Cooking Tackle

I still keep on with Indonesian traditional cake (kue/jajan pasar) that I grew up with, the sticky and chewy of steam glutinous rice flour with sweet coconut filling and drench with coconut milk. A tinge of savory and sweet of coconut filling adds special favor to the cake. The fact, this cake turns out to have many names, such kue mendut, kue bugis, lepat bugis, lapek bugis and rukuk-rukuk. The main ingredients used are remain the same, glutinous rice flour mix with coconut milk as the dough base, the recipe calls for pandan extract to give a natural color, it gives a characteristic traditional delicate scent at the same time . Not to forget, the dough has stuffed with grated coconut cooked with coconut sugar (gula jawa) I have to admit, this is one of the missing cake of my younger age, if you ever know, how much I love the cake and impatiently waiting until my mother had done all the process. My mother call it as Putri Mandi (a princess shower cake) because ...

Coconut pancake rolls/Dadar gulung is Traditional Indonesian snack that genuinely well-liked to most people in Indonesia , especially in Java.  Dadar literally means “pancake” while Gulung means “rolls” (to roll), a  thin layer delicate pancake made of Pandan flavored batter and then filled with the sweet grated coconut.  The snacks are normally green color which comes from pandan leaves as it added as natural food coloring. The combination of the coconut milk and Pandan extract that hold in the batter are make the snacks extraordinary exotic! Above all, we have so many different kind of traditional Indonesian snack which particularly called as Jajan Pasar .  I made my effort and promise to my self-my family to always be presenting them as precious after the meal, as a companion to our tea/coffee or as our snacking ritual. My husband and I both grew up with these delicious and beautiful traditional snacks.  His most wanted sweet rolls ...

In the midst of the crush of modernity, traditional snacks is a unique culinary culture that should retained ~ Ira Rodrigues. Coconut Banana (Pisang Rai) is one of traditional Balinese heritage snack, it is made from banana which usually be eaten as a breakfast (a traditional breakfast) along with tea/ coffee, on the other hand, its also perfect snack for your afternoon tea/coffee. The bananas are first coated in a homemade batter of rice flour, boiled / steamed and then toppled over with fresh grated coconut .  However, Pisang Rai is Balinese traditional snack that once triumphed within people which now had quite diverse rival whom offered the modern snack such cup cakes, brownies, muffins etc. Most of people who are devoted to a traditional treats have claim that their face trouble finding the vendors who are selling traditional snacks . However, the easiest way that we could possibly able to find them is at traditional market .   Bea...

Fried Banana, Pisang goreng is very popular snack throughout Indonesia , they are like a King among various deep-fried Indonesian snacks. The all time favourite snack also play role as the Indonesian breakfast staple and may serve with coffee or tea. Pisang goreng is part of our phenomenal street food, although it very easy to make, but many people prefer buying them from the street vendor side. I have nothing to against that tradition, but I’m forever fancy to make it at home.  I share my pisang goreng recipe today in my humble way and I believe that all of you might have your own version of making fried banana, perhaps modified with more tasteful and served in various ways, such sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, coated with honey and toasted sesame seeds or topping with grated cheese or chocolate, however all must have appealing and absolutely lips smacking outcome!  The fact, I am so enthusiastic to have some of the basic Indonesian food recipes...

These are the sticky slice that i highlighted in between my long list dessert to tryout, today I happened to blog after I convinced my self, simply adjusted how to make it without ahead *overnight soaking the sticky rice. My nerves was shaking thinking of either it failed- disappointed or successful-be proud and win! Ketan Srikaya is an Indonesian traditional snack or dessert, a savory steamed soft glutinous rice coated with silky coconuty custard. The combination of the flavors, sweet-savory, sticky-gooey slice is definitely an addictive. I’ve taken my hours of writing an idea, how to make it real with all the complicated that I have, it always fun to deal and took it as challenge. As I have no steamer available that could rest my 18x18 tray inside it so I must have taken a shortcut to make those sticky custardy and coconuty that really looks divine. I have decided to go with water bath baking method instead of steaming it, cover the tray that filled wit...

I couldn’t believe how the weather is so strange and somehow making me stuck to just staying at home. I am so much crabby to face this weather condition, but for the time being I need to keep my self composed peacefully.   Well, I normally bring my son for the evening stroll, gone down the hill or in every alternate day of the weekday, I brought him to the beach, sometime I decide gone for the one that just near where we lived or going to a little further beaches to catch up sunset while having some evening treat like fruit salad ( Rujak gula ) Indonesian meat balls soup (Bakso) or even grilled sweet corn ( Jagung Bakar) on the beach.  It’s always good to see him having some out door activity, running around on the beach, playing with the sands and sea water. Just because the weather extremely not too friendly, we have to remain at home consequently. These past few days I’ve set my days to have some full activity at home, because in the outside ...