Sambal Goreng Ati Ampela

This one is  my favourite, tasty spicy food.

Ingredients:

• 4 pairs of chicken's livers and gizzards


• 5 pieces of shallots


• 3 pieces of garlic


• 5 pieces of red chili peppers


• 4 cm lengkusa


• 10 gr shrimp paste


• 1 cup of coconut milk


• 1 board of petai, salt and pepper

Direction:

1. Cut liver and gizzards into bite sized pieces


2. Skin shallots and garlic.


3. Brown shrimp paste


4. Grind finely shallots, garlic, red chili peppers, shrimp paste


5. Brown these spices and galanga, mix them evenly


6. Add liver and gizzard pieces, and salt and pepper to taste


7. Mix evenly and add coconut milk, let it simmer for 3 minutes.

PECEL LELE RECIPE

the ingredient

• 4 medium catfish..clean it


• oil to fry

Blend:

• 1 tbs of ketumbar/ coriander seed


• 2 cm of kunyit/ curcuma domestica


• 1 garlic


• 1/2 tbs of salt

garnish: tomato, cabage-letuce, ocimum basilicum/ kemangi, poh-pohan leaf(only in indonesia)

sauce( blend):1 big tomato, fried peanuts as you need, garlic+ shallots+ chilly as you need ( fry it first), salt, sugar, royco/knoor/ magi chicken.

how to:

1. first after clean the catfish then mix the fish with the blend ingredient. Wait untill the blend ingredient penetrate into the fish about a half hour/ 30 mnt.


2.  fry the fish in to the pan


3.  dry it from oil


4.  put in the plate with the garnish. put the sauce on the fish if you like. eat with the rice. Happy eating:)

!!to make the sauce warm, you can warm it in the pan or in the microwave.

Recipe for Beras Kencur (another Indonesian tradional drink). it help your help and good as refreshment drink

Ingredients:

• Rice 11/2 ounce


• Kencur (galingale) 11/2 ounce


• 6 Cardamoms


• Ginger 1/2 ounce


• 2-3 limes


• Tamarind 1/2 ounce


• Brown sugar 1/2 kg


• Some sugar


• Salt


• 4 litre of water

Directions:

1. Cook water along with brown sugar and tamarind, cook till boiled while stirring well. Afterwards, finish it, add some salt, let them cool and then refine.


2. Wash ginger and galingale till well, peel them, then chop.


3. Wash the chopped ginger, galingale and cardamom with hot water, then blend with some fresh water. If they have been blended well, refine for taking the juice, and add directly into the tamarind-brown sugar mixture. Stirr till well.


4. You can serve it directly, but better if you store the mixture into dry and hygienic bottles, then keep in the refrigerator.

source http://bambangpriantono.multiply.com

I have a lunch in a place that served Banyumas-an food, One of the main course is Sroto, you can hava Sroto with chiken, or Sroto with a beaf. Instead order Sroto, I order Lontong Opor Ayam or you can call it Javanese braised chicken in coconut milk, since I want have a lunch that's light but still tasty enough.

My choice was not wrong. Many food that have a coconut milk has heavy taste, but not this one, my lontong opor ayam still very light and yet quite tasty enough. and as a bonus, the chily souce (or sambal) is quite good, remind me of my home though

The picture is not the one I eat, but quite resemblence enough :).

So how' much for one portion Opor Ayam, I only spent Rp. 12.000,- with tea as my drink.

now , back to work

For several weeks, I got an oatmeal for breakfast. I choose oatmeal to lower my body weight (yes I confess right now that I am overweight). And I get bored with the plain oatmeal taste, so today I look up for some oatmeal recipe.

here's I found some breakfast recipe from http://mrbreakfast.com , and it got many2 oatmeal recipe. Here's my 2 favourite.

Banana Orange Date Oatmeal

    * 2 cups orange juice

    * 1 cup water

    * 1/4 ts salt (optional)

    * 1/8 ts ground nutmeg

    * 1 and 1/2 cup oatmeal; uncooked (do not use instant)

    * 3/4 cup chopped dates or raisins

    * 1 medium ripe banana; mashed

In medium saucepan, bring juice, water, salt and nutmeg to a boil. Sir in oatmeal and dates or raisins. Return to boil, reduce heat. Cook 1 minute for quick oatmeal or 5 minutes for old-fashioned oatmeal, stirring occasionally. Stir in banana. Let stand until of desired consistency.

Vegetable Oatmeal