Cooking Tackle

Another Indonesian style simple dessert, it gives you an alternative after meal sweet-heart as traditional satisfaction. Have a fabulous weekend !

Tempe is humble everyday food pack with protein which to be honest I couldn’t live without. Most of Indonesians I believe would care for tempe as their pleasure indulge and the quality of the nutritional content somewhat superior excellent! Acording to a source, Indonesia is the world's largest fermented- soybean a.k.a Tempe producer and the largest soybean markets in Asia , how cool is that :) Tempe is widely consumed in Indonesia while the vegetarians around the world who have been using it as a meat substitute, It has overwhelm worldwide consume and as a result, Tempe are produced in many places in the world, not only in Indonesia . There are many varieties ways that I find out of preparing tempe to be the most delectable side dishes ever wanted *besides always to be simply deep-fried--such sate tempe (tempe satay), Tempe bacem (braised tempe in Indonesian spices), tempe kebab( grilled tempe and assorted vegetables in skewer ) and many more, they are...

To me, a local market such an overwhelming amazing place, a place where all about cooking are started from and most people would treated as the boss, choosing the stuff in their need, their best and their freshest, its really great! I live almost near by the local market and its very big advantage to me as my foremost preferences cooking ingredients are available in there and of course I wouldn’t deny that I need doing grocery at either supermarket or cold storage too as the crucial part in my life  One of nearest local market near where I live called jimbaran local market (pasar Jimbaran) it offer such variety of spices, primary home needed, vegetables, fruits, traditional cooking tools and other interesting stuff. The other one is Kedonganan local fish market also located at jimbaran and situated at the edge of the jimbaran beach. Visiting Kedonganan fish market in some way always making me mad as all stuff are so fresh and al...

Ira Rodrigues is the person behind Cooking Tackle and she is currently living in Bali-Indonesia. She is passionate into food photography and food styling that creates stunning images of her food. Her passion and eyes for details drives her to capture every texture in every dish and brings out only the best. Being in the food blogging business for over than 9 years makes her trained eyes understand how to best display the dish in its best angle and lighting. Cooking philosophy "Cooking is about self-expression, it should always be fun! I like cooking with a twist, while keeping food simple and mouth watering. I explore different flavors, reflect different tastes, and I believe passion makes every homemade meal ultimately divine".                                                             ...

Indonesian Mie goreng is a very popular dish across the country, it is perfect recipe meal to add for the daily menu basis at home, it easy to make using very basic ingredients and also allowing you to create any modification according to your liking, such adding some protein or vegetarian version. When ever I travel to a new places in Indonesia, mie goreng is  typical comfort food that is always a safe menu  to be my dish option and keeping me satisfied even perhaps only vegetarian version available. I like my mie goreng not too sweet, prefer a slight  savoury  tasty and spicy or with the bite of  chilli, but again its just personal taste. And here I'm sharing  my very own version mie goreng recipe, a simple Indonesian dish that most people Indonesia treasured about. Mie Goreng Indonesian fried Noodles     You need    200gr fresh/dried yellow egg noodles (as my ideal por...

Finally,  I can enjoy the beautiful essence of all the delicious food I have cooked after the unpleasant cold took a place and tear down my immune system. Now my nose has finally breathed again… After all, the sense of all tastes and smells perfectly back to normal :) Yesterday, I purposely made something easy and comfortable in the throat to test whether my taste bud and sniff are functions together in harmony. I made a drink somehow is very special drink originally from Pamekasan with reference to wedang pokak ( Pamekasan is on Madura island and it is a regency of  East Java ) It appearance is pretty simple light brown beverage identical, very similar to wedang jahe in general, but from the aroma, it would be more interesting. Warm and spicy flavor comes from mixture of natural herbs and spices which contained in the drink. As for drink, wedang pokak has begun to be forgotten and hard to find, because perhaps most of native people who lives in Pam...

Its time for a little update… That I am not too well, down with the terrible cold :( These days weather has been completely crap and caught me to severe awful! I just need really good rest and make a full recovery And I do hope that a cup of homemade ginger lemongrass might help me favourably.