Asinan Betawi (Indonesian Salad from Jakarta)

Merhaba From Türkiye 👋

First of all, I'd like to thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you can come back, again and again, to check up on any beyond Indonesian or Turkish food or something sweets that you might love. Your comments and emails brighten my days and make this simple blog thing worthwhile 😍💛

Asinan is some kind of pickled vegetables or fruits dish, commonly found in Indonesia. The term "asin" isIndonesian word for "salty", which explain the process of preserving the ingredients through soaking it in the solution of saltwater. Asinan is quite similar to rujak, the difference is rujak usually served fresh, while asinan is preserved vegetables or fruits. There is many types and variations of asinan in Indonesia, however, the most popular ones are Asinan Betawi and Asinan Bogor.

Experience this Indonesian mix salad. Those who like a combination of sour and a bit of sweet in this dressing salad must be loving it. One of the popular food that I love so much!

Serves 2

Ingredients and how to make it:

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Semolina No Knead Bread (improved)

Merhaba from Türkiye.

After quite successful with my first no-knead bread, this is my second attempt to make another one. I slightly modified the first recipe. And here it is the result..... Voaalllaa... with large "cracking" on its surface make this bread even more pretty than my first attempt.
In my previous recipe, I put lid when baked in the oven, this time, I let it bake without a lid... If you use upside and downside heat source oven (like mine), just notice it, when you should use only down the heat or use both heats.
As you can see here the bread perfectly "distended" and fluffy ... and it is so tasty! When I split it I can hear "cracking crisp" sounds very crunchy ... This bread couldn't survive for our lunchtime .... @(*_*)@

Yield: 1 big loaf

Ingredients:
 3 cup all-purpose flour, more for dusting
 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
 ½ tsp active yeast
 2½ tsp fine salt
 1 ½ cups warm water
 4 to 6 tablespoons semolina
 Dried Sunflower seeds (optional)

Method:

1) Sift and mix together flour and salt in large enough containers. Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1½ cups warm water. Pour into the flour, using a spatula or wooden spoon mix to mix them well. Cover with plastic stretch and let stand in a warm place for ± 15hours (see figure I and II)
Note: Make the dough in the evening if you want to process it in the morning the next day.

2) Dust your working surface with lots of flour, also your hands to prevent sticking, move the dough onto the working table, fold few times toward itself. Cover with plastic stretch and rest again for about 15 minutes in a warm place.

3) Take one wide medium pan, sprinkle with semolina, and sunflower seeds. Dust again your hands with flour, move the dough into that pan (see figure III). Cover with napkin/kitchen towel or plastic stretch and let stand for 60 ~ 180 minutes (figure IV).

4) 30 minutes before baking time, preheat your oven at 250 ⁰C (maximum heat), put enamel pan or pyrex (size 8 "~ 9 ½") in the oven during preheating. Carefully move the dough from a wide pan into enamel pot/ pyrex and bake for 30 ~ 45 minutes until golden brown on the surface and it'll sound hollow when you tapped it.

Cool on racks at least 15 minutes before slicing/ serving .

Enjoy.

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Dutch Bitterballen recipe

Do you know that the Netherlands has occupied and ruled Indonesia in the past? During that time a lot of  Dutch influence almost everything including Indonesian food. And the other way around,  Indonesian taste also affected some Dutch foods - even up to this day. Several examples of classic Indonesian food which affected by Netherlands taste are: Kaastengels, Kroketten, Poffertjes, klaperrtaart, Spekkoek, Ontbijtkoek, Bruine soep, bifstuk, Fracadel (now popular as "perkedel" in Indonesia), Oliebollen, etc. Bitterballen which I make now and some other more. Those food are everybody's favorite till now.

Some I already posted here, and I try to make some other too.. ..I believe you will love them.

Bitterballen is small round-- meatball look-alike, coated with bread crumb and deep-fried in hot oil. Better serve it warm with mustard sauce or mix mayonnaise and tomato ketchup/ chilly.

Yield: 15 ~ 20 balls

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Kaastengel Cookies II / Cheesy cookies

Selam...Merhaba from Turkey.

One of Classic Indonesian cookies. People said it's one of Dutch's heritage recipe beside some other Indonesian classic food.

It's my second Kaastengels recipe. You can use either first recipe or this recipe, both will give you nice and perfect Cheesy cookies for your tea time with family.

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Kastengel or kue keju is Dutch-Indonesian cheese cookie in the form of stick, commonly found in the Netherlands and Indonesia. The name describe its ingredients, shape and origin; kaas is Dutch word for "cheese", while stengels is also Dutch word for "stick". Unlike most cookies, kaasstengels taste savoury and salty instead of sweet.

Ingredients: 

• 250 gr butter, soften at room temperature
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon fine salt
• 2 ¾ cup (350 g) AP flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons powdered milk
• ¾ cup (100 g) grated cheddar cheese/ edam cheese

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No Knead #Bread

This is my first attempt at making no knead bread. Mostly I make ​​"soft bread" which is more popular in Indonesian taste. Total time to make this bread was approximately 18 hours, so better time to start making the dough is evening/ afternoon so you can finish whole process in morning next day.
The appearance of this bread not so successfully looking good because I didn't put it in my pyrex pan right (I was afraid my finger touch that very hot pan)... But anyhooooo..... the bread was good and we all like it :)

Yield one big loaf

Ingredients:
 3 cup all-purpose flour, plus for dusting 
 ½ tsp instant yeast
 ½ tbsp sugar
 2 teaspoon salt
 1 ½ cup warm water
 Enough sesame, slightly grind

The process:


A) In a large bowl, mix all ingredients and stir until blended- the dough is wet and sticky one (image 1). Cover with plastic stretch and let stand a warm place for approximately 15 hours.


B) After approximately 15 hours (I did in 18 hours), the dough will seems like image No. 2, bubbles and foamy on it's surface. Sprinkle your work surface with plenty of flour, move the dough onto it, fold it several times to it self (image 3). Cover again with plastic wrap and rest for about 20 minutes.


C) Take a medium-size pan (± 18 cm), sprinkle with grind sesame seeds. Dust your hands with lots of flour, take the dough and quickly shape like a ball. Place it in pan sprinkled with sesame earlier (image 4). Cover with plastic wrap and let stand a warm place for about 2 hours before baking in oven.


D) Prepare your 8" or 9 " iron/ enamel pan/ pyrex with lid (anything heat proof). Preheat oven 30 minutes ahead. Place your iron/enamel pan /pyrex  in it. Set you oven temperature of 240 ~ 250 ⁰C (your highest temp)


E) Carefully remove the pyrex / iron / enamel pan from oven. Dust again your hands with flour before taking the dough from pan, put the dough into the pan / pyrex-be careful with the heat of the pan. 
Cover pan / pyrex with it lid and bake for 25 ~ 30minutes. Take pan/pyrex's lid and continue baking about 20 ~ 30 minutes more, until golden brown on surface and when you patted  sounds hollow inside.

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Grilled Mustard and molasses Salmon

Do you know why we must consuming fish (at least twice a week according to American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association)?

Fish, beside rich with protein, vitamins, and minerals, also contain fatty acids omega-3 which is very good for our body. Fatty acids Omega-3, including DHA and EPA, has effect of reducing inflammation in the body. Because of these effects, so these compounds can reduce heart disease risk and blood vessels. Also omega 3 also role to prevent the occurrence some disease are also associated with inflammation, like Alzheimer's and vascular dementia.

Well...what about Salmon?

Salmon are known as "Brain food" (Food for the brain) also nutritious as food to maintain healthy skin. Salmon can be as a treat and occur wrinkles on skin and maintain appearance of skin stays healthy..

Besides fish, another healthy menu is also recommended consumed in equal proportion. So.. what are we waiting for to get healthy and stay beautiful .... @(^,^)@

Make 2 portion


Ingredients and how to make:
 ± 700 g fresh salmon. Clean and cut according to taste (you could also use fillets)
 3 cloves garlic, finely grated
 3 fresh green onion, thinly sliced
 1 tablespoon mustard sauce
 2 tablespoons molasses
 2 tablespoons lemon juice
 4 tablespoons canola oil (or other vegetable oils)
 Salt to taste

Combine all marinade ingredients and marinate salmon with that marinade mixture. Let stand in refrigerator at least 2 hours (or overnight).


Roasted in oven 170 ⁰C until cooked (just about 20 minutes) or over the coals.


Serve warm with salad.

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Broken Heart Cookies (eggless)

Broken heart cookies? Well... you don't have to be broken heart first to eat this cookies. It's just cookies with Chocolate melted decoration. If you read recipe below and you can not find egg in it, don't worry... the recipe is correct and I did not use egg for this cookies. You  must try it and you bet you will like them so much with your afternoon tea or coffee.. (*_*)

Yield: about 50 cookies
Ingredients:
 1 package (250 grams) margarine, soften at room temperature
 ¾ cup powdered sugar (you can reduce up to ½ cup) 
 2 cup + 1 tablespoon flour
 2 tablespoons powdered milk
 2 tbsp rice flour
 ½ tsp fine salt
 1 tsp Vanilla powder
garnish:
 Semi-sweet cooking chocolate, melted

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Chicken Pilaf

I'm rice lover. And if you are too and looking for other idea to cook and vary our rice/ pilaf? Well, maybe this can be your choice.

Eat them with your favorite salad and sprinkle with Chilly flake or fresh green onion. 

Served: 4

Ingredients and how to cook it:
 ± 600 gr boneless chicken breast
 2 cup rice, washed and drained
 ± 125 g margarine plus 1 tablespoon, separated
 Salt and pepper to taste
 Chily flakes or sliced of fresh green onion for topping

Boil chicken until cooked, remove and strain from broth then shredded.
Heat 125 g margarine, put the rice and stir for a while. Pour with chicken broth about 2 ~ 3 cup (according to rice type you are using), season with salt according to your taste, stir well. Cover the pan and reduce heat at lowest heat. Cook until cooked (± 20 minutes). 

Turn off heat and let stand without opening the lid for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat small amount of margarine (about 1 tablespoon) in medium skillet, put shredded chicken, season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix into the cooked rice. Serve hot with a sprinkling of chilli flakes or sliced green onion and salad.

Enjoy.

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