Archive for May, 2009

Bandeng Presto (High Pressure Cooked Smoked Milkfish)

Pressure cooking was first introduced by French Physicist, Denis Papin. He invented Steam Digester to reduce the time needed to cook foods. Basically what the steamer do is tighten the air pressure inside it to increase the boiling point of water, therefore the food would be cooked faster.
Bandeng Presto uses high pressure cooking technique that [...]

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Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Tempe Tumis Sapi (Fried Tempeh With Beef)

The origin of Tempe / Tempeh is still considered a mystery until now. Some believe that Tempe is invented by Javanese. The record of Tempe is found in one of ancient Javanese Literature called Serat Centhini that’s written in 16th century.
Other records also show that tempe might be produced using black soybeans before 16th century [...]

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Dutch Recipes and Cuisine

Dutch cuisine is very much influenced by the agricultural produce of the Netherlands and the country’s history as a seafaring nation. Fish and seafood (including cod, eel, herring, mackerel, mussels, oysters, plaice, salmon, sardines, soleidae, shrimp, trout and tuna) are all eaten in the Netherlands. Popular meats include beef, chicken and pork.
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Tempe Tumis Sapi (Fried Tempeh With Beef)

The origin of Tempe / Tempeh is still considered a mystery until now. Some believe that Tempe is invented by Javanese. The record of Tempe is found in one of ancient Javanese Literature called Serat Centhini that’s written in 16th century.
Other records also show that tempe might be produced using black soybeans before 16th century [...]

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Thursday, May 14th, 2009

How to Make Sambal Bajak - An Exotic Indonesian Appetizer

Sambal is described as hot relish made with vegetables or fruit and spices. In oriental culinary, especially in Indonesia, sambal is classified as appetizer. There are many kinds of sambal, sambal bajak is one of the most popular among others. Usually, sambal is freshly made before serving. You can store the remainder in your refrigerator [...]

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Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Bali Food - Go Local With Delicious Balinese Dishes

Bali Food is not just suckling pig and rice alone…
When you are going on a holiday in Bali you don’t have to worry about eating rice three times a day like the Balinese local people do. With the influence of expatriates in Bali you can buy about anything now, even typical products from your own [...]

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

How to Make Indonesian Spicy Food - “Rendang” From Padang West Sumatra

Indonesia have thousands of Island, the second biggest Island is Sumatera. Sumatera is divided into six Provinces, and one of them is West Sumatera. There is a famous city at this province named Padang City.
Besides richness of customs and many good destinations, Padang has hundreds of food recipes. If you visiting Padang City one time, [...]

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Spicy and Seductive Indonesian Traditional Food

There is nothing like going for some Indonesian Traditional Food. Once you have filled your week with enough local and fast food, or you have gone a month with eating European and world fairs from the many restaurants located island wide, it would be time to visit one of the authentic Indonesian Traditional Food restaurants [...]

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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Indonesian Foods Are the Spice of Life

When you want Indonesian food, and there is not an Asian market nearby or if there is not an Asian market around at all, you have two choices. You can accept that you will never be able to walk around a grocery that has the kinds of foods you love, or you can do what [...]

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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Healthiest Crock Pot Recipe

There is nothing better than easy to prepare food. But easy is not enough. It also has to be healthy. And also it needs to be little time consuming. That’s why the crock pot is so loved. It cooks the food at very low temperatures. This way there is no need to supervise the cooking. [...]

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Monday, May 11th, 2009