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Cake Wortel Kurma(Carrot Cake with dates Fruit)

Today's Cake is other than healthy-because it uses carrot as ingredient- also really simple and quick to make . Guaranteed .. children who do not like vegetables, will not realize they've been eating their carrots in cake :))

Ingredients:

- 3 medium size carrots. coarsely Grated

- Lemon Zest of 1 lemon.
- 5 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup cooking oil (I use vegetable oil)
- 1 package (10 grams) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 package (11 grams) vanilla powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Some dates, seeded and cut into small squares. Coat with enough flour (optional)

Method:
1) Grease a 27 cm baking pan size with margarine and sprinkle with a little flour.Set aside.
2) Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder and vanilla powder. Set aside
3) Using a whisk, beat eggs and brown sugar until sugar dissolves. Put vegetable oil. Stir until well blended and mixed.
4) Slowly add the flour mixture while stirring. Mix until completely blended.
5) Add grated carrots, lemon Zest and dates. Stir again until mixed perfectly.
6) Pour into baking pan and bake at 170 deg C oven about 45 minutes (Test with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean means the cake is cooked)
Note: Know the condition of your oven. Different size and condition will give different heat result.

Fırın Patlıcan Kebabı / Turkish food-Roasted eggplant kebab recipe

Selam Everybody...Merhaba from Turkey.

There are so many variations of kebab in Turkey, other than "Kırmızı Biber siş Kebab" which I'd been posted previously, there are many other types of kebab which are being everybody's favorite here. This time I try to make "Fırın Patlıcan Kebabı" or Roasted eggplant Kebab. Compared with Kebab from "Usta" (the expert) or cuisine locally here, really my cooking is nothing ... But as long as my husband said "Cok Güzel Olmus" less or more means "really nice" ... yeeaa I'm still confident featuring Turkish cuisine creations from my mixed-culture kitchen :)

Ingredients:

3 medium sized eggplants. Peel the skin lengthwise like a zebra pattern. Cut out a circular 2 ~ 3 cm thick. Soak in salt water for some time. Wash
3 medium size tomatoes. Cut a circle 1 cm thick
3 ~ 4 Chili Carliston (or long green peppers). cut about 3 cm long
Several skewers

For the sauce:

1 large size tomato. finely grated.

1 tbsp tomato paste. Dissolve with 3/4 cup water.

Pinch of salt and sugar.

Mix together all sauce ingredients.

for Meatball:

300 gr ground beef (you can mix with ground lamb)
1 sheet of white bread, crumbled (I use stale bread)
half medium onion. Finely grated.
pinch of cumin powder
Salt and pepper to taste

Meatball Mix all ingredients and form a round flat. set aside

Ladrang Jagung (Indonesian traditional corn snack)

Indonesia has many kind traditional food and snacks. We make it from various ingredients cause we have maannyy of them.. Before I made "Onde-Onde" ... now allow me to introduce you "Ladrang jagung". It's light snack made from fresh corn. Nowdays, this snack getting rare to find unless we make it homemade.

Ingredients:
- 3 pieces medium fresh corn. shredded
- 1 ~ 1 1 / 2 cup flour
- 100 gr butter
- 1 egg
- Chili sauce to taste (I use chili paste 1 / 2 tbsp)
- Salt and sugar according to taste.
- Enough cooking oil to fry.

Kids' Party begin with My Mini Chocolate Potato Donuts (Donat kentang coklat mini)

It's (almost) too cute to be eaten....

Just one bite or two for their small cutey mouth :)

So colorful, sweet and so chocolate ! Which kid will refuse ..:))

Ingredients for Potato Doughnuts
Materials:
1 piece large size potatoes, steamed and mashed (about 250 g of potatoes)
500 g high protein flour
1 Package of instant yeast (1 pack 10 g)
1 / 4 cup granulated sugar
4 egg yolks

50 g unsalted butter. cut into squares.
½ teaspoon salt
50 ml of water (if necessary)
Enough cooking oil to fry.

To garnish / topping:
300 g semisweet cooking chocolate.
Ready to use icing sugar to decorate.

How to make:
1) mix flour, sugar, instant yeast, mix well.
2) To flour mixture, add mashed potato and egg yolks, knead until blended and half smooth.
3) Add the unsalted butter and salt, continue to knead until smooth. Let stand 50 ~ 60 minutes.
4) roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut (formed) according to taste. Let stand another 30 minutes.
5) Fry over medium heat till golden brown. Remove and drain.
6) Garnish with chocolate and icing sugar after cool.

Vegetable Spring roll with sweet chili dipping sauce / Lumpia sayuran

I love vegetables much!.. so I always try to make variation of vegetable dishes in my small kitchen .. Now, made simple and quick one.. spring roll vegetables.. but the taste I think it's not simple :)

Ingredients:
- 2 sheets phyllo dough (or can use spring roll skin 18 ~ 20 pieces)
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 2 medium carrots. Cut into matchsticks or roughly shredded .
- 1 cup sweet corn.
- 5 ~ 6 pieces of cabbage. Thinly sliced
- 1 medium sized turnip. Cut into matchsticks or roughly shredded.
- 1 medium shallot. Chop roughly.
- 3 cloves garlic, bruised, finely chopped.
- Salt, sugar and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger.
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- Enough Cooking oil for frying

Sweet Chili dipping sauce

Can be used for dipping sauce of Lemon sauce honey chicken wings, vegetable spring roll, Chicken fried corn flour, and other

Ingredients and how to make:
- 1 tablespoon chili paste (chili sauce)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- A little salt and sugar
- 1 / 2 cup water
Cook over low heat all ingredients to boil

Dipping sauce ready to serve.

Safranlı Pilav (Turkish saffron rice)

Another kind of pilaf from Turkish kitchen. As it's name Saffron Pilaf, this rice has yellow color due to cooked with saffron water. Method to make this pilaf is almost same like making other Turkish pilav. Served hot (warm) with any kind of meat or chicken or can be with some stir fry vegetable mix.

Today I serve Safranlı Pilav with Lemon Honey chicken wing on my dinning table for family.. Let's prepare some igredients if you wanna try it also..

Lemon Honey Chicken Wings

I believe, this dish will certainly be a favorite. The combination of the sour taste of lemon, and sweet-savory of honey and garlic, will make everyone not enough just to eat one or two pieces only. More delicious again served with chilly sauce or tomato sauce..hmmm..just Yummy!

Ingredients and how to make it:
- 12 pieces of chicken wings.
Mix all marinade ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons pure honey
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 cloves of garlic. Bruised and finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste

Marinate the chicken wings with spices. The longer the better (I soak about 2 hours). Then Roast in oven 170 deg C for 40 minutes or until cooked. Or if you can make a grill / BBQ , this can be also be roasted over coals ....
Serve hot (warm)

Bon apetite!

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