Cooking Tackle

Last week I did some fun by doing recipe adaptation for my afternoon tea, to give me little idea I took some of my dessert recipe books. Having a sit back contentedly, focusing to what I wanted to try, few dessert books are on my lap and i took a glance that some of the issue are really looks enticing! This recipe comes from couples recipe books that I've combined and it has been modified to what I have on hand. After I absorbed some selected recipes, I tried to make up my mind and decided to go with fresh strawberry and yogurt, it sounds perfect to me! This cake is surprisingly delicious, I adapt and made it as simple as I can, all I need only the very basic ingredients and equipments.  What I expected is what I get, the strawberry offer very delicate aroma and flavour- it infused deeply succulent to the cake, the edible seeds have work perfect as texture and the creaminess of yogurt just has completed the cake turned phenomenal! To off...

This is the drink of my childhood secret additives which I grew up with, a simple drink made of grass jelly (cincau). One thing I like about grass jelly (cincau) is always gives unique flavour to every sweet drink or dessert such “Es campur(Indonesian mix ice) , although if you notice that the jelly itself has a slight bitter taste. You may have found it very weird kind of jelly, but if you know how to unite the match, the translucent black became the honey bunny of your favorite drink. However, grass jelly is unbelievably useful for the health benefits and to know the fact, I did some immediate search to the net, it reveal and described as lowering blood pressure, preventing indigestion, cooling body temperatures for fever including increasing fertility.  Today I will share my childhood drink during hot weather and my favorite way of enjoying grass jelly is in a sweet drink “grass jelly ice with pandan syrup” (es cincau sirup pandan) while my mother would love having it ...

As I go deeper into Balinese cuisine it became more and more fascinating, discovering the magic delectable every dishes to view and to taste. Truthfully, there are still much more to explore due to their different combinations of basic Balinese spices, I might take my own sweet time then. I never gone hesitant to look something to indulge my sense of food discovery, even the point is just the street food, somehow I like the experience that would leave me pleasant at the end.  For some reasons, to me, the street foods are most includes best alluring satisfaction that ensconced under the simplicity and humble setting. The other day I went for some evening treat of "Balinese tipat kuah" at one of food corner that available at the grocery supermarket. Tipat kuah is actually slices of packed rice wrapped with coconut leaves (ketupat/tipat) drenched with aromatic soup of ayam betutu (aromatic Balinese chicken) serves with other typical Balinese sides ...

The days of my teens, I clearly remember that my mother has made a very cool treaty for me that it’s fascinating to comply with. Every Sunday always be the great day for me, I make sure not to missed the treaty, at the same time I not desire to make any excuses, yes my mother is too cool for this! The deal was genuinely remarkable and unforgettable, it goes as this way, only if I go with her every Sunday--early morning, walk all the way to the traditional market and giving my hand to carry her shopping stuff after all marketing have done, she would rewards me of having the most drooling Rawon that most people wanted along with a glass of es teh (ice tea). Oh, who would miss this out as my teenage favorite food is Rawon . I prefer my nasi rawon serve together with marinated fry meat (empal goreng) and my mother let me to have it all. The warung( food stall) Nasi rawon ibu Aliyah inside the traditional market pasar baru always been a favorite to all people. Every morning alway...

To celebrate the month of love I have baked some chocolate cupcakes to be a Valentine’s Day treat. That’s because cupcakes are always a crowd-pleaser so I decided to go with it to suit the mood of love. Valentine’s Day is all about honouring and expresses the love for each other, I have indeed something to present to show how special and how much you mean to me “Cooking Tackle” readers, how I wish I could exchange the wonderful treat with all of you I had two recipes that I’ve highlighted to try, one is chocolate charm and the other one is one bowl chocolate cup cakes, both are simple and pretty interesting to try on.  For the chocolate charm I kept it in a personal folder of baking wish-list *I’m so looking forward to give it a try shortly. For some reason, to be honest I’m not a huge fan of cup cakes with frosting/iced unless perhaps cup cakes with cream cheese frosting then I don’t mind it at all, I still can enjoy it. I draw on Martha’s one bowl ...

Today I’m guest writer at Indonesia Eats , the person behind Indonesia Eats works is Peppy, a food blogger friend that I have been connected since 2008. As for our love to the cooking and also our fond to Indonesian food home-cooking, we are quite often keeping in touch each other.  If you’re looking for some reference of Indonesian food, please have your self a jump to her Blog as she have so many delicious Indonesian food recipes completed with the most valuable information. As for today guest post recipe, I have Balinese most famous lip smacking condiment recipe to share out, it calls “Sambal bongkot” , an authentic Balinese sambal that I could not live without. The smell and the tangy flavor from bongkot (kecombrang/honje/torch ginger) is the best in the world! die die la… I’m sure that you inquisitive about it and wanted to know what it is *oh yes those shoots that resemble sticks are not haphazardly sticks; they are my most favourite spice besides g...

To this day, this minute, I still don’t believe it that I made such a wonderful friendship through the blogsphere around the world, it is very unique, moreover it beyond anything that I could ever imagine. It’s been an amazing experience could be connected with them in such a way, supporting, caring, to be kind each other and asking nothing in return. Although we have never met in real life but we keep the friendship would always remain shining. It remarkable overwhelming! Last year my fellow Indonesian blogger Elsye had send me some of cookery book, yes, I love them all, for then I could learn more of cooking Indonesian food from other region especially other ethnic, experience the detail in every ingredients and method yet the historical behind.   One of the cookery books that steal my attentions is Hidangan Betawi, warisan kuliner by Wahyuni mulyati and Ilse harahap , all written in Indonesian language (Betawi dishes, culinary heritage) Betawi is one of...