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Bubur Ayam – Chicken Congee

February 22, 2018 Anita 2 Comments

Bubur Ayam – Chicken Congee

Congee is comfort food for most Asian and there are a wide variety depending on countries and regions. Today I am going to focus on Indonesian bubur ayam – chicken congee. This version of congee is the kind you find being sold by hawkers at almost every side street in the country. If you ever […]

Filed Under: Chicken, Indonesian, One Dish Meal, Rice

白糖糕 Bai Tang Gao – Steamed Rice Cake

January 18, 2018 Anita Leave a Comment

白糖糕 Bai Tang Gao – Steamed Rice Cake

It must have been more than a decade since I last sink my teeth into a piece of 白糖糕 bai tang gao – steamed rice cake. Since both sets of my grandparents are Cantonese, I grew up eating tons of this soft, chewy, fluffy cake. It looks so simple, but believe me, getting that just right […]

Filed Under: Chinese, Dessert, Rice, Vegetarian

Fish and Century Egg Congee

October 6, 2016 Anita Leave a Comment

Fish and Century Egg Congee

I have a question guys. Do you eat congee only for breakfast? Or do you have it for supper as well? I actually love having congee more as supper item instead of breakfast, weird right? But then there are people who eat pancakes for dinner, so maybe I am not that weird 😉 Anyway… this […]

Filed Under: Chinese, Egg, Fish, One Dish Meal, Rice

Nasi Gurih Rice Cooker – Pandan and Coconut Milk Rice in Rice Cooker

October 3, 2016 Anita 1 Comment

Nasi Gurih Rice Cooker – Pandan and Coconut Milk Rice in Rice Cooker

Nasi gurih is probably the easiest flavored steamed white rice that you can prepare at home. Unlike nasi uduk, nasi kuning, or nasi liwet, you only need coconut milk, pandan leaves, salt, and of course rice to prepare this with a rice cooker. The most suitable rice for nasi gurih is Thai varieties, which is the […]

Filed Under: Indonesian, Rice, Side Dish

Azuki and Sticky Rice Porridge

July 28, 2016 Anita 1 Comment

Azuki and Sticky Rice Porridge

Growing up, Mom used to make us all kind of sweet porridge for our breakfast or just tea time snack. This ranges from the more typical mung beans, sticky rice, red beans, azuki, pearl barley, and sometimes even to a more elaborate ones with dried bean curd and ginkgo nuts. The sweet soup or porridge […]

Filed Under: Bean, Chinese, Dessert, Rice, Vegetarian

Red Bean Rice Flour Cake

May 16, 2016 Anita Leave a Comment

Red Bean Rice Flour Cake

This is an unusual cake since it is made not with all purpose flour (wheat flour), but using rice flour, so if you are allergic to gluten, this cake is for you 🙂 The rice flour I use is the one commonly used in South East Asian dessert, not the Japanese kind. As for the […]

Filed Under: Bean, Dessert, Rice

Nasi Liwet in Rice Cooker

April 11, 2016 Anita 2 Comments

Nasi Liwet in Rice Cooker

Nasi liwet is rice cooked in coconut milk, chicken stock, lemongrass, and Indonesian bay leaves (daun salam), giving the rice a very rich and aromatic taste. Nasi liwet is typically served alongside a set of side dishes such as telur pindang, ayam suwir or ayam opor, tumis labu siam, and telur areh. Of course you […]

Filed Under: Indonesian, Rice

Mango with Black Sticky Rice

February 15, 2016 Anita 3 Comments

Mango with Black Sticky Rice

This is the dessert that come to my mind when someone mentions a Thai dessert. The sweet sticky rice that has been cooked with coconut milk, served with mango slices and topped with toasted sesame seeds is truly a comfort food, and one that is much healthier than the usual dessert loaded with flour, butter, […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Fruit, Rice, Thai

Kuah Bakso Sapi – Beef Balls Soup

October 1, 2015 Anita 1 Comment

Kuah Bakso Sapi – Beef Balls Soup

Bakso is a popular street food in Indonesia. There’s even a children song about this food, which I am quite proud to say that I still remember the lyrics to it, haha. The main thing about bakso is of course the meat balls, the most common one is made from beef, but no one says […]

Filed Under: Bean, Indonesian, One Dish Meal, Rice, Soup

Lontong Sayur – Rice Cakes with Vegetables Stew in Coconut Milk

May 14, 2015 Anita 1 Comment

Lontong Sayur – Rice Cakes with Vegetables Stew in Coconut Milk

Many Indonesian dishes are created to be consumed with ketupat or lontong (a.k.a. rice cakes) and lontong sayur is perhaps one of the more popular one, it even has lontong in its name! Lontong sayur is quite a versatile dish, some consider this a breakfast item, while others snack, main dish, and even showing up […]

Filed Under: Beef, Indonesian, Main Dish, Rice, Vegetables

Rice Cooker Ketupat – Rice Cooker Rice Cakes

May 11, 2015 Anita 5 Comments

Rice Cooker Ketupat – Rice Cooker Rice Cakes

Rice cakes are popular sides made of rice that often accompany Indonesian savory dishes, such as sate, gado-gado, ketoprak, lontong sayur, and many other dishes. For festive occasions, we usually have ketupat or rice cakes wrapped in woven palm leave pouches in the shape of diamond. For daily meals, lontong is more popular, which is […]

Filed Under: Indonesian, Rice, Side Dish

Ronde Ketan Hitam – Black Glutinous Rice Balls

June 30, 2014 Anita 2 Comments

Ronde Ketan Hitam – Black Glutinous Rice Balls

Ronde (rice balls) does not always have to be served in a syrup like this, this, or this. Sometimes, it can be served with a dollop of thick coconut sauce like this recipe. The skin of a ronde is usually made with white glutinous rice flour, but this time I am mixing both white and […]

Filed Under: Bean, Dessert, Indonesian, Rice, Snack, Vegetarian

Nasi Uduk Bayam – Fragrant Coconut Rice with Spinach

May 9, 2014 Anita 2 Comments

Nasi Uduk Bayam – Fragrant Coconut Rice with Spinach

This is something of a twist from my basic nasi uduk recipe, by adding some spinach and turn it into something exquisitely different, yet still delicious, and of course healthier version of nasi uduk. A big win all around. A fair warning though, the rice will have spinach taste, so if somehow spinach is not […]

Filed Under: Indonesian, Rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Kabocha Tang Yuan and Sago in Pandan Coconut Milk

March 31, 2014 Anita 4 Comments

Kabocha Tang Yuan and Sago in Pandan Coconut Milk

Mixing tang yuan and kabocha puree (or pumpkin puree) results in a bright orange color glutinous rice balls that are sure to be a hit 🙂 You can also do a light purple color ones by adding taro root puree, or a bright purple color ones by adding purple yam. When you are up to […]

Filed Under: Chinese, Dessert, Rice, Vegetables

Takikomi Gohan – Japanese Mixed Rice

March 21, 2014 Anita 1 Comment

Takikomi Gohan – Japanese Mixed Rice

Takikomi gohan is a Japanese rice dish cooked with soy sauce, dashi stock, and various ingredients such as mushrooms, vegetables, and meats. This dish is easy to prepare since there is no hard rule on which ingredients to use. For this recipe, I use three kinds of mushroom, shimeji, enoki, and shiitake, along with carrot […]

Filed Under: Japanese, One Dish Meal, Rice, Vegetables

Steamed Nian Gao with Sesame Seeds

March 7, 2014 Anita Leave a Comment

Steamed Nian Gao with Sesame Seeds

So… I bought one big nian gao (Indonesian: kue keranjang) for this past Chinese New Year, just because it is the thing to do, hehe. Then I stored it away in the fridge and totally forgot about it until I was rummaging for something else, and found the lost nian gao, haha. Good thing nian […]

Filed Under: Chinese, Rice, Snack

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