Fried Vegetable Soup

Dear vegetable lovers,

This soup is so light and cholesterol free! Like this soup so much! If you are vegetarian, you can substitute Royco with vegetarian seasonings.

Ingredients:

1 corn, cut the corn kernels

2 potatoes, cut into small cubes

1 squash, cut into small cubes

1 tofu, cut into small cubes

4 carrots, sliced

1 liter water

4 shallots, chopped

2 garlics, chopped

1 tomato, diced

2 red chillies, sliced

1/2tsp salt

2tbs vegetable oil

3 scallions, cut coarse

3 small celery, cut coarse

1 Royco

Directions:

- Boiled water in a pot, then add potatoes, corn kernels and tofu.

- Saute or fried garlics and shallots with vegetable oil until golden, then add tomato, red chillies and salt.

- Add a little water, then pour it to the pot.

- In a pot, add carrots and squash, wait until tender.

- Lastly put scallions, celery and Royco, stirred well.

- Boil the soup up, and serve.

Thanks mom for the yummy recipe! *hugs & kisses*

Happy cooking & eating,

Atika

Sambal Kangkung

Dear kangkung lovers,

Do you know the best salad I ever eat? Of course you know that, I have put on the title of this post hahaha. Yes, kangkung *water spinach* with sambal terasi *shrimp paste condiment* as a dressing. It is actually one of Indonesian salad. Please take a look at below recipe! You will gonna like it.

Ingredients:

8 bunch kangkung *water spinach*, removed the stems from the leaves, boiled

150gr bean sprout, soaked in hot water, drained

2 big tofu, boiled, cut into 4, fried

Kerupuk putih *white crackers*

Sambal:

2 terasi udang ABC *shrimp paste*

2 tomatoes, halved

100gr red chilies, cut into 3 *supaya ga meletek pas digoreng*

14 cayennes

6 shallots

100gr Javanese palm sugar

Salt to taste

1/4 lemon, squeezed

Directions:

Sambal terasi:

- Fried shrimp paste, then tomatoes, red chilies, cayennes and shallots, until cooked and tomatoes become tender.

- After that grinded in order: shrimp paste, salt, red chilies, cayennes, shallots, Javanese palm sugar, tomatoes and lemon squeezed.

Notes:

- Serving: put water spinach, bean sprout, tofu, kerupuk putih and sambal terasi in a plate. Enjoy!

- Tahu kuning *yellow tofu* is more delicious *my mom didn't find it in the market at that time*.

- It is finger licking good, so no need to use spoon or fork.

- I ate it as a main course, don't follow me if you are still hungry hahaha.

- Wash your hand before and after eating, and don't try to eat it an hour before meeting with client. It's a big no no, because your hand will smell terasi hihihi.

Cheers:)

Atika

Setup Pisang Tape

Dear sweet iftar,

I have no idea to translate this food. Setup pisang tape is like a compote, almost have the same ingredients with compote banana, but setup uses sugar not Javanese palm sugar. That’s the main difference.  Another difference is the use of cinnamon. I love the smell of it a lot. It is a must serve menu in the holy month of Ramadhan. Please take a look on the recipe below for your next alternative iftar menu…

Ingredients:

3 pisang tanduk (banana), make small cuts

250gr kolang-kaling (palm seed fruits)

250gr tape (fermented cassava), make small cuts

150gr sugar

1 pandan leaf, tie knot

2 fingers cinnamon *my fingers as always:D*

1 liter water

½ liter thick coconut milk

½ tsp salt

Directions:

- Boil palm seed fruits, cinnamon, pandan leaf with 1 liter water.

- Add banana and fermented cassava.

- After banana become tender, add sugar and salt then thick coconut milk.

- Continue cooking for few minutes.

- It is best served while warm or cold.

Happy Ramadhan 1432 H,

Atika

Spinach Clear Soup

Dear Popeye and Olive,

Me and Popeye have something in common. We both like to eat spinach and I also like Olive’s red turtleneck and black skirt hahaha *eh ga nyambung yah*. Here is my mom delicious spinach clear soup recipe. I like it a lot. Hope you like it too and hope you can be as strong as Popeye;)

Ingredients:

2 bunches spinach, remove the hard stems from the leaves

1 cob sweet corn, cut from the cob

100gr red beans

100gr minced beef

1.5 liter water

 

Seasonings:

5 shallots + 3 kemiri *I don’t know in English* + 1tsp salt -> grinded

2 fingers root *my finger:D* temu kunci *I also don’t know what it is in English, help!*, bruised

Directions:
- Boil water in a pot, put minced beef, seasonings, red beans and corn kernels into boiling water.
- After the red beans soften, add spinach.
- Wait until cooked.
- Served with rice or as an appetizer.

I hope Olive will make this soup for Popeye as an alternative food. Isn't he bored with the spinach can every day, huh? hehehe..

The picture is taken from here



Send my best regards to Popeye and Olive,

Atika

Corn Soup

Dear mushroom lovers *again*,

Another recipe from my mom. It is different from corn soup that I usually find, that's why I always miss my mom's corn soup. And I am very happy that I can make it by myself. Thank you mom for teaching me how to cook!

Ingredients:
4 local corn, blended, use the cornstarch
1 sweet corn, boiled, cut the corn kernels
250gr or 2 carrots, blended with little water
200gr or 1 can mushroom, drained, cut in half
6 sausages, cut coarse
100gr minced beef
100ml water, boiled

Seasonings:
6 shallots, grinded
2 garlics, grinded
A little ginger, bruised, grinded
1tsp nutmeg
1tsp pepper
1tsp salt
1tbs margarine
1 sachet Royco, chicken flavor
8 sticks celery, finely chopped

 

Directions:

In a large saucepan, saute grinded shallots, garlics and ginger with a spoon of margarine until golden, add minced beef until cooked. Add the saute to the boiling water in the pot, add some salt, pepper, nutmeg, boiled again. Add blended carrot and cornstarch to the pot together with corn kernels, mushrooms and sausages. Put Royco to taste. Stirred until the soup become thick. Topped soup with a pinch finely chopped celery.

It is best served hot in a rainy day! Trust me;)

Warm regards,

Atika