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Wedang Ronde (Indonesian Glutinous balls in ginger syrup)

Selam everybody..... Mehaba from Turkey....

My today post is Indonesian glutinous dumpling balls in ginger sugar syrup or Wedang Ronde. Wedang means hot drink in Indonesian language.
I don't know if I should call this "drink" because there are glutinous dumpling in it, either I can't call this dessert because mostly we didn't eat/ drink this after meal.
Just we are usually consume this herb dish to warm up our body during cool days like in rainy season.

And here in Turkey still, uncertain weather, frosty windy...that's why I am thinking to make something that could warmth us a bit. Beside that this dish is very good to fighting cold cause made from ginger and lemongrass herb.

Generally we didn't make this at home. There are plenty street stalls selling it during rainy season. Well...they sell a long all season actually, but mostly increase during cool days or rainy season.
Generally they open their stalls only at night or start afternoon.

Mini #Apple Pie #recipe / resep pie apel mini

Resep dalam Bhs İndonesia ada di bagian bawah

Selam Everybody.... Merhaba from Turkey...

We love pie especially fruit pie as dessert and tea time. And this mini apple pie is the best apple pie for our tea time. Serve individually with vanilla ice cream or simple whipped cream then flush with the syrup from the filling...hmmm...just heavenly yummy.

For pie shells

125 gr cold butter, cut into small chunks
180 gr all purpose flour
1 tbsp sugar
pinch of salt
1 tsp almond essence
75~85 very cold water

Susamlı Gevrek Toplar (Sesame balls cookies)

If "plan A" didn't work... don't worry, there are still 25 more letters in alphabet (^,^)

Selam Everybody...Merhaba from Turkey....

Talking about alphabet... in Turkçe (Turkish language) we have 29 letters seven of which are (Ç, Ğ, I, İ, Ö, Ş, and Ü) but letters W, Q and X (replace by V, K and KS) do not occur in Turkish alphabet.

So Turkish has more than 26 other plans if "plan A" failed (^,^)
It was just an intermezzo from me.... the point is we should not give up on things we want to reach because - like other proverb says - many ways to go to Rome... right?

Well.... those are nothing to do with my recipe I'm going to share today because making this crunchy sesame balls you don't have to make plan A or B or C .... this snack is simple as it looks yet best companion for your tea or coffee time.

It's simple and quick to make so this is absolutely your choice when you have an unexpected guest come by.

This recipe I took from iyiyemeginsirri.blogcu.com with minor adjustments.

Jamie Oliver's easy Brownies

Selam Everybody..... Mehaba from Turkey....

Nothing can comfort me in this 8°C days better than hot Turkish tea together with this warm brownies...
Yes... I'm craving something chocolaty these few days....

And this time I use Jamie Oliver's recipe. This recipe should have dried cherries combined with roasted chestnuts... But I don't wanna anything in my brownies today so I skip those two. This is the brownies I like, gooey with yummy crust outside..just perfect for my chill lazy days...

This brownies absolutely gorgeous! Rich chocolate taste just like melting in your mouth, indulge your sweet tooth with its chocolate richness.. I just love it....
Maybe next time I will twist this recipe with cream cheese or walnuts...

Nasi Goreng Seafood (Indonesian style fried Rice)

Selam Everybody...... Merhaba from Turkey.

Rice is staple dish in Indonesia. We eat rice in breakfast, lunch and even for dinner. We make many food's variant made from rice. Not just for pilaf and rice cake (lontong or ketupat), we even process rice to become traditional snack and dessert.

And one of popular dish is Nasi Goreng or fried rice. Fried rice it self has many kind of varieties. You can check my lamb/mutton fried rice for one of variety.

And today I am gonna share my seafood fried rice. You can vary the ingredients as your liking beside shrimp and calamari as long as there is seafood in it, like fish meatball or slice of fish. And for the greens you can add some baby spinach too...

Make 4 shares

Ingredients:

• 500 gr white steamed rice (preferable left over one)
•3 medium calamari, cut into square or ring
•200 gr shrimp
•½ cup peas
• a hand full mung bean sprout
•1 spring onion, finely slice
•2 tsp oyster sauce
•2 Tbsp kecap manis/ sweet soy sauce
•1 tsp salt or to taste
•2 tsp black pepper powder
•1 tsp sesame oil
•2 + 1 Tbsp cooking oil
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten

Tiramisu Macarons Recipe

" Children Are Great Imitators...So Give them something Great to Imitate "

Selam Everyone..... Merhaba from turkey..

Been crazy about macarons these lately months since I've been (proudly) succeed to bake them few times with many variations. You can check my macarons recipes on "Macarons" category.

And as my promise to my self.... I must upgrade my self to try other recipes to see better comparison and upgrade me for better sense of baking this cutie adorable delish cookies. And today post I make Tiramisu Macarons using "How to cook that" basic macarons recipe. That link I give you is making macarons with caramel filling, but since I want to fill it with cream cheese (as husband request as well) so I modified a bit to be Tiramisu Macarons.

Compare to my basic macarons before, this recipe has sweeter taste....so if you have sweet tooth maybe this is for you ^,^ And also this is easy recipe and I think fail proof.

No "waiting time before baking" require for this recipe, so pre heat your oven right after you prepared all things and start working with your mixer. Once you finish piping them, put them right away into oven.... bang! you'll get beautiful rising feed you are looking for for perfect macarons.

Somebody use your Pin in Pinterest ... What would you do?

"Do good deed even it's small one. Stop sleaze even as small as a dust"

One day you open your pinterest account and get the message that someone "save" or "pin" one of your pin collection. But after you check, the "pinner" somehow has changed your pin link to their page link (NOT TO YOURS) ....
Does this include theft of cyberspace? Stealing your images / Pin and put their link instead of yours... only to gain visitors to their page.

Recently, I came across some accounts that "use" my images/pin on pinterest and change my link to theirs

Check these account:

GIY. https://id.pinterest.com/giy0102 (with link page: http://ziedox.blogspot.am)
DJR --> https://www.pinterest.com/djr0560 (with link page: http://cup-cakest.blogspot.se/)
FEH ; https://www.pinterest.com/feh0145 ( link page: http://tesfood.blogspot.se/)
FVK --> https://www.pinterest.com/fvk1010/food (link page: http://fodnx.blogspot.ie/)

Go there and check, maybe you'll find your pin/ image as well

SAY NO TO FAKE PAGE!

Update:

One day, one or two id already been removed as well as the web page link, but when I re-check some other day, they come up again.

If you are as annoyed as I am, please do share my post and check those link above, maybe some of your works are there also.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Suatu hari anda membuka akun pinterest anda dan mendapatkan pesan bahwa seseorang "menyimpan" salah satu koleksi pin anda. Tapi setelah anda cek, si "pinner" somehow telah merubah link pin anda ke link page nya.... Apakah ini termasuk pencurian dunia maya? Mencuri gambar / Pin anda dan memasanya hanya untuk menarik pengunjung ke page mereka.

Baru- baru ini saya menjumpai dua akun yang "mencuri" gambar/ pin saya di pinterest dan mengubah link nya ke link milik mereka....

Cek dua akun ini:
DJR --> https://www.pinterest.com/djr0560 (with link page: http://cup-cakest.blogspot.se/)
FEH --> https://www.pinterest.com/feh0145 (with link page: http://tesfood.blogspot.se/)
Mungkin ada Pin/ poto milik anda juga.

"Lakukan kebaikan walau sekecil apapun. Cegah kebatilan walau sekecil apapun kebatilan itu"

AYO LAWAN FANPAGE/ PAGE BLOG ABAL-ABAL YANG ASAL COMOT MILIK ORANG!!

Red Lentil soup with carrot and potato

Selam everybody....Merhaba from Turkey....

Autumn peak here.... even some area in southeast Turkey already snowy... West area like mine just counting the day because after "lodos"/ southwest hard windy few days ago temperature drops so fast..
And comfort food always gets along for these days.... It warm you up and feel light for your stomach. Just like this lentil soup. I enrich lentil with carrot and potato to twist the flavor of this soup.

Serve 4~5

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