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Baked strawberry tartlets

I love fresh strawberry in any season, but if I have leftover strawberry it doesn't look fresh anymore, I normally blend with any fruits to make juice or blend with yogurt. This time I had an idea to make a small dessert, strawberry wrapped with pie crust brush with melted butter and baked until crusty or golden brown drizzle with melted chocolate because can't go wrong. Ingredients; - 1 sheet  store bought pie crust - 14 fresh strawberries - 2 Tbsp melted butter Preparation Cut pie crust  round with  cookie / biscuit cutter medium size or depend how large of strawberry One sheet pie crust equal 14 round, brush with melted butter *See a picture above* Then wrap around a strawberry with cut round pie crust *see picture above Then brush wrap pie crust with melted butter one more time Put on the baking pan with parchment paper Bake on 400 F  oven for 12-15 minutes  or until pie crust  golden brown  Melted chocolate - 1 bar 4 oz  semi-sweet cho

Beef Tandori

First of all i didn't know what is tandori/Naan  bread use for,i see some at the grocery store,it's look like kind of pita bread, except tandori is more thicker,that what i think, i see some posting from my fellow food bloger  "My home diary in turkey " citra,,,,thanks for the inspiration.when you posting about this naan bread,its always look and sound YUM to me,,,, :) Then when we were on  vacation in cape cod area,Provincetown,MA we find autentic South African foods,a lot of pita bread with choices and type of salad,so i got lamb pita,  www.karookafe.com/  it was really,,,really good,we are back for the second time and i got the same order,indeed :) because we like the foods and the employees was very nice and friendly. So this post its about inspired goes to my kitchen :) i make my own and  i will call it " beef tandori " it's doesnt matter what we call but taste great :) beef tandori 4-6 serving OK for this recipe you will need : Tandori/naa

Cassava butterscotch chip cookies

What is cassava ?? Cassava is a shrubby, tropical, perennial plant that is not well known in the temperate zone. For most people, cassava is most commonly associated with tapioca. The plant grows tall, sometimes reaching 15 feet, somewhat dark brown in color and grows up to 2 feet long. with leaves varying in shape and size. The edible parts are the tuberous root and leaves. The tuber (root) is In Indonesia, cassava is used in a variety of food products, the same way potatoes are used in the U.S. They can be used as vegetables in dishes, grated to make pancakes, dried and ground into tapioca flour, or sliced and made into snack chips. Cassava butterscotch chip cookies I made this cookies just an experiment,instead make with tapioca flour i make this with grated cassava Ingredients : 1/2 cup butter/1 stick room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 egg 1 cup grated cassava 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg/powder 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 cup

fried tempeh with garlic

This recipe is very simple and easy to cook,you can use any kind tempeh that you like with simple ingredients grated garlic,salt and pepper, Can be serve as side dish , appetizer, or on sandwiches. Ingredient; I block tempeh 1/2 cup water 2 clove garlic 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp  white /black pepper 3 Tbsp vegetable oil for fry Preparation: cut tempeh by two to long size, then cut by two / one bock tempeh equal 8 pieces Grate garlic,put in a small bowl add water salt, pepper and garlic marinated about 15 minutes before you cook drain the liquid befor fry Heat oil on the skillet fry about 2 minutes each side or until golden brown or chrunchy  ready to serve on sandwiches or for side dish along with white rice and any vegetables

Mango peach orange juice

Tropical summer juice,i like fruits and orange juice is one of my favorite,refreshing drinks for Hot summer day :) is very simple right ?? :) Mango peach orange juice Ingredients: I mango ( peel and cut ) 2 peach ( peel and cut 1 cup orange juice ( just blender until smooth, chill or serve with ice cube )

Karedok/raw vegetable salad

Article from Wikipedia.                                                                                                                         Karedok  is a raw  vegetable  salad from  West Java ,  Indonesia . It is one of the  Sundanese  signature  dish . It is made from  cucumbers ,  bean sprouts ,  cabbage ,  legumes ,  Thai basil , and small green  eggplant . It is very similar with  gado gado , except all the vegetables are raw, and it uses kencur,  Thai basil  and  eggplant  for other places karedok also known as  Gado-gado  ( Indonesian  and  Betawi  language) or also called  Lotek  ( Sundanese ) for its cooked version - differed from  lotek atah or  karedok  for its fresh and raw version of the vegetable covered with peanut sauce and  pecel  ( Javanese  language) is an  Indonesian dish  comprising a vegetable salad served with a  peanut sauce  dressing, originally been a  Sundanese  dish. Karedok is widely served as dailly food in the sundanese family, ussualy added with ho

Bala-bala/vegetable fritters

This vegetables fritter can be made from any leftover vegetables,such cabbage,carrot,beansprout,herbs and add flour and egg to thickened mixed vegetables, seasoned with dry spices/ powder. We call it bala-bala in west Java Indonesia, is traditional street food it can be found easily in the street vendor mostly in West java province Indonesia. Ingredients : -  1 cup diced carrot -  1 cup diced green beans -  2 cups shreeded cabbage -  1 cup sliced green onion -  1 egg -  4 Tbsp flour -  1/2 teaspoon salt -  1/2 teaspoon white/black pepper -  1/2 teaspoon curry powder -  1/2 teaspoon paprika powder -  1/2 teaspoon garlic powder -  1/2 cup vegetable oil for fry Preparations ; Mix dice carrot,green beans,cabbage and green onion in medium mixing bowl add egg, flour and the rest spices ingredients, stir and mix until combine Heat vegetable oil in medium heat in fry pan spoon the vegetables mixture into hot fry pan, and cook until golden brown about 2 minutes

Mango pudding

Mango is one of my favorite fruits since I was kid,back home in Indonesia we had varieties of mangoes,Good mango is when we cut and peeled there is no string in it,that what I like, I don't like stringy mango  because is too hard to slice it and if  too ripe is not good either,the good one is  ripe but still firm, anyway it's my personal opinion about mango :) Ingredients - 2 ripe mango - 3 tsp Kosher unflavored gelatin / small package - 1/2 cup water - 1/2 cup condensed milk - 2 tbs sugar - 3/4 cup coconut milk that 's a good one meaty without string :) Preparation : peeled mango and cut/sliced puree mango in food processor or blender and set aside on the sauce pan boil 1/2 cup water until hot (or microwave about a minute ) pour unflavored gelatin to the hot water stirring really well,make sure there is no lump add condensed milk and sugar stir really well until combine and mixing with mango puree  add coconut milk and stir reall