Spaghetti Brulee

Source: HERE with my own modification

The kids watched the video and said, please cook this😂

What you need:

For spaghetti bolognaise:

300g pasta, cooked as per instructed in the packaging

2 cloves of garlic, peel and mince

1 small onion, peel and chop

300g minced beef, mix in with a bit of tapioca starch and tomato ketchup

400g spaghetti sauce (I used Prego)

2 tbsp sugar

1 tsp dried parsley (or oregano)

50g shredded cheddar cheese

200ml water

1tbsp butter

For bechamel sauce:

4 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tbsp butter

450ml fresh milk

3 tbsp plain flour

150g shredded cheddar cheese

1 tsp chicken stock powder

1/2 tsp pepper

Method:

• For spaghetti bolognaise, heat butter in a pan and sautee garlic and onion until fragrant and soft. Add in minced beef, cook until change color. Add in spaghetti sauce, sugar, dried parsley, water, cheese. Mix until boiling. Add in spaghetti and stir well
• For bechamel sauce, heat butter in a pan, sautee garlic until fragrant. Add in plain flour to make the roux, stir until mixed well. Add in slowly fresh milk while stirring continuously. Add in cheese and chicken stock powder and pepper. Mix until the sauce starts to bubble. Off fire
• Place spaghetti bolognaise in a baking pan, and pour bechamel sauce over
• Bake in preheated oven of 200degC for about 15mins at center rack, and broil using top heat until browned and the top part creates one thin crisp layer
• Serve warm with sprinkle of parmesan cheese and dash of tabasco

Tori Baitan Udon

 Very simple, hearty and satisfying dish loved by my family😊

Source: HERE with my modification

What you need:

For the chicken balls:

300g minced chicken

5pcs oyster mushroom, minced

2stalks spring onion, chopped

1tsp salt

1tsp mushroom stock powder

4tbsp tapioca starch

4tbsp light soy sauce

For the soup:

4 cloves of garlic, peeled and bruised

1tbsp cooking oil

1.5L water

2tsp salt

1tsp chicken stock powder

1/2 tsp pepper

4tbsp tapioca starch diluted with a little water

carrot, peel and slice

udon, prepare as per the package instruction

chopped fried garlic

chopped spring onion

Method:

• For the chicken balls, mix all ingredients and taste test by making one small ball and boil until cooked
• Shape into balls and dip into a pot of hot boiling water. When all done, put the pot on the stove over low fire and boil until balls are floating. Dish out and transfer to a pot with icy cold water until cool. Balls can be frozen for future use
• For the soup, heat a pot with cooking oil and sautee garlic until fragrant. Add in water, salt, pepper, chicken stock powder, and carrot. Bring to boil over medium low fire. Check the taste. When boiling, add in tapioca starch slurry until reaching the thickness preferred
• Just before serving, place udon in a bowl, add chicken balls, pour soup over it. Sprinkle with fried garlic and spring onion. Serve hot

Nasi Uduk Set (Coconut Rice Set)

There's no guide to make this dish, it depends on what you prefer at the point of making and what the available ingredients is. Each time can be different

This time, I cooked the coconut rice with crispy fried wings, tempe orek (stir fry chili tempe), fried crispy silver fish, omelette and sambal petai

What you need:

For the rice:

4cups of rice (the rice cup)

2 lemongrass, lightly bruised

2 pandan leaves, tied into knot

5 salam leaves (Indonesian bay leaves)

2.5tsp salt

enough coconut milk (I mixed about 150ml coconut cream and water)

For the tempe orek:

1 tempe, diced

8 shallots, peeled and halved

5 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved

5 red chilis, deseed and cut

2 red bird's eye chilis, deseed and cut

1 tomato, quartered

5 lime leaves, torn

salt, sugar, dark sweet soy sauce

cooking oil

For sambal petai:

1/2 pack of petai, halved

100g red chilis, deseed and cut

2 red bird eye's chilis, deseed and cut

50g shallots, peeled and halved

salt, sugar

1tbsp juice from sliced large lime

cooking oil

For omelette:

4 eggs

4 pinches of salt

cooking oil

For crispy silver fish:

a pack of silver fish

few tbsp of plain flour

cooking oil

For fried wings:

some chicken wings, cut into 2 (I separate the drumlettes)

crispy fried chicken premix flour

water

cooking oil

Method:

For coconut rice:

• Mix all ingredients into a rice cooker pan and cook just like cooking normal rice

For tempe orek:

• Heat oil in a pan and fry tempe until golden brown, dish out and set aside
• Blend shallot, garlic, chilis and tomato and some cooking oil to a smooth paste
• Sautee the paste until fragrant, adding the lime leaves
• Add salt, sugar, dark sweet soy sauce, mix well. Add a bit of water if it's too dry (I didn't add)
• Dish out and serve

For sambal petai:

• Blend shallot and chilis, cooking oil to a smooth paste
• Sautee the paste until fragrant, add in petai, salt and sugar, cook until petai softened, but not too soft either
• Drizzle lime juice, stir well and off fire

For omelette:

• 4 eggs, lightly beaten mix with 4 pinches of salt

For crispy silver fish:

• Wash silver fish and dry over kitchen towel, toss in plain flour to make a thin coating
• Heat oil (medium fire) and fry until golden brown and crispy

For crispy fried wings:

• I used lazy method this time by using premix flour for crispy chicken, just mix some part of that flour with water until become a thick liquid, dip chicken in, and coat with the remaining flour, deep fry until golden brown and crispy

Besides just assembling them on a plate, I did some Indonesians usually call 'Nasi Kucing', famous in Yogyakarta (Central Java), Indonesia

It's actually just plain rice with some dishes put together in a banana leaf, wrap them and serve, type of dishes is up to preference

Why it's called 'Nasi Kucing' (cat rice), cos usually the serving size is small. They call bigger portion as 'Nasi Singa' (lion rice)

Don't ask me what is the connection between cat and lion with the food serving size🤣

I used my coconut rice though, cos why not LOL, add in tempe orek and sambal petai

Added my yummy crispy silver fish and potato I bought from my talented friend

Placed them in 2 layers of banana leaf, wrapped and sealed with toothpick (please don't judge my wrapping skill, u know how my skill level in beautifying whatever I make 😅)

Somehow with the banana leaf wrap, the dish looks yummier, and the taste too😊

See, it looks much more appetizing using banana leaf, and it does enhance the taste too😋

See what I mean about my wrapping skill😅

If you want to split the work so it's not so tiring, you can cook tempe orek, sambal petai and crispy silver fish a day before

Lots of work, but it really is worth it! I will still make it again and again in the future, probably adding different dishes😀

Fried Rice with Chinese Sausage

We're not really fans of Chinese sausage, but ocassionally it's fine. This time is because I just wanted to clear some leftovers. I added fishcake for my kids, since they don't eat Chinese sausage

What you need:

4portions of overnight rice, cold

a few handful of frozen vegetables of your choice

1 onion, peeled and chopped

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 chinese sausage, sliced

1 big fish cake, sliced

1tbsp sesame oil

1tbsp oyster sauce

2tbsp light soy sauce

1tbsp margarine

1/2 tsp mushroom stock powder

dashes of salt, pepper

a little cooking oil to sautee 

Method:

• Heat margarine in a wok, scramble egg until the doneness you preferred, scoop out and set aside
• In the same wok, heat a little oil and fry chinese sausage until fragrant and a little crisp at the edges. Scoop out and set aside
• Using the same wok, heat cooking oil and sautee garlic and onion until fragrant. Add in fish cake and frozen vegetables, cook until softened
• Add in rice, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, mushroom stock powder, salt, pepper, stir well 
• Add in chinese sausage and scrambled egg, toss well
• Serve immediately

Alpukat Kocok (Whipped Avocado)

Dessert with avocado is very popular in Indonesia, this one is no exception. Many different toppings used, this time I used chocolate sweet condensed milk. Easy and yummy👍

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It's really simple to make this. You just need a ripe avocado, crushed ice and topping you like

I used hand blender to whip the avocado, leave some chunks for texture, place at the bottom of a cup or glass or bowl, add crushed ice and lastly, drizzle topping. Mix everything just before consuming

Other popular options for topping are Nutella, Ovomaltine, and Milo. I personally like to mix in with a tiny bit of hot water so it's easier to drizzle

Note: the quality of avocado used is crucial here, I love to use Indonesian butter avocado, so creamy and tasty I can say it's the best kind of avocado ever👍