My Simple Bake Stuffed Potato Cheese

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One of many other main meals besides rice, corn, and bread. 

Potato. As the main meal, we should be able to vary this humble potato so kids or family members won't get bored with it. 

We can make Potato puree, fried potato, kumpir (Turkish stuffed baked potato), or even just this simple Bake Potato with cheese.... 

Easy and quick to prepare..
Let's have a try 😊

Simple Bake Stuffed Potato Cheese

By: Çitra's Home Diary

Serve: 2

Ingredients:

- 2 large-size potatoes, skin on. Boiled or baked (I steamed it)to cook.
- 100 gr minced meat.
- 1/2  large onion. Chop finely.
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped.
- Salt, sugar, and pepper to taste.
- 1 tablespoon butter for sauteing.
- Cheddar cheese. Grated
- some celery (leaf part only). Chopped for sprinkle at serve. set aside

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Izmir Köftesı / Izmir Meatball

Favorite food of all people and all generations here. Including me who have original Indonesia taste :)

As Kebab, Köfte have some variation and sometimes the name was taken from the town where it originated from. For example Adana Köfte, Izmir Köfte,etc. This time I try to make Izmir Köfte ... Want to try as well in your kitchen?

Ingredients:

For Köfte/ meatball:
- 500 gr ground beef
- 3 slices of bread without skin (I use stale bread)
- 1 medium onion. Finely grated
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- A few stick of celerys. Chop the leaves.
- Enough  oil for fry
* Mix all ingredients for Köfte/ meatball (except cooking oil). Round oval shape. Fry in enough oil until cooked . Set aside


For the sauce:
- 1 large size tomato. Grate.
- 1 tbsp tomato paste. Dissolve with 3/4 cup warm water
- A little salt and sugar according to taste.

*Mix all sauce ingredients. Cook with 1 tablespoon butter until cooked (about 5 minutes). Set aside.

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İşkembe Çorbası (Turkish beef tripe soup)

İşkembe=Tripe. Çorbası= Soup. So, İşkembe Çorbası is soup with tripe as main ingredient and flavor seasoned with vinegar and lemon juice.

It's one from many kinds of other popular soup in Turkey beside Tarhana Çorba, Mercimek Çorba, ezo gelin Çorba , and many other Çorba (soup)...

Frankly, it's my 1st trial cooking this soup, and my 1st customer of course... my husband @(*_*)@ 

And while asked me to refill his 3rd bowl that 1st customer said.... " Çok Güzel Olmus!" ...(in English-more and less means "very good")

Well....If I can make it, I'm sure you can do it too... d(*_*)b

Ingredients:

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Keripik bayam ( Indonesian Spinach spiced chips)

Very popular and every body's favorite. Made from spinach, wrapped with combination of  rice and tapioca flour plus some spices. Fried in deep oil. so crispy... once you eat it.. you'll forget to stop 

Wanna try to make it?

Ingedients need to be prepared:
- 1/2 kg of spinach leaves. Wash and drain.
- 2 cups rice flour.
- 1 cup tapioca flour
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 candllenut
- 1 /2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 2 kaffir leaves.
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying

Method:

1) Pound and puree garlic, coriander, kaffir leaves, candlenut and salt.
2) Mix the rice and tapioca flour with ground spices above. Give SMALL AMOUNT of water. Be careful not too watery. The dough should be thick enough. Test the taste.
3) Heat much oil in a deep skillet/ pan. Dip the spinach leaves one at a time into the flour mixture and fry until yellowish. Use medium heat only so not to burn.


Store in a dry jar and cover tightly. Enjoy.

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"Turkish Pizza". Yumurtalı Sucuk 'Pide'

A nice meal to start your day with this breakfast. You can prepare the 'Pide' bread night or a day before.. and put some Sucuk (Turkish Sausage) and eggs on it.. Then bake..

You and your family ready to move!

Ingredients for 'pide' bread:

- 2 cups flour

- 2 teaspoons instant yeast

- 1 / 2 tbsp caster sugar.

- 1 / 2 teaspoon salt

- 4 tablespoons olive oil

- 3 / 4 cup warm water

For the topping:
For each small (around10 cm) baking pan requires:
- A few pieces sucuk (Turkish sausage). Slices about 2 cm thick.
- 2 large chicken egg. Whisk the eggs (reserve 1 yolk) with salt and red chilli powder flake

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Soto Babat Sapi / Indonesian Beef Tripe Soup

Soto, sroto, or coto is a common dish to be found in various regional variations of Indonesian cuisine. It is a traditional soup mainly composed of broth, meat and vegetables. There is no clear definition what makes a soto, but normally all traditional soups are called soto, while western/foreign influenced soups are called sop. It might be considered Indonesia's national dish, served as it is from Sumatra to Papua and in enough variations to fill an entire cookbook. Soto is omnipresent in Indonesia, available in many an open-air eatery and on seemingly every other street corner.

Regardless of the definition of soto (soup). This time I miss and want to eat Indonesian beef tripe soup.Consisting of beef tripe (can be mixed with beef lung as well) and cooked with lots of broth and seasonings. Served with lemon, sambal Indonesian chilli sauce and fried shallot. More complete add with "Kerupuk" or Indonesian shrimp crackers..hhmm..yummy.. You should come to Indonesia to taste real soto ..^,^.... or just come to my house .. @(^_^)@

Ingredients I / bahan I:

- 500 gr beef tripe / 500 gr babat sapi

- 200 grams of cow lung (or heart)/ 200 gr paru atau jatung
- 200 g meat/ bisa dicampur daging sekitar 200 gr

- 3 ~ 4 daun salam /bay leaves

- 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised/ 1 sereh, geprak

- 1.7 lt ~ 2 lt water/ sekitar 2 lt air


Boil the beef tripe and  lungs/ heart in water with bay leaves and lemon grass until soft. / masak semua bahan I hingga babat lunak.


Strain the meat and offal, cut into bite size / Saring daging dan jerohan, potong kecil.

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Soes Salad (Choux Pastry Salad)

Just love Choux pastry.. We can vary with any kind topping and even filling.. Today I made choux pastry and as filling I want something fresh and healthy..salad! yes, I combine it with fresh salad..have a try! it's healthy! 

 @(^_^)@

Ingredients:
For choux dough:
- 100 g unsalted butter (or margarine)
- 200 ml water
- 1 cup flour
- 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs. Beaten.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- For sprinkling,enough of sesame seeds .


Ingredients for salad:
- 1 carrot medium size. peeled and cut into matchsticks or grated coarse.
- 3 ~ 4 pieces of cabbage leaf. cut very fine.
- 1 small size red bits. peeled and cut into matchsticks or grated coarse
- 3 tablespoons of canned sweet corn.
- Enough lettuce leaf
* Combine all ingredients for salad (except lettuce). Set aside and keep in refrig.


dressing for the salad:
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise.
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 / 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
- 1 ~ 2 tbsp lemon juice


* Mix and stir ingredients for sauce. Set aside and keep in refrig.

How to make:

1. Boil butter and salt in water. Stir until boiling. Turn off the heat.
2. Turn on small heat. Pour the flour gradually, keep on stirring until the dough is completely smooth and no lump. Remove from heat and chill.
Note: As you chill the dough, keep stirring the mixture in order to make nice hollow choux shell.

3. Once completely chill, add baking powder, eggs gradually, keep stirring. Stirring can use a wooden spoon, electric mixer or manual whisk.
4. Grease some pie mold with butter. Put small amount of the dough inside that mold. Sprinkle with some sesame seeds.
5. Bake for about 25 min with a temperature of 180 deg C.
Note: Know the condition of your own oven. The size and condition of  your oven, produces different heat result.

How to serve:
Mix salad ingredients and salad dressing until blended. Cut choux shell in half horizontally. Cover the bottom side with lettuce and  fill with salad mixture. Cover with the top part.

Note:

Mix salad and fill the choux with it just before serving so it will be more fresh and choux shell will not wet quickly.

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Özel Kıymali Pide (Turkish style "Pizza")-Homemade

Another traditional Turkish meal, Pide. Made from flour dough-almost like-pizza with various topping like egg, sucuk (turkish sausage),ground meat, etc. 

But mostly people here love ground meat as topping. 

Today's menu on my dining table is "Özel Kıymalı Pide" Or Special 'Pide' with ground meat (as topping). I call it special coz it's different from ordinary 'Pide' in Turkey, I inserted cheese in the edge of 'Pide' bread... 

I got that idea also from one kind of pizza too @(^_^)@ .. so maybe I can call it's Turkish style pizza...

Let's try and enjoy it

Ingredients for 'pide' bread:

- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 / 2 tbsp caster sugar.
- 1 / 2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 / 4 cup warm water

- Enough Cheddar or mozzarella cheese to insert at the edge of bread dough.

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