STEAM VEGETABLE AND SPICY CASHEW BUTTER SAUCE

I just bough Chinese bamboo basket steamer, one that I already wanted so long. I love the smell of bamboo during the time I steam my vegetable, it is romantic haha. It is reminded me of my childhood, when I wander with my boy-friends in a bamboo forest near to my childhood home (most my…

INDONESIAN VEGETABLE FRITTER

This are my junk food, typical Indonesian junk food, even though it is made from bunch of vegetable but the fried cooking process make me consider this snack as junk food hehe. Regardless of the cooking process, this snack are people pleasure for we “Indonesian” hehe. Indonesian love fried, fried sweet potatoes, fried banana, fried…

SAMBAL GORENG TEMPEH (VEGAN FRIENDLY)

I will continue to write recipe for my coconut rice companion, but this is the last recipe that vegan friendly. Actually there is another more, that traditionally will serve, it is chicken or egg Indonesian curry, and I can replace the protein with ingredient that suitable for vegan, but unfortunately I can not manage my…

FRIED GLASS NOODLE (VEGAN FRIENDLY)

This noodle are my son favourite, but here I write it as the complement from Nasi uduk recipe that I posted earlier. This dishes are also able to be enjoy alone, in some area in Java island, this dishes also serve as a breakfast dishes, just fried rice glass noodle and maybe with some other…

NASI UDUK (RICE COOKED IN COCONUT MILK)

I Think you will be find this rice recipe a lot in my post, I love this dishes, it is also my kids favourite, If I cooked this dishes they will be ask more and more. Back in my home country, this rice is really humble menu that serve during breakfast, that companied by equally…

BALADO TERONG (AUBERGINE IN TANGY SAMBAL)

Hehe, I must say that I addicted to Sambal, I feel like my life is Bland when I am eating without spiciness (so I am not only eat Sambal, sometime I just sprinkle dried bird eye chilli into my dishes, and a lot of it). Do you know that mostly for us Indonesian, Sambal is…

POTATOES AND TEMPEH SAMBAL GORENG

Yesss the name of this dishes is Sambal, but this recipe isn’t spicy (but you can make it spicy though hehe). If you been to Indonesia usually people will associate Sambal with spicy condiment that we have, that is totally true, there are bunch of Sambal recipe we have, and they are all exciting *hehe….

GULAI KALE (KALE IN INDONESIAN CURRY STYLE)

Vegetable Gulai are dishes that commonly cooked in Sumatra, Javanese also have a version of vegetable Gulai but it more subtle compare to this Sumatran version. Commonly are serve as a side dishes for Rendang, it is so delicious. Both Javanese and Sumatran are commonly used cassava leaves as the main ingredient, but I really have…

FRIED TOFU SALAD (VEGAN FRIENDLY INDONESIAN SALAD)

If I take a look a lot more and more closely, Indonesian culinary have a broad range of salad recipe, that actually I am not aware before. But after moving here in Madrid, and I often miss home, I tried to digging more and more into my culinary heritage, which now I realise it is…

INDONESIAN MIE GORENG (VEGAN FRIENDLY INDONESIAN FRIED NOODLE)

Any time I want to have quick lunch or dinner that required really less energy to cook it, that is it, this is my go to recipe. Quick and simple recipe that everybody can’t resist, I can even categorise this recipe as people pleaser. Yeah, my kids really loves noodles, If I am not forbid…