KETAN SRIKAYA (STEAMED GLUTINOUS RICE WITH PANDAN COCONUT SAUCE)

This is a glutinous or sticky rice that steamed with thick coconut sauce that we call it 'Ketan' is very popular in Indonesia even in Malaysia. This time i am trying to share my yesterday breakfast was an Indonesian style of 'Ketan Srikaya' which is popular breakfast menu from South Sumatra.

Ingredients :

- 500 gr sticky rice/glutinous rice
- 250 ml coconut milk
- 4 eggs
- 60 gr multi purpose flour
- 185 gr sugar
- 500 ml thick coconut milk
- Pandan leaves
- 3/4 tsp pandan paste (to make green colour and flavor)

Method :

1. Soak the sticky rice with water over night.
2. Cook the sticky rice with 250 ml coconut milk and pandan leaves, add pinch of salt then cover the pan and let it cooked until the coconut milk runs out. Then move it to the steamer and steam it about 10-20 minutes.
3. Mix eggs and sugar in a bowl, beat it with whisk. Preheat a sauce pan, then cook 500 ml thick coconut milk with eggs n sugar mixture, add pandan leaves and pandan paste, let it warm add flour then stir well until cooked.

SIOMAY BANDUNG

Finally, accomplished practicing this favorite appetizer at my home kitchen. Big thanks to my favorite course teacher at NCC (Natural Cooking Club) Mba Riana Ambarsari Pennylane Kitchen who teach me everything about this 'Siomay Bandung' from A to Z. Served this Siomay together with the  peanut sauce, a bit lime juice, and sweet soy sauce, if you like you can enjoy it with tomato ketchup also. Here is the recipes ;-)

Ingredients :

500 gr King Fish fillet/Baracuda fillet, make puree.

2 tbsp onion, make puree

1 tsp garlic, make puree or you can use garlic powder.

1 1/2 tsp white pepper

3 tbsp sugar

3 tsp salt

1 tbsp sesame oil

3 eggs

400gr chayote/labu siam, coarsely grated.

450 gr tapioca flour.

1 pack wonton/siomay skin. (you can easily find in Chinese or Asian stores).

Methode :

1. In a large bowl, mix together with large wooden spoon all the purees ingredients + salt, pepper, sugar, sesame oil, eggs, and grated chayote.

2. Add tapioca flour then mix it whit large wooden spoon. 

3. Take 1 sheet of wonton skin, then put about 1 tbsp siomay dough, then shape it like dim sum. Other than using wonton skins, you can also use potatoes, bitter gourd, eggs, and cabbage as well as you can see from the pictures.

4. Put them in a steamer then steam it approximately for 30 minutes.

Peanut Sauce :

500gr peanut, fried, make puree.

200 gr red chilli, blender/mashed. (don not use chili if you don't like it to be spicy hot).

3 garlic, mashed.

2 tbsp vinegar / tamarind water.

2 tbsp salt

8 tbsp sugar

3 tbsp cooking oil

500 gr sweet potato, steamed then blender.

1,5 lt water.

1. Heat the wok pan with cooking oil. Stir fry garlic and chili until fragrance.

2. Add puree peanut and sweet potato with water. Mix well until boiled.

3. Turn off the stove, then add sugar, salt, and vinegar.

Note : to make puree you can use blender or hand blender as well.

PRAWN SPRING ROLL with home made MAYONNAISE

This appetizer should be in one package with 'Dim Sum', but don't be guiltily when you just eat it alone as a snack, however this snack is very easy to make.

Prawn Spring Roll :

Ingredients :

300 gr peeled prawns (small/medium size)

2 tbsp corn starch

1 tbsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp salt 

Spring roll pastry

Direction :

- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.

- Take one pastry. Put about 1 tbsp mixing prawns then fold in, stick it, then fried until light brown.

Mayonnaise 1 :

Ingredients :

1 egg

250 ml salad oil

2 tbsp lemon juice 

1-2 tbsp honey or condensed milk

salt to taste

Direction :

- Put egg + a  little oil  in to a hand blender jug, mix it.

- Add oil gradually little by little while mix still continuing until we get white color and the consistency.

- Add lemon juice, honey, and salt to taste.

ANGSIOE KAKI/CEKER AYAM

Bicara Dim Sum, pasti ada hidangan yang satu ini. Setelah mencobanya sendiri di dapur mama and the feedback is great. Resep ini menggunakan ang cioe (bahan masakan dari daratan China yang mengandung alkohol, bagi yang ingin tetap 'halal' maka penggunaan ang cioe ini bisa di hilangkan). Soo...ini dia resep dan penampilannya :)

BAHAN :
1kg kaki/ceker ayam, goreng hingga kering (deep fried), sisihkan. Rendam dalam air es.

• Bumbu A :

1. 5 butir bawang putih, memarkan.
2. 4 bh star anaise / bunga pekak
3. 1 sdm saus tiram
4.  2 sdm kecap asin
5. 2 sdm mushroom sauce / kecap jamur
6. 2 sdm ang cioe (optional)
7. 3 sdm gula pasir
8. 1 sdm garam
9. 1/2 sdt lada bubuk 
10. 1,5 lt air
11. 1-2 sdm angkak merah

• Bumbu B :

1. 1 sdm bawang putih cincang ( 3/4 butir)
2. 2 bh cabe merah besar, buang bijinya, iris kasar.
3. 3 sdm tausi (salted black bean
4. 2 sdm minyak wijen
5. 2 sdm tepung sagu, cairkan untuk pengental (thickening agent)

CARA MEMBUAT :

A.

- Panaskan sedikit minyak, lalu tumis bawang putih sampai harum.

- Tuang ang cioe (bila suka), lalu beri air secukupnya dan masukkan semua sisa bumbu A. Aduk rata, biarkan mendidih.

- Masukka kaki ayam yg sudah di goreng dan di rendam, masak hingga empuk dan airnya menyusut. (bisa menggunakan presto untuk menghemat waktu, lebih kurang 1/2 jam setelah uap keluar).

B.

- Tumis bawang putih cincang sampai harum. lalu masukkan cabe dan tausi, aduk rata.

- Tuang kaki ayam yang sudah empuk tadi, lalu tuang air sagu, aduk rata.

- kecilkan api, beri minyak wijen, aduk rata. Angkat.

Bakso Tahu Kuah

Tiba musim dingin saya rindu dengan Bakso Kuah yang gurih dan nikmat khas Indonesia, nikmatnya bakso kuah terletak pada rasa kuahnya yg sedap,akhirnya saya coba membuatnya sendiri. Dengan bawang putih cincang yang ditumis lebih dulu membuat gurih rasa kuah bakso. Selamat mencoba.

Ingredients :

- 1/4 kg bakso sapi/ayam/ikan

- 1 kotak tahu putih (potong kotak / persegi panjang)
- 150 gr tulang sapi dengan dagingnya atau hanya tulang.

- 5 buah bawang putih (haluskan)

- 1 buah shallot/bawang merah besar (haluskan)

- 3 sdm minyak goreng

- 1 lt air
- 1 sdt garam

- 1 sdt merica bubuk

- 1 sdt gula pasir

Pelengkap :

- Daun seledri (iris)

- Daun bawang (iris)

- bawang goreng

- perasan jeruk lemon

- kecap manis

- sambal botol.

Directions :

1. Rebus tulang sapi dengan air, lalu masukkan bakso.

2. Tumis bawang putih dan bawang merah sampai harum.

3. Masukkan tumisan bawang kedalam rebusan kaldu daging & bakso, tambahkan tahu.

4. Beri garam,gula, dan merica bubuk sesuai selera.

Hidangkan bersama dengan mie & bihun plus pelengkap.

Note :

- Bakso bisa variatif, bisa bakso sapi , atau bakso ayam, atau bakso ikan + udang. Sesuai dengan selera. Di foto ini saya menggunakan bakso ikan.