Hiatus again

Heyhooo!!!

I have to admit that cooking for a blog and studying accounting are totally different activities *yaiyalahhh:D* *except for calculating the grocery shopping budget and counting the ingredients:p*. I can’t do it all at the same time.

I am surrendered.

Well, I am not a good multitasker. I prefer to focus on one thing at a time.  Cooking for a blog means preparing the ingredients, cooking, taking photos, writing the recipe, translating into English, editing and proofreading *mostly all by myself* *jadi kalo ade sale2 kate maapin aje hehehe* while studying accounting means reading, counting, writing, understanding and memorizing.

They are indeed time consuming.

So, I have to say goodbye again to my lovely kitchen. See you after I finished study.

Till we meet again,

Atika

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

String Bean & Baby Corn Saute

Dear vegetable lovers,

As always, I wanna say that this is one of my favorite food. Easy and simple to cook. Here it is the recipe. Of course from my lovely mom;)

Ingredients:

250gr string beans, angle sliced

500gr baby corns, halved and cut into 2 stems

15 meatballs, sliced

3tbs cooking oil

2 garlics, chopped

5 shallots, sliced

1 tomato, diced

20 green chilies, sliced

1 finger galangal, bruised

2 bay leaves

1/2 glass water

Soy sauce to taste

Javanese palm sugar to taste

1/2tsp salt

1 sachet Royco

Directions:

- Heat cooking oil in a wok, saute garlics and shallots until fragrant.
- Add tomato, green chilies, galangal and bay leaves.
- Then add meatballs, string beans and baby corns, wait until soft.
- After that, add water, soy sauce, Javanese palm sugar, salt and Royco, stirred well.
- Wait until cooked and water become absorbed.
- Served while hot with rice.

Happy cooking:)

Atika