Sayur Lodeh

- Ingredients :
                          - 3 tablespoons of Oil
                          - 3 cloves garlic, minced
                          - 2 teaspoons Galangal or fresh ginger, minced 
                          - 3 Chile pepper, sliced into rounds 
                          - 1 piece Lemongrass, white part of stalk only, minced 
                          - 1 teaspoon Coriander, ground 
                          - 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric 
                          - 2 cups Coconut milk

                          - 1 Potato, peeled and diced 
                          - 1 Carrot, peeled and sliced into rounds 
                          - 1 cup Green beans, trimmed 
                          - 1 Onion, thinly sliced 
                          - 1 cup Chinese or Napa cabbage, chopped 
                          - 3 Scallions, chopped into 1-inch pieces 
                          - Salt and pepper, to taste

    - Directons : 
                          1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok over medium flame.
                              Add the garlic,galangal or ginger,chiles, lemongrass,coriander
                              and turmeric and stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
                          2. Add coconut milk, potatoes, carrots, green beans and onion
                              and bring to a boil.Reduce heat to low,cover and simmer until
                              the potatoes are almost cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes.
                          3. Remove cover and stir in the add cabbage, scallions, salt and
                              pepper.Simmer until the cabbage is tender,about 3-4 minutes.
                              Adjust seasoning and serve with rice.
                          4. Waallaah, It's done. Have a nice try.

    - Variations :
                          - You can substitute other vegetables if you like. Just add the
                             sturdier, longer-cooking vegetables first and the more delicate
                             vegetables in  the second simmering. This prevents over or
                             undercooking.

Liwet Rice / Nasi Liwet

- Ingredients :                           a. 350  grams of water
                           b. 650 grams of coconut milk
                           c. 400 grams of chicken meats
                           d. 2 pieces of bay leaf
                           e. 2 bars of lemongrass, pounded
                           f.  2 cm of galangal, pounded
                           g. 2 teaspoons of salt
                           h. 2 teaspoon of brown sugar
                           i.  5 pieces of red onion
                           j.  2 cloves  of garlic
                           k. 1/2 teaspoon of coriander seed powder
                           l.  2 pieces of candlenut
                           m. 4 eggs
                           n.  1.000 ml water
                           o. 1/2 tablespoon of salt
                           p. 5 pieces of guava leaf
                           q. 4 pieces of teakwood leaf
                           r.  2 pieces of bay leaf
                           s. 100 gr of egg white
                           t.  50 ml of thick coconut milk
                           u. 1/4 teaspoon of salt

    - Directions :
                          1. Boil rice in 650 ml of coconut milk, let it well cook in small fire
                          2. Blend all ingredients from letter i to l
                          3. Mix all ingredients from letter c to l until well cooked, take away
                              the chicken meat and slice it into small pieces, then boil again
                              for 5 minutes, take away chicken meat again then boil the rest
                              of  ingredients until tick.
                          4. Boil all ingredients from letter m to r, then peel the eggs and
                              boil again
                          5. Mix ingredients from s to u,steam it then cut into small pieces.
                          6. All ingredients have already been cooked and ready to serve.
                          7. Waallaah, it's done. Have a nice try.
                                             

WELCOME TO 2011

          Happy New Year 2011, fire works everywhere last night and every body were happy.  at last i created a blog about my nation, Indonesia. Here we're not allowed to talk about politics, religion and sex. This website only contains  about  cuisines, cultures and beautiful places that we can go and explore.