INDONESIAN CLASSIC BROCCOLI STIR FRIED WITH TOFU

This are my taking on my mother in law comfort food, her stir fried broccoli are always comforting and welcoming to devour, the real simplicity are the ultimate sophistication, how such simple food could bring the soul in such a comfort, specially to be enjoy in cold weather or rainy day. Only touch I add…

RUJAK BUAH / INDONESIAN FRUIT SALAD – SPICY SALAD

On hot summer day, and classic Indonesian fruit are all in seasoned this are fun way to enjoy fruit, well at least for me. Basically all sour fruit are go for Rujak for us Indonesian. Somehow the sourness are more tolerable when you enjoy it with this sticky spice sauce, well technically I could called…

OREK TEMPEH/TEMPEH STIR FRIED

This are continuation from previous post that I promise you, stir fried tempeh in sweet soy sauce. All time favourite in our family, if I could get tempeh every day here in Spain, this undoubtedly going to be my standard staple in our household but nevertheless this dishes are consider as luxury when I serve…

TOFU WOKU

Hello good morning everyone, I am going to introduce you into this Indonesian dishes heritage, Manado cuisine, Manado is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi, just for you to know. Originally this dishes usually come from animal protein, I tried replace it with tofu, which is turn on equally good, because…

GRILLED TEMPE WITH GARLIC-ROSEMARY

Tempe are Indonesian heritage food ingredient, this ingredient are our culture, I almost can sure you that all Indonesian love tempe, for it versatility, for the splendid flavour, savoury nuttiness. when I was a kid tempe and tofu are staple in our household, like we can’t called it a day without tempe. In this post…

RICE BALL IN GINGER AND CINNAMON BROTH

This are super lazy way to get comfort, I don’t know about things that comfort you, but for me cinnamon and ginger are among few things that give me instant comfort. I still can not move on from the winter. It is entering blooming of spring, but enjoying small of this comfort at the end…

SHIITAKE IN SOY SAUCE

Uhmmm another shiitake mushroom, I hope you are okay with that. I wont tired to telling you how much I love shiitake mushroom. The chewiness texture, the umami unique flavour, and it able hold the texture even after I reheat it, I love re heat my meals hehe. I enjoy this dishes with a bowl…

ZUCCHINI AND BEAN SPROUT IN TOMATOES SAMBAL

Let’s make this weird winter a bit brighter, hotter or warmer maybe? from this spicy fresh sour tomatoes sambal. But I hope you could find some zucchini, you could freely add some fresh mushroom like oyster mushroom, champignon or shiitake mushroom, any meaty mushroom to carried quite full body of spices. This maybe look super…

SAYUR BENING (INDONESIAN CLEAR SOUP)

Another walk into memory lane, another most humble way to cooked, most humble way to enjoy food with most simple ingredients. I used to enjoy this soup during heat season in Indonesia. We in Indonesia only have two season as a tropical country, rainy wet season and dry hot season, but always humid regardless the…

FRIED MUSHROOM IN SPICES

Continuation from previous post. If you have difficulty to find tempe, even for me, I need to order the tempe from Indonesian friend that able to crafting tempe. Years ago I was crafting tempe myself, but I run out of the fresh spore to produce fermented soya that called tempeh. Did some experiment too by…