoned fried fine grated coconut.

Gudeg Ayam, Tempe, Telor, Tahu

I hope you could see how happy I was yesterday in my kitchen! ^^ Jingkrak-jingkrak

As soon as hubby got into the house after working, He asked "what's cooking? smells so good! I could even smell it before I came inside."
It's GUDEG! I said, by stressing the word and He repeated it funnily. 
I know he won't remember the names of the food I made tho no matter how hard he tries. Only RENDANG maybe, but it took months lol.

What is Gudeg? It's famous delicious dish from Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Just google it if you wanna know more about it. ^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudeg

If you won't be able to visit Jogjakarta then try cooking this food first. Hubby hasn't been there but once he ate this food, he said "I wanna live there!" *_* Really??
Well when I ate this, You know what's on my mind? I felt like I was back in java! with friends and family. Got that moment in each spoon I had ^^ It's been long time I didn't eat this food even when I was in Jakarta.

I just wanna share how I made with stuff I had. Actually the real main ingredients are young Jack fruit, *read unripe* and boiled eggs. You can get unripe jackfruit in some Asian markets, it's in a can. Just wash till it's clean and boil first till tender enough and then mixed with the seasoning. Here are the recipes. 

Ingredients
5-8 chicken wings
2 packs of Tempe, I diced it
half pack of firm tofu, cut big square
3 boiled eggs

Seasonings
2-3 shallots
3-4 garlic
5-6 macadamia nuts *subs of candle nuts*
2 tbsp brown sugar/dark brown sugar
a pinch of salt
1 cup of water
Grind them all into a paste *use half cup of water first* 
the other half cup is pour later

2-3 tea bags of Earl Grey. *hmm if you have black tea is recommended*
1 can of coconut milk, thick one.
2-3 bay leaves
a knuckle of tamarind paste 
a knuckle of Galangal
 
Methods
If you wanna watch the video how to cook it, click this Gudeg

Prepare a pot and bring the paste into simmer. Add the other half cup of water. Add chicken. Add tea bags, carefully. Bring to boil. 

Add Add coconut milk, bay leaves, tamarind paste, Galangal. Bring to boil. Add boiled eggs,tempe and tofu. 
Keep an eye for the tea bags. *Be sure the tea leaves still in the bag* Pressed them with spatula and spoon so the brown color could be made. 

Cover the pot and in low heat cook till the liquid is almost gone.

Recommended food! Try it!  

Opor Ayam Kuning

Opor Ayam Kuning is so yummy!Especially served with Indonesian rice cake a.k.a Lontong. Hubby loves it! And to make it spicier I cooked spicy potatoes with shrimps. They compliment each other.

 Ingredients

Seasoning

1/2 big yellow onion

3-5 cloves of garlic

3-5 macadamia nuts

3tbsp olive oil

2tbsp kosher salt

1tsp of turmeric 

2tbsp pepper

1tsp grind fennel

Grind them all using magic bullet till it turn into puree then saute it

Additional seasoning added 

*once it's cooked in chicken*

Some Lemongrass

couple of bayleaves

couple of kaffir limes

cinnamon 

 1 can of coconut milk

 Method

Boiled the chicken in 3-4 cups of water

 add lemongrass, bayleaves, kaffir limes, cinnamon

Pour the sauted puree once it's boiled, stir well and add coconut milk till it's boiled again. Cook till the chicken tender. I like the chicken over tender if cooking in yellow broth like this.

Bring to taste, you may add pepper, salt, sugar. The more broth then more seasoning.

We like the broth so I put more.

Gado-Gado -Indonesian cooked salad with peanut dressing

Gado-Gado can be categorized salad I guess but all cooked *except the cucumber*. Steamed, Boiled,only in short time, until all the veggies are tender.

 

It's heaven!

The ingredients I used here

1 cup spinach

half cabbage

1 chayote squash

2 boiled eggs

1 pack of tempe

Half tofu 

1 cucumber

1 zuchini

Method

washed all the veggies

 diced and steamed the veggies except cucumber.

put the last minute before turning the stove off for spinach n zuchini.

Oops almost forgot, deep fried tofu and tempe that had been diced and soaked with salt water 5min. 

Prepare the Peanut dressing

I'm using ready one. Just add hot water maybe 1/2 glass to make thick dressing.

Click these links below 

Gado-Gado ready dressing 

Gado-Gado ready dressing 

Satay peanut dressing could be used too. Just add chili if you wanna have spicy.

Served with jasmine rice or Lontong/ketupat,

Indonesian rice cake.

P.S :  You can add more veggies such as Bean sprout, Water spinach. I just didnt have them for now :-)

Soto Betawi

Soto Betawi Munik Instant seasoning actually. I'm cheating lol.

Heard Munik brand is yummy so I bought some from Indonesia.

well it's not the same as I know about Soto Betawi, the broth is not pale yellow. The taste is quite the same tho. 

Additional garnish just tomatoes, Indonesian pickles *diced cucumber, carrots, fresh chili that's been added vinegar n lil sugar*

Served with lontong or rice and gnetum gnemon crackers aka emping hahah *I still remember the biology term of it* and potatoes that had been diced and boiled.

Hubby loves it!
He ate lontong rice cake too!

Next time I would make my own seasoning from scratch! 
Bon appetite!