Cooking Tackle

Sambal sere tabia (Balinese pronounce as 'sambel' ) literally known as sambal terasi khas Bali, is one of fiery condiments amongst Balinese cuisine and also a common Balinese style sambal that every house of Balinese people in Bali know how to make, sere means terasi (Indonesian dried shrimps paste and fermented) while tabia means, chilli (cabe).  Although there are some variations on how to make sambal sere tabia in which I know that is every family has its own method and preferable, but the basic ingredients are always the same.  Im writing the recipe here in order to recall my culinary trips down to a popular local warung in Tabanan regency, which i can simply explain, warung is a traditional small restaurant, a  family owned-business runs by family members.  It was a moment, while on my way to the place, the exciting food trail offered me lush green padi field and beautiful sunset in front of me, we were experienced s...

Kkakdugi or diced radish kimchi is a variety of kimchi in Korean cuisine, it’s year around kimchi that included as one of popular banchan.  There’s an origin history about it, which is written in Wikipedia and its worthy of note in Korean gastronomy. Its an easy kimchi to make with simple method too, somehow, the only time consume are the preps and fermentation dated, I don’t judge factually as I love fermented goods. Here is the recipe of Korean diced radish kimchi (Kkaduki), it is from my personal cook book collections “The kimchee cookbook, fiery flavors and cultural history of Korea’s dish” A highly seasoned pickle white radish with Korean chilli-peppers, featuring  tasty and crunchy radish. Kkadugi  'cubed radish kimchi' INGREDIENTS 7 medium-sized white radishes 170 coarse salt 2,5 litter water 1/3 cup fish sauce ¼ cup Korean red-hot chilli peppers  2 tablespoons garlic paste 2 tablespoons ginger past...

My interest to the Kimchi world begins when I start to live in other country about decade ago, in which my enormous interest to the home-cooking. Besides that,  I also begin to like some tv program such food and travel, food history and also understanding cuisines from different countries, not too forget of collecting cooking book, It was amazing Kimchi is the most well-known Korean food out there and I love to read everything about that, including how to make Kimchi. I own a kimchi cooking book with 80 recipes inside, “ The Kimchee Cookbook” Fiery flavors and cultural history of Korea’s national dish, a book that giving me information of Korean gastronomic food. Making kimchi at home just like a ritual and I found it so much fun to do, from the preps until done. However, the most exciting moment when it’s done fermented, checking the bubbles on kimchi liquids, taste it and refrigerated. Last but not least, on this post, I referred kimchi recipe from...

When it come to rice, I mean steamed rice, I would include on my daily basis diet with proper portion in order not  missing out on some essential minerals required for good health. It is often believed by common myth that eating rice daily, can lead to belly fat and build unhealthy fat in the body, but if you consumed in right quantities, it's nothing to worry about. Being an Indonesian, rice has been one of the most consumed staples on my diets, eating delicious Indonesian food with some variety side dishes along with sambal, it wouldn’t complete without rice.  Instead of having regular steamed rice, here I will share some of personal recipe, homemade lemongrass rice with kaffir lime leaf, easy to make at home using a rice cooker NASI SERAI Ingredients 1 ½ cups premium jasmine rice 1/3 cup water 3 stalks lemongrass, lightly brush with any kitchen tool to release the flavour. 3 kaffir lime leaves, wash clean, torn  Hima...

I believe that at every home has favourite pancake recipe to cheer up Sundays, the whole batch would devoured by one sitting and makes everyone happy. To make pancakes from scratch actually super easy and you don’t really need to buy those boxed mixes. It just takes few more minutes from the preps, cook them up for most tastier homemade pancakes. I relay on this recipe everytime I need to make them on Sundays and I will prepare some different toppings according to your liking, from basic healthy toppings, refreshing delicious to fancy one. BEST BUTTERMILK PANCAKES INGREDIENTS 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar  2 large eggs, lightly beaten 3 cups buttermilk 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus 1/2 teaspoon for griddle DIRECTIONS Heat griddle to 375 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a medium bowl. ...

Broccoli is including as super food digestible carb vegetables and also a member of the cruciferous vegetable family. It's high in vitamins C and K and may reduce insulin resistance per serving.  Here is the source if you want to know more about Cruciferous vegetables Since broccoli season in Bali pretty bargain at the moment, so decide to provide healthy snacks for my son and gladly he like them. I am hooked with the recipe here and a slight modified according to my liking Healthy Baked Broccoli Tots   Prep Time  15  minutes   Cook Time  20  minutes   Total Time  35  minutes   Servings  20  tots Ingredients ·         3 cups fresh broccoli, cuts and clean under running tap water ·         1 large egg ·         1/3 cup cheddar cheese ·   ...

Pickling is an interesting cooking process, it is an ancient preservation technique which creates an environment inhospitable to bacteria. I pretty much enjoy of doing pickling, it’s like a mood-treatment in my kitchen where I can be creative of doing experiment with both vegetables and fruits.   There are many sources to describes the process briefly, easy to follow method and also the tips and tricks. Here is one of my favourite easy pickle and will be added to my recipe collection,  Vietnamese Pickles with Carrot and Daikon Radish (Đồ Chua ) , its from my preferable cooking blog that I follow many years ago. ps: I just modified the shape according to my liking Vietnamese pickled carrot daikon Cuisine: Asian Preps: 15 minutes Calories: 27 cal Ingredients 1/2 lb. carrots - julienned or cut into thin match-like strips *i modified to coins thin slices 1/2 lb. daikon radish , cut same as carrots 4...