Cantik means pretty while manis means sweet. It's straight forward translated from its name. Even though the name is cantik manis, I reduced the sugar amount from the recipe that I saw in my Yasa Boga cookbook. It's very easy to make, no steaming...

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Anybody remember the folk song of binte bilihuta? It's not only a song title, binte biluhuta is a corn soup from Gorontalo.Gorontalo province is known as the largest corn producer in Indonesia. Beside as an export commodity, sweet corns are main ingredients...

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I envy you whoever can buy and get chocolate sweetened condensed milk in a canFor those who have never been to Indonesia, I bet you will say what Chocolate Sweetened Condensed Milk is. In Indonesia, we know two kinds of Sweetened Condensed...

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This is not a typical food that I cook everyday. I only make if I'm lazy or no time to cook. As I'm a person who likes using a bit heat in food, I throw some slices of red chili. The dish looked too pale for me, so add parsley to give more colour....

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Longing to make this Ayam Garo Rica for so long! Ayam Garo Rica (Manadonese Chili and Lemon Basil Chicken). In the local dialect, Garo means stir fry and Rica means chili pepper.All I had to do was being patience until my red long cayenne pepper grown...

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If you follow my flickr, you may see this picture before. I have posted on there and kinda didn't feel to post on my blog at that time. But, I changed my mind.   I should tell you that I love this shot. Not only the shot, I do love the taste...

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Can you believe that I made this dish in a microwave. Our AC didn't work (and still doesn't, the maintenance guy is still on holiday), in order to reduce the heat, I made the soup with microwave. It was really hot here. About 32 �C with the humidex...

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Starting August 11, 2010, it will be a holly month for all Muslims around the world. We will fast from dawn to sunset. It will be hard for those who live on the northern hemisphere.During Ramadan, I still will post some recipes which I will do it after...

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I was first interested to b�nh tr�i when I saw pictures of Vietnamese foods that taken by one of Indonesian foodies during his travel to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Hanoi. At one of his pictures, he stated that he forgot the food name and described...

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Have you ever seen this herb before? It does look like fingers growing out of a center piece and the reason why it is called Fingerroot in English. This herb is known as Temu Kunci in Indonesian and I have tasted ever since I can remember.Fingerroot...

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Sapodilla or Sawo in Indonesian is one of tropical fruits that I grew up with. I'm pretty lucky with many different fresh tropical fruits and vegetables which Asian stores have in Winnipeg. Sapodilla is the fruit of Manilkara zapota. It has an unique...

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