I didn't expect that bakso turned good. In Indonesia, people usually make bakso from king mackerel fish (Indonesian: tenggiri), but so far I have tried two different fish to make bakso, mullet (Indonesian: belanak) and this basa hypophtalmus (Indonesian:...

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I bought a whole cabbage for making siomay bandung (Bandung style fish steamed dumpling), had lots leftover since I didn't need too much cabbage for that. I browsed a recipe of Holubtsi. I see this dish every special day or season at my husband's family...

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My... my... my... this is one of my soulfood. I had been tempted to make it long time ago, but I kept delaying. Finally, I made this by adapting mbak Emi's recipe. According mbak Emi, she didn't add any shallot, but I did add a shallot in, but don't...

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Folks, I haven't been busy lately. Sorry if you didn't see me around lately. However, I still try to keep updating my post.Actually, I made these dishes on November 30, 2007. I just kept delaying on post these. All these were containes baby spinach,...

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As I mentioned on my old posts, I was born and grew up in Java island of Indonesia. Most of the Javanese use lime, kaffir lime, jeruk limo (Citrus amblycarpa Hassk., nasnaranan mandarin, leprous lime) for making sambal or reducing the smell of fish...

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If you go to Dimsum restaurants, you will see chicken feet on the menu. They usually add angkak (also known as Beni-koji, Hong Qu, Hung-chu, Monascus; Red Koji, Red Leaven, Red Rice, Red Yeast Rice, Xue Zhi Kang, Zhitai) to get red effect in the sauce....

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As I noted on my post here, tempe is very popular and traditional food in Indonesia, especially in Java island where I was born and grew up. Tempe always brings my memory back to Indonesia, where I can find tempe easily, either fresh or cooked. Back...

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One time, Anh of Food Lover's Journey asked me regarding bilimbi, one of ingredients that I use lots in Indonesian culinary, especially Acehnese. As one of my friends through multiply told me that bilimbi also use lots in Moluccas culinary as well.Bilimbi...

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