Minggu, 24 Januari 2010

PANCONG CAKE OF JAKARTA


Pancong cake is one of the kinds of speciality cakes from Betawi (Jakarta). It is one of the favorite snack cakes popular in the community. This cake is also suitable for serve at family gatherings. It is made of grated coconut and rice flour as main ingredients. If you are interested and want to try to make it yourself. Here you are, how to make it.

INGREDIENTS:

• 150 gr rice flour
• 200 ml warm water
• 1 old coconut fruit, scrape out the skin and then grated
• 2 sheets of pandanus leaves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 200 ml of raw water
• 1 egg chicken

METHOD :

1. Make coconut milk of half of grated coconut with 200 ml of warm water, flitered.

2. Heat coconut milk over low heat, stirring, stirring constantly until steaming. Input 50 gr flour rice little by little, stirring constantly, until merged / dissolved. Add the pandan leaves and salt. Cook the coconut milk-flour mixture until boiling and thickened. Remove and set aside.

3. Prepare a medium bowl, input remaining rice flour and remaining grated coconut and stir well. Then pour the coconut flour dough (stage 2), stirring constantly until all of them together and smooth. Add 200 ml of water and chicken egg that have been shaken apart. Continue to stir until all ingredients well blended.

4. Prepare pancong shape-cookies. (If you do not have it, this pancong shape-cookies can be bought at the supermarket or at the regular grocery store). Heat the shape-cookies over medium heat while smeared evenly with a little cooking oil so the cake will not stick.

5. Pour 2 tablespoons of dough into each mold until all the boxes filled and closed mold (shape cookies). Bake on medium heat (approximately 10 minutes) until done, usually marked by dry out and get peeled off the cake edge of the mold and the top of cake has full of holes. Remove the cake in a way pried (dipancong, maybe that's why ir’s call as pancong cake), while still hot sprinkle with granulated sugar to taste. Repeat this step until all the ingredients out.

6. Now, your pancong cake ready to served. It’s better served immediately while warm.

Thank you very much.

PANCONG CAKE OF JAKARTA


Pancong cake is one of the kinds of speciality cakes from Betawi (Jakarta). It is one of the favorite snack cakes popular in the community. This cake is also suitable for serve at family gatherings. It is made of grated coconut and rice flour as main ingredients. If you are interested and want to try to make it yourself. Here you are, how to make it.

INGREDIENTS:

• 150 gr rice flour
• 200 ml warm water
• 1 old coconut fruit, scrape out the skin and then grated
• 2 sheets of pandanus leaves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 200 ml of raw water
• 1 egg chicken

METHOD :

1. Make coconut milk of half of grated coconut with 200 ml of warm water, flitered.

2. Heat coconut milk over low heat, stirring, stirring constantly until steaming. Input 50 gr flour rice little by little, stirring constantly, until merged / dissolved. Add the pandan leaves and salt. Cook the coconut milk-flour mixture until boiling and thickened. Remove and set aside.

3. Prepare a medium bowl, input remaining rice flour and remaining grated coconut and stir well. Then pour the coconut flour dough (stage 2), stirring constantly until all of them together and smooth. Add 200 ml of water and chicken egg that have been shaken apart. Continue to stir until all ingredients well blended.

4. Prepare pancong shape-cookies. (If you do not have it, this pancong shape-cookies can be bought at the supermarket or at the regular grocery store). Heat the shape-cookies over medium heat while smeared evenly with a little cooking oil so the cake will not stick.

5. Pour 2 tablespoons of dough into each mold until all the boxes filled and closed mold (shape cookies). Bake on medium heat (approximately 10 minutes) until done, usually marked by dry out and get peeled off the cake edge of the mold and the top of cake has full of holes. Remove the cake in a way pried (dipancong, maybe that's why ir’s call as pancong cake), while still hot sprinkle with granulated sugar to taste. Repeat this step until all the ingredients out.

6. Now, your pancong cake ready to served. It’s better served immediately while warm.

Thank you very much.

Rabu, 20 Januari 2010

KUDUS CHICKEN CLEAR SOUP, SOTO KUDUS



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Kudus chicken clear soup is a kind of dish from Kudus, the little town of Central Java. This chicken soup has an unique taste due to the seasonings are used quite a lot of garlic. You are interested in a taste, you can try to make it yourself. This is the recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

  • 1 chicken (free range chicken), wash off, cut into four parts
  • 500 grams bean sprouts, boiled half done
  • ¼ cabbage, chopped finely
  • 5 cloves garlic, sliced and fried
  • 4 stalks celery, sliced finely
  • 1 ½ tsp salt (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 3 Kaffir lime leaves
  • sweet ketchup to taste
  • 4 lime fruits, each one cut in four
  • 3 lt of water, to boil chicken
  • 3 tbsp cooking oil for sauteing


OPTION :
• 8 chicken eggs, boiled until done (10 minutes)
• 2 ounces glass noodles, soaked for 10 minutes of warm water and drained
• white rice to taste

GROUND SEASONING :
• 10 candlenuts
• 10 cloves garlic
• 1 / 4 nutmeg
• 2 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp coriander
• 6 red onions
• ½ tsp cumin
• 2 cm of turmeric

CHILI-GARLIC SAUCE :
• 1 ounce chili pepper
• 5 cloves garlic
• salt to taste

METHOD :
1) Use a mortal and pestle or food processor, grind all ground seasoning ingredients finely.
2) Boil the chicken with 3 lt of water until soft and fragrant. Removed, drain, set aside. Set aside all broth.
3) Preheat cooking oil, saute the ground seasoning until fragrant.
4) Put seasoning sauce into the broth (point 1). Add a little fried garlic, salt, kaffir lime leaves and sugar to taste. Reduce heat to low, simmer on the broth.
5) Fry the boild chicken until dry (light brown), and then shredded.
6) Now, Soto Kudus ready to serve.

How to make a chili-garlic sauce:
1. Boil all the ingredients, drain and ground.
2. Preheat a little cooking oil, saute materials that have been ground with salt to
taste.

HOW TO SERVE :
1. Prepare a bowl, put boiled bean sprouts (half-done), sliced cabbage, shredded fried chicken. Pour with soup gravy, a little fried garlic and sliced celery.
2. Add lime juice, chili-garlic sauce and sweet kechup to taste.
3. You can add white rice or glass noodles and a half of boiled chiken egg.

Happy cooking. Thank you very much.

KUDUS CHICKEN CLEAR SOUP, SOTO KUDUS



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1.

Kudus chicken clear soup is a kind of dish from Kudus, the little town of Central Java. This chicken soup has an unique taste due to the seasonings are used quite a lot of garlic. You are interested in a taste, you can try to make it yourself. This is the recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

  • 1 chicken (free range chicken), wash off, cut into four parts
  • 500 grams bean sprouts, boiled half done
  • ¼ cabbage, chopped finely
  • 5 cloves garlic, sliced and fried
  • 4 stalks celery, sliced finely
  • 1 ½ tsp salt (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 3 Kaffir lime leaves
  • sweet ketchup to taste
  • 4 lime fruits, each one cut in four
  • 3 lt of water, to boil chicken
  • 3 tbsp cooking oil for sauteing


OPTION :
• 8 chicken eggs, boiled until done (10 minutes)
• 2 ounces glass noodles, soaked for 10 minutes of warm water and drained
• white rice to taste

GROUND SEASONING :
• 10 candlenuts
• 10 cloves garlic
• 1 / 4 nutmeg
• 2 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp coriander
• 6 red onions
• ½ tsp cumin
• 2 cm of turmeric

CHILI-GARLIC SAUCE :
• 1 ounce chili pepper
• 5 cloves garlic
• salt to taste

METHOD :
1) Use a mortal and pestle or food processor, grind all ground seasoning ingredients finely.
2) Boil the chicken with 3 lt of water until soft and fragrant. Removed, drain, set aside. Set aside all broth.
3) Preheat cooking oil, saute the ground seasoning until fragrant.
4) Put seasoning sauce into the broth (point 1). Add a little fried garlic, salt, kaffir lime leaves and sugar to taste. Reduce heat to low, simmer on the broth.
5) Fry the boild chicken until dry (light brown), and then shredded.
6) Now, Soto Kudus ready to serve.

How to make a chili-garlic sauce:
1. Boil all the ingredients, drain and ground.
2. Preheat a little cooking oil, saute materials that have been ground with salt to
taste.

HOW TO SERVE :
1. Prepare a bowl, put boiled bean sprouts (half-done), sliced cabbage, shredded fried chicken. Pour with soup gravy, a little fried garlic and sliced celery.
2. Add lime juice, chili-garlic sauce and sweet kechup to taste.
3. You can add white rice or glass noodles and a half of boiled chiken egg.

Happy cooking. Thank you very much.

Jumat, 15 Januari 2010

MANADO RICA-RICA BEEF

Rica-rica beef is one of speciality food of Manado, North Sulawesi. This food made of beef with special seasoning, red curly chilies, garlic, red onion (allium cepa, latin), galangal root, ginger root, coconut milk etc.. If you decided to try to make and taste it, here you are your recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

· 500 gr beef, wash off and sliced rectangular with tick + ½ cm

· 250 coconut milk, made of ¼ coconut fruit

· 3 tbs cooking oil, for saute


GROUND SEASONING :
• 20 red curly chilies
• 4 cloves of garlic, peel and chopped
• 6 cloves of onion, peel and chopped
• 2 cm alpina galangal root, peeled and grated it
• 2 cm ginger root, peeled and grated it
• ¾ tsp sea salt (or to taste)
• ¼ tsp broth powder (if you like it, option)
ANOTHER SEASONING :
• 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tomato, cut in 8 pieces
METHOD :
1. Use mortal and pestel or food prosessor, grind all ground seasoning ingredients finely.
2. Preheat 3 tbsp cooking oil, saute ground seasoning until becames fragrant, add lemongrass and bay leaf, saute on until becames fragrant.
3. Put the sliced beef and sliced tomatoes into saute, stir frequently the beef becames half-cook.
4. Pour coconut milk, stir cotinously and cook on until the tender and its saute used up.
5. Removed. And, beef tica-rica ready to serve. Happy cooking.
Thank you very much.

MANADO RICA-RICA BEEF

Rica-rica beef is one of speciality food of Manado, North Sulawesi. This food made of beef with special seasoning, red curly chilies, garlic, red onion (allium cepa, latin), galangal root, ginger root, coconut milk etc.. If you decided to try to make and taste it, here you are your recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

· 500 gr beef, wash off and sliced rectangular with tick + ½ cm

· 250 coconut milk, made of ¼ coconut fruit

· 3 tbs cooking oil, for saute


GROUND SEASONING :
• 20 red curly chilies
• 4 cloves of garlic, peel and chopped
• 6 cloves of onion, peel and chopped
• 2 cm alpina galangal root, peeled and grated it
• 2 cm ginger root, peeled and grated it
• ¾ tsp sea salt (or to taste)
• ¼ tsp broth powder (if you like it, option)
ANOTHER SEASONING :
• 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tomato, cut in 8 pieces
METHOD :
1. Use mortal and pestel or food prosessor, grind all ground seasoning ingredients finely.
2. Preheat 3 tbsp cooking oil, saute ground seasoning until becames fragrant, add lemongrass and bay leaf, saute on until becames fragrant.
3. Put the sliced beef and sliced tomatoes into saute, stir frequently the beef becames half-cook.
4. Pour coconut milk, stir cotinously and cook on until the tender and its saute used up.
5. Removed. And, beef tica-rica ready to serve. Happy cooking.
Thank you very much.