Sauteed mustard greens (Choy sam)

I like cooking simple and easy food... coz I'm not the expert one hehehe ;p
This one only takes 5-10 minutes to cook. You just need green mustard/chinese mustard/Choy sam, chicken fillet, mushroom, and several of sauce.

Let's beginn...



Ingredient :
1 bunch of green mustard
1 chicken fillet, sliced
5 button mushroom or other, sliced
1 garlic, minced
1 tbs Soy sauce
1 tbs Oyster sauce
water/ broth
1 tbs sago, mix with water
oil
salt & papper, as needed

Cooking Direction :

• Saute garlic until fragrant, add chicken and mushroom, stir
• add green mustard/choy sam, add soy sauce and oyster sauce, stir well
• add water/broth, stir and let stand briefly until cooked, adjust the taste then add salt and pepper
• then add 1 or 2 tbs water of sago to thicken, stir again
  
• and served.

~♥~ Happy Cooking ~♥~

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Sweet Soya Bean Petai / *Petai Kecap*

Maybe not everyone ever tried to eat petai or even know petai ..
I'm not sure which countries are familiar with petai, but almost every people in Indonesia likes petai.
Some people said it has a unique flavor, and they liked it, but some people said it have unpleasant smell, wierd, and they don't like it. Quite difficult to explain exactly how it tastes, my opinion it's little bit crunchy when you bite, unique smell but some people said it have smell like methane gas. hahaha ... but for those who loves it said it's tasty and smells good.

Beside that, compared with apples, petai has protein 4 times more, carbohydrates over twice as much, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice as many vitamins and other minerals.

For more information about petai you can read in Here



I eat petai, but not my favorite. Most of petai make your urine have smell so bad, and it was very embarrassing when you piss in the office toilets or public toilets, or even your house itself.

In Indonesia, petai usually cooked with fried rice and I likes this one (I can tell you that is delicious, petai would give you different taste of your usual fried rice and this is yummy), or cooked with potatoes & chili, or combine with javanese salad (lalapan) served with chili sauce (sambal terasi).

And here is my parents's favourite recipe, my parents loveeeeee petai... ><)hehe..
did you think that I have a bad smell toliet.. Lol!




Ingredient :
1 cup of Petai
2 Garlic, sliced
3 Shallot, sliced
5 meatballs, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
2 red chili, sliced
3-5 tbs sweet soya bean
1 cups of water
salt & pepper

Cooking Direction :

• saute garlic and shallot until fragrant, add meatballs, then petai, stir,
• add red chili, then tomatoes, stir well,
• add sweet soybean, then water, cook until boiled in medium heat,
• add salt & pepper, adjust the tasted,
• served.
  

*please cooking if you are dare to try... hehehe... ^^))
for you who loves petai, maybe it can be a new recipe for you...
and Do you likes Petai??...

~♥~ Happy Cooking ~♥~

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Review : Woku Woku Restaurant ( Manado Food )

Hellooo :)... This is my first foody review… yeeeyyy!!....

Yesterday, after office hour I went to Mall Artha Gading, in North Jakarta, I and my boyfriend want to tried Manado food in Woku Woku Restaurant.
Manado is a capital city of North Sulawesi in Indonesia. For information, Indonesia have very very very a lot of various types of foods, start from traditional food to international food, and most of them can make your tongue dancing…
Each province in Indonesia have their own traditional food.

The famous from Manado cuisine is spicy taste, and almost all the menus using herbs, like basil, lime leaves, pandan, mint leaves, lime Cui, and lemongrass.



ok let's begin for the Woku Woku restaurant, with hungry stomach we got into the restaurant, not too big with a simple interior, a few tables occupied by people.



then we ordered Sop kuah asam ikan kakap (sour snapper soup), Rado Rica, Pekedel Jagung (jagung=corn), and dabu dabu (it's like chili)



Sop kuah asam ikan kakap (sour snapper soup), This soup tasted sour and spicy, and also warm in stomach (I guess coz that’s what I feel), snapper in diced, in Soup there are ginger, spring onion, lemongrass, tomatoes, spicy taste comes from cayenne and sour from the lime juice, all combination made this soup so refreshing and it's comes in a big bowl portion... so you can eat for two or even three with the other menu.



Rado rica is stir fry beans, corn, eggplant and chicken fillets which cut in dice. and again…... a little bit spicy.



Perkedel jagung, deep fried flour with corn, ehhmm.. crunchy!!



Dabu Dabu, which is also famous for its sour and spicy taste, because of the small green tomato-based, cabe rawit / cayenne pepper and lemon Manado.



Beside, there are another favourite menu at Woku woku like Woku Manado Porridge, Ikan bakar saus Rica (Grilled Fish Rica Sauce), Ikan Woku Belanga (Fish Woku Belanga), and soup Brenebon.
To cover the taste spicy food you've eaten, treat the tongue with sweet red bean ice and a wide selection of other tasty.

For the price, it's quite cheap, Rp.35,000 for the Soup, Rp.14,000 for Rica Rado, Rp.7,500 for Perkedel Jagung, Rp.4,500 for Rice, Rp.7,000 for Refiil Tea.

Kurs at that time :
1 USD : Rp.8,700
1 EUR : Rp.12,300
1 AUD : Rp.8,900
1 Yen : Rp.103,00
1 SGD : Rp.6,800

Overall:
interior : standard
cleanliness : good
service : good
teste : good
price : standard

wanna eat again : yes! Wanna try the other menu ^^



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Steam Cheese Tofu

This is simple and easy recipe. I think, combination tofu and cheese created different and delicious taste. It's cooked without oil, also low fat so it's good for your diet... Hehehe ;p



Ingredient :
1 pack white tofu
1/2 Onion, chopped
1/2 Green onion, chopped
1/2 carrot, chopped
Parmesan cheese
Salt & pepper

Cooking direction :
Combine all ingredient into 1 bowl, mixed well
Put parmesan cheese again on top mixed tofu.
Then steam about 15-20 minute.
Serve.
Note : you can add meat if you like.

~Happy cooking~

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Fried Rice with Anchovy/Teri Medan Fish

Haii... :) this is one of my fav fried rice style, this fried rice cooked without sweet soy sauce, and I add anchovy for the taste. ^__^ trust me it's delicious!!...
I used tiny anchovy that we called "Teri Medan Fish" in Indonesia, its colour is white. Anchovy also have advantages for our healthy.



Anchovy is a source of calcium that are resistant and not easily soluble in water. In addition, it contains fluoride is also very beneficial for dental health. Fluorine is an important element in preventing caries or cavities.



Ingredient :
2 tbsp oil
2 plate of rice
2 garlic, chopped
1 spring onion, sliced
½ Bombay Onion, cut into small pieces
2 red chilli, sliced
100 gr mixed vegetable
50 gr Anchovy/Teri Medan Fish, fried
2 eggs, scrambled
1 chicken stock powder/block
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp soy sauce (add as you like)
pepper, as needed

Cooking direction :
Heat up the skillet, with medium heat saute garlic, bombay onion, spring onion until fragrant, add red chilli and mix vagetable stir well
then add scrambled eggs, chicken stock and soy sauce, stir well
add rice, then sesame oil, stir again, add pepper as needed, then add Teri Medan fish, stir well
serve



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Ketoprak

Ketoprak is a popular food in coastal areas of West Java, especially around Jakarta. Seller usually sell by using the wagon and get around to peddle ketoprak.


pic from : http://commons.wikimedia.org

in a plate :)
it's also easy to cook by yourself



Ingredient :
150 gr rice noodle
150 gr bean sprout
1 pack of white tofu, cut into medium size
1 cucumber, cut into small pieces

Peanut Sauce :
3 red chilli (add or less as you like)
2 bird chilli (add or less as you like)
50 gr peanut, roasted and mashed
3 garlic, mashed
2 tbsp tamarind water
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp sweet soybean sause
100 cc hot water


Complement :
5 shallot (for fried shallot)
Kerupuk/Crackers


Cooking direction :
Boil rice noodle until smooth, drain
deep fried tofu until golden brown, drain

Peanut sauce :
Combine all ingredient of peanut sauce stir well (make it not too thick, if the sauce is too thick you can add little bit hot og water), adjust the taste and drain.

Prepare a plate, add rice noodle, fried tofu, cucumber, pour with peanut sauce and fried shallot
serve with kerupuk/crackers.



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