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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Roasted Paprika Fish (Ikan panggang bumbu paprika)

I like simple and quick cook. It won't make me wash many dishes or spend more time in the kitchen (I love spending my time in the kitchen but for only trying a new recipe I never cook 😆. Like this Bake fish with paprika.. All I did was just marinate the fish with all ingredients (which is-again- simple) and put it in the oven.. that's it @(^_^)@  :D

..So I can have more time for blogging and finishing my favorite novel.. d(^_^)b

Simple Ingredients:

- 1 kg fish (any kind of bream fish)

- half  lemon. squeeze.
- 3 tablespoons olive oil (or other vegetable oil)
- 1 tablespoon red pepper powder
- 3-4 cloves of garlic. grated.
- 1 / 2 medium onions. grated.
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Long Green Chillies 4-5 pieces. Cut into pieces
- 1 medium tomato. cut into pieces


How to make:
Marinate fish with all ingredients (but long green chillies and tomato). Allow to soak about 1 hour . (I prepare the night before)
Bake at 150 deg C oven until cooked.
It could also be burned on charcoal at your bbq time....

Enjoy while it's warm.

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Cake Nanas (Classic Pineapple Cake Upside down )

Just like this cake.. so moist and creamy...it's classic recipe I got from very old Indonesia cooking recipe book...even I lost it's cover ...@(^_^)@ . It's "cake nanas" means Pineapple cake... Simple and not much ingredients being used.. have a try!

Things should prepare:

- Pineapple. Cut a circle and holes in the middle. Soak in sugar water overnight. Or if you want more easily and quickly you may use canned pineapple, drained.
Ingredients:
- 250 gr unsalted butter + for grease the pan. Softened at room temperature.
- 3/4 cup caster sugar.
- 7 egg yolks
- 5 egg whites
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt.

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Kue kering #nastar bentuk daun/ Leaf shape pineapple cookies

One among many other Indonesian classic cookies. With pineapple jam as filling, just nice thing to be side of your coffee/ tea cup d(^_^)b

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of flour
- 200 gr cornstarch
- 250 gr butter
- 250 g margarine
- 120 grams of milk powder
- 200 gr powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp powdered Vanilla
- 4 egg yolks

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Daily Salad

Daily coz it's almost always be on our dinner table. Fresh and perfectly suit with any meal you have...

Simple to prepare also. 

Just provide all materials as many as you needs.
red cabbage, cut into thin coat of salt until wilted, then wash.
cucumber, cut into squares
tomato, cut into squares
long green chillies, chopped also
onions. roughly chop.

1/2 pieces of lemon juice (or to taste),  squeezed
enough olive oil
salt to taste

Arrange all salad materials on a salad plate before serving, pour and mix with lemon juice, olive oil and salt before serve. Better served cold.

Bahasa Indonesia

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Choux pastry in Chocolate flush (Turk:Profiterol)

Another kind of 'Choux' variation... fill with vanilla custard and flush with plenty of chocolate sauce...hmm...seems sssooo..tempting right?

One of  husband's fave dessert ...

Easy to make..

Materials used:
- 1 basic choux pastry dough recipe. You can check here

For the custard:
- 500 ml of milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 + 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with 1 tablespoon flour and dissolved it with enough water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 tablespoons margarine
- 2 egg yolks. Beaten.

For chocolate sauce:
- 100 gr dark cooking chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cocoa cream (or you can vary with peanut butter)
- 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons milk

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Beef Yakiniku

Back when I was living in Indonesia, easily I can find Japanese restaurant there. And one of my favorite is beef yakiniku...

Bursa is not really small town, but I still have no idea where I can find Asian restaurant -with real Asian taste ..  @(^_^ )@

So.. just to fulfill my desire (hehehehe..) to eat Yakiniku..voallaa... here you are..homemade yakiniku  !

Ingredients:

- ½ kg of beef. Cut into thin 
- 2 tablespoons Hoisin sauce (but I did not have it, so I used soy sauce)
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 medium cloves garlic. finely chopped.
- 3 cm ginger. finely chopped
- ½ tsp pepper powder or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 2 tsp sugar or to taste

Mix all ingredients above together with the meat. And let all spices soak for approximately one hour.

- 1 medium size onion. cut round like a ring
- 1 green and 1 red peppers. Cut a round shape ring
- 1 tablespoon butter for sauteing
- Enough sesame seeds For a sprinkle when serve.

How to cook:

Heat butter in frying pan. Place the meat and all marinade ingredients, and cook until meat is tender and cooked (If necessary, you can add more broth and cook until meat becomes tender).
After the meat tender, put onions and bell peppers. Cook until onions and peppers to wilt ( I don't like onion over cook or too much wilt.. so it's your own taste as well). Turn off the heat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds when served.

Serve hot with warm rice, too...hmmm..yummy~!

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Sucuklu kuru Fasulye (Turkish Sausage Dried Beans)

One of many Turkish daily meal. Basically consists of dried beans, cooked  with tomato pasta. We can vary with other ingredients such as meat, meatball or 'Sucuk'... this time I try to cook it with 'Sucuk', which is typical of Turkish sausage. And the result ..... It's worth trying as well!

Ingredients:
- 1 cup dried beans, seeds. Soak in water overnight and left soften.
- 1 medium onion. finely grated.
- 2 cloves garlic (optional). finely grated.
- 1 medium tomato. Peeled and finely grated.
- Salt and sugar according to taste.
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste. You can mix with chili paste if you like.
- 50 gr "sucuk" (coil sausage). Diced.
- 1 medium red bell pepper. Diced.
- 3 tablespoons olive oil.
- Enough hot water to cook dried bean until soft (about 1~1 1/2 lt)

how to cook:

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Choux pastry with cinnamon custard / Soes Vla kayu manis

 Just perfectly nice snack for a family gathering. Drinking tea with friends. Or just as a companion watching TV with your family in nice evening.

Ingredients for pastry:

-150 gr unsalted butter
- 300 ml water
- 1 cup flour. Sifted.
- 3 eggs. beat.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 / 2 teaspoon salt

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"Choux Pastry Dough" ( adonan Dasar soes) I

Favorite snack of everybody. Choux is one from pastry kind.. Because it has unique and hollow texture, choux is very easy to formed and varied according to your imagination.. From the most simple forms till the children's favorite funny shape.
Other cool shapes called croquembouche, which is high form kinds like Christmas trees.


Choux pastry-making process is quiet easy. Basically, margarine or butter boiled in water until boiling and then mixed with flour and stir until smooth. After a cold, blended eggs one by one. At this stage can also add baking soda to help improve the pastry expands perfectly.

Mixing process can use a Whisk or electric mixer or with a wooden spoon.

Ingredients for basic dough I:
-150 gr unsalted butter
- 300 ml water
- 1 cup (140 gr) flour. Sifted.
- 3 eggs. Beaten.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 / 2 teaspoon salt

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. Remove from heat and chill.
Note: As you chill the dough, keep stirring the mixture in order to produce nice hollow choux shell.
3. Once completely chill, add baking powder, then eggs one at a time while stirring. Stirring can use a wooden spoon, electric mixer or manual whisk.
4. Grease pan with butter. Shape the dough on baking sheet according your own taste.
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.

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Basic and Simple custard Eggnog (non Alcohol)

Classic Dessert that I like much...

Simple and easy to make. Just perfect meal for dessert after dinner ....

materials:
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoon sugar
1 cups fresh milk. heat (no need to boil)
1 tsp vanilla
Lemon zest from 1 lemon
grated nutmeg

- Pre-heat the oven at 200 deg C and prepare 3-4 pcs heat-resistant bowl or cup.
- Stir with manual whisker, eggs and sugar until sugar has dissolved. Add lemon zest.
- Pour the milk slowly and gradually while stirring very slow. Wait a few seconds each adding.
- Add vannila. stir well.
- Pour into heat-resistant bowl or cup . Give grated nutmeg on top.
Bake in water bath method until cooked (about 45-50 min)


Serve after being stored in the refrigerator.

Bahasa Indonesia.

Hidangan pencuci mulut yang mudah dan sempurna untuk menutup makan malam bersama keluarga. Mudah dan cepat membuatnya ..

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#KAASTENGELS cookies ... Classic Indonesian Cheesy Cookies

Every "Hari Raya Iedul Fitri" (Islam celebration after Ramazan) in my homeland, this cookies always served. Every house me and family visit always made this as homemade and still become our number one cookies of all. It's becoming like tradition cookies ever. And last "Bayram Ramazhan" (Turkish language for same feast), I just wanna "feel Home" and made these cookies in my table beside Turkish Baklava and other Turkish delight @(^_^)@

It's Just simple cookies for tea or coffee companion if you want to try it also. Cheese based cookies definitely will become favorite of each person .. easy to make and easy to find all ingredients  .....why don't we try?

Ingredients:

• 300 gr unsalted butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 500 gr flour
• 25 gr cornstarch
• 25 gr milk powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 gr Parmesan cheese
• 50 gr white cheese or cheddar cheese

For topping/ toppings spreads:

• 1 egg yolk, beat with 2 teaspoon water.
• Enough mozzarella Cheese for sprinkle-grated.

Method:

1. Beat butter and egg yolks until fluffy and pale. Add cheese and stir until smooth and well blended.

2. Mix in flour, milk powder and cornstarch, mix slowly until all well blended
3. Form dough as desired, use cookie cutter or milled with rolling pin and cut lengthwise
4. Arrange on baking pan, basting the surface with egg yolk and sprinkle with grated cheese
6. Bake in oven with temperature of 160 ° C until golden yellow/ done.


Store cookies in clean and airtight jar.

Check my other Kaastengels recipe here.

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Soup Udang ( Shrimp soup )

Summer of 2010 will be over soon .. Cold north wind start to blows made the air become colder and as usual, cold makes my stomach is always hungry @(^_^)@  ..eager to eat flavorful seafood meal, spicy and hot ... and this Shrimp soup seems right choice ..

Ingredients:

•  1 kg of fresh shrimp. Wash and clean the skin. (Head of the shrimp should not be discarded, can be used for soup stock)
•  300 g fillet of fish (carp or salmon). cut into cubes.
•  500 g Mushroom. cut into wedges.
•  2 pieces lemongrass. Hit and softened the stalks and cut into three  parts.
•  5 kaffir leaves
•  1/2 cup cayenne small red pepper (or to taste). softened by hit.
•  1 / 2 tablespoons fish sauce (oyster sauce)
•  Sugar and salt to taste.
•  1 1 / 2 liter of hot water.
•  1 medium lemon, squeezed. (If you want more sour taste, can be added more)

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Tomato Zupa Soup

Actually I don't really like soup, any kind of soup!.... But since I ate this Zuppa soup 1st time ...then I just love any kind of  Zuppa soup ever since... 

I am Pastry lover, and I can find pastry as a unique cover of this zuppa soup...maybe that's why now I become a zuppa soup lover.... @(^_^)@

Many kind of soup we can vary with this "zuppa style".. we can make peas soup, chicken creamy soup, tomato soup, etc... then add the pastry as it's cover... hmm... not only make your soup has better taste, it also has fancy look.. just have a try..!

Today I made tomato zuppa soup... creamy and yummy.!

Ingredients:

- Half recipe basic pastry dough. milled thin  about 1/2 cm thick and cut as wide as soup bowls (as cover)

-2 tablespoons vegetable oil/ butter

-5 medium tomatoes, peeled and grated to pureé

-2 tablespoons flour

-1 tablespoon tomato paste

-5-6 cups hot water/vegetable stock

- salt as taste

- Enough mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes

How to cook:
1) Heat oil/butter over the saucepan. Add flour, and stir. add tomato paste. Stir again.
2) Put the tomatoes pureé. Cook for approximately 3 minutes. Add hot water and stir until thick. Add salt, test the taste. Turn off the heat

Note: if there is tomato seeds to be separated, can be filtered or mashed with a hand blender

Serving:
Place soup into heat-resistant soup bowls and add some pieces of cheese. Then cover with pastry dough. Bake in oven until pastry baked golden brown.

Serve warm.

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Menemen. #turkishfood

"Menemen" is one of many other daily Turkish meal. The main ingredient is egg, cooked with onions and tomato paste. In some regions they add some cheese too. Then served hot with bread.

Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 1 medium onion. finely chopped.
- 2 cloves garlic (optional). finely chopped.
- 1 medium tomato. finely chopped.
- 4 green peppers. cut into small cubes.
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste. dilute with 3 / 4 cup warm water
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter for sauteing.

How to cook:

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Ayam asam manis (Sweet and sour Chicken)

I'm big fan of this meal... Like never boring with the sour and sweet taste in it.. so fresh and fulfill my craving on my own food style.

Here I post my recipe if you want to present Asian taste once in a while for your family dinner table

 Ingredients:
- 500 gr boneless chicken meat. diced
- 3 tablespoons corn flour.
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch (or you can use tapioca starch)
- 1 egg. Beaten.
- 3 cloves of garlic.finely chopped
- 1 medium onion. cutting width.
- 1 medium red bell pepper. Seeded & cutting width.
- 1 medium green bell peppers. Seeded & cutting width
- 1/2 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1+ 1/2 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar
- Salt, sugar and black pepper to taste.

- enough vegetable oil for fry and sauteing.
*if you like more hot spicy taste, you can also add some birdeye/ cayenne hot chili.

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Nastar isi Apel / Apple tart cookie

"Lebaran" (Iedul Fitr Feast) this year I spent in Turkey with husband .. It feels so nostalgic feel the atmosphere of  Iedul Fitr Feast a la Indonesia .. Many kind of cookies, "ketupat"(*) eat with Indonesian traditional food (sayur santan), homemade syrup, together with family in Indonesia ....

In Turkey, every Iedul Fitr feast (Ramazan bayram) there always been "baklava"  serve at every house in Turkey ... Unlike in Turkey, "lebaran" feast in Indonesia feel it is incomplete without cookies and other snack, also "ketupat" as the main dish at every homes in Indonesia ... Ooohh ..how I miss Indonesian "ketupat" ....

Trying to ease a little bit homesick at Iedul Fitr feast, I made some traditional "lebaran" cookies also, like this one: "NASTAR" . Nastar is cookies fill usually with homemade pineapple jam, but since I hardly ever to find pineapple this summer -unlucky me :( , so I made it with homemade apple jam.. not bad as well, indeed can be as variation of 'new' nastar after all  d(^_^)b

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