Rice and Coconut

I would like to say Thank you to everyone for get well wishes,I feel better soon,,,,  Markie,,,,the soup was delicious :) looks preety too :)  To all my foodie friends,,,I will be back to the kitchen soon :) to create and share my recipe,,,, Ridwan :)

This Asian sweet potato balls are my family favorite when I was a kid, my mother use to make this so often to served with hot tea, It's just perfect snack for rainy day in Bandung west java Indonesia where I grown up. Ingredients ; 2 large sweet potato/ boiled until soft 1 cup grated sweet coconut 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoon corn starch 1 cup palm sugar powder sugar vegetables oil for fry confectioner's sugar Preparation : peel sweet potato,cut in cube and boil until soft and  drain the water and mashed add grated coconut,vanilla,flour,corn starch,mix until combine. make it a little ball about 1 Tablespoon of the dough roll with hand and fill with little bit palm sugar in the middle. In the small nonstick fry pan,heat vegetable oil until reach about 350 degree F fry them until both side golden brown Sprinkles with powder sugar right away,served warm immediately E N j O Y,,

This type of Thai soup is very popular in Thai cuisine around the world,is basically clear soup with prawn/shrimp and mushroom with rich Asian spices in it,such as galangal,lemon grass and kafir lime leaf and is spicy too which I like. But I will make this Tom Yum soup my own,I use seafood medley instead of prawn/shrimp,and thicker soup instead of clear. Ingredients : - 2 lbs seafood medley ( shrimp,mussel and squid ) - 1 cup sliced mushroom - 1 cup small young corn ( Asian best ) - 3 cup of water - 1 cup of milk ( optional for thicker soup ) - 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil spices ingredients : - 1  clove shallot ( thinly slice ) - 1 clove garlic ( thinly slice ) - 1 stalk lemon grass ( thinly slice ) - 1 tbsp grated fresh galangal - 1 teaspoon tomato paste - 2 Thai chili/ fresh red Cayenne pepper ( chopped really fine ) - 1 teaspoon tamarind juice/ lemon or lime juice - 1 tsp fish sauce - salt to taste - pinch of sugar - 4 kafir lime leaves - 2 stalk gree

This pomegranate vinaigrette is very simple but apparently I'm forget to take a picture before I pour in to salad,but I still can share this simple recipe in this salad picture :) I need to use up this arugula soon before expired,so I just roll arugula into slice medallion cucumber as my salad/side dish,This is the first time I had this simple pomegranate vinaigrette,but I will make it again for sure. Ingredients : - 1 pomegranate - 1 lemon ( juice and  lemon zest ) - 1 Tbsp avocado oil - 1/2  Tbsp honey - pinch of salt  ( Cut pomegranatte and use all the juice and, 1 lemon zest  + juice before just whisk all ingredients  together until combine ) and serve in to mixed green salad. E N J O Y ,,,,,

Ingredients: 1 cup chunk fresh pineapple 1 cup chunk fresh mango 1 can chunk chicken breast/12,5 oz 2 tbs pomegranate seed  2 stalk scallion/green onion thinly sliced 2 tbsp chopped cilantro ( just mix them together in to a big salad bowl ) Dressing ingredients : 2 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp fresh pomegranate juice 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice 1/2 tbsp of lemon zest 1/2 tbsp honey pinch of garlic powder pinch of red pepper flakes  ( on the small bowl just mixed and whisk all dressing ingredients until combine ) pour salad dressing into chicken salad mix,stir until combine ready to serve as a salad or on sandwiches,,,, E n J o Y,,,and Have a great weekend !!!

I have a box of peppermint bark during holiday season from one of our friend,I don't know what to do with it.  Since I was off yesterday. I try to use up this peppermint bark to make pancakes, It turn out really good :) Peppermint Bark Pancakes Ingredients: I use store bought pancake mix just add water and follow direction on the package and about 1/2 cup of chopped peppermint bark + pancakes syrup and whipped cream ( optional ) Chopped peppermint bark add some about 3 tablespoon to pancake batter and mixed sprinkles the rest of chopped peppermint bark in to pancake before you flip them You can serve without pancakes syrup if you like,for reduce sugar,a sweetness from bark is sweet enough to start morning activity :)

This is a simple way to have dinner,if I don't feel like to cook sometime, I always had homemade sun dried tomato humus on the fridge,,,yes always you can find recipe here : Ridwan's Kitchen / Asian-spice mix: Sun dried tomato humus Is kind of Pizza but I use pocket-less pita instead pizza crust/dough and Humus for pizza sauce,why not,just a try :) very simple and don't take much time :) you will need : pocket- less pita bread/store bought Humus mozzarella cheese/shredded arugula sun dried tomato Parmesan cheese preparation : pre heat oven 350 F meanwhile spread humus on pita bread and topping with shredded mozzarella cheese in to the oven until cheese is melted,it take few minutes topping with  arugula,little bit chopped sun dried tomato and  sprinkles with Parmesan cheese ready to serve immediately !! enjoy,,,,

If you have a very ripe banana need to use up soon ,this recipe will be great,I like the way it turn out,it's really good combination and there is no butter in this cookies. Ingredients: - 2 very ripe bananas/plantain - 1 cup nutella ( chocolatte hazelnut spread ) - 1 cup brown sugar - 2 eggs - 2 cup all purpose flour - 1 teaspoon baking powder - pinch of salt - 1/2 cup granolla cereal - 1/2  cup oat meal Nutella Glaze 2/3 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon water 1 tablespoon Nutella Direction: In a medium bowl, cream together mashed banana, Nutella, brown sugars, and eggs until smooth and fluffy. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder,and salt. Add to banana mixture until just blended, then stir in granola and oatmeal.   Refrigerate mixture for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drop  spoonfuls cookie dough into  an cookie sheet on parchment pepper Bake for 15-18 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on pan 5