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 […]
Rice Recipes
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inari Zushi – Sushi in Tofu Pouches
What is the solution for people who like sushi but currently lack a sushi mat to make maki (sushi rolls) and too lazy (or cheap LOL) to buy fresh sashimi to make nigiri? The immediate solution that comes to my mind is inari zushi, or sushi in tofu pouches. Of course, the next question then, […]
Cake Ketan Hitam Rice Cooker – Black Glutinous Rice Cake in Rice Cooker
Do you know that glutinous rice is sold in powder form? The white glutinous rice is what we commonly use for making Japanese mochi or Chinese tang yuan, but the black glutinous rice powder is not as commonly used as its white counterpart. In Indonesia, the black powder is used mainly for making cakes or […]