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Sekba Babi - Peranakan Pork Stew

Sekba Babi - Peranakan Pork Stew

Sekba babi is a very famous Indonesian-Chinese peranakan dish. A peranakan dish typically means that the dish that has been adapted over time and has evolved …

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Pindang Salmon - Salmon in Spicy and Sour Soup

Pindang Salmon - Salmon in Spicy and Sour Soup

The city of Palembang on the island of Sumatra is famous for its seafood dishes, and this pindang salmon (salmon in spicy and sour soup) is one such dish. In …

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Lapis Legit - Thousand Layers Cake

Lapis Legit - Thousand Layers Cake

Lapis legit/spekkoek/Indonesian thousand layers cake is a must for special celebrations such as Chinese New Year, Christmas, or Eid. Traditional recipes use 40 egg yolks, but this recipe with 12 eggs still yields a very rich and very tender cake, and full of aroma of spekkoek seasoning.

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Soto Daging - Indonesian Beef Soup

Soto Daging - Indonesian Beef Soup

Indonesian soto daging (beef soup) is one of the easiest soup to prepare, basically a dump and forget kind of soup, and perfect for busy days.

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Sup Lobak Daging - Daikon and Beef Soup

Sup Lobak Daging - Daikon and Beef Soup

Thinly sliced daikon radish paired with cubed beef chucks make for an easy Indonesian sup lobak daging (daikon and beef soup) perfect for the cold weather.

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Sus Vla Tepung Beras - Cream Puffs with Rice Flour Pastry Cream

Sus Vla Tepung Beras - Cream Puffs with Rice Flour Pastry Cream

Everyone loves a good batch of delicious kue sus/cream puffs/choux pastry. This version is filled with super smooth (no lumps!) rice flour pastry cream.

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Dendeng Ragi - Spiced Beef and Coconut

Dendeng Ragi - Spiced Beef and Coconut

Dendeng ragi is a marriage between thinly sliced beef and freshly grated coconut cooked in spices until the meat is tender, then everything is further cooked …

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Gulai Sapi dan Kacang Merah - Beef and Red Bean Curry

Gulai Sapi dan Kacang Merah - Beef and Red Bean Curry

How was your Christmas, folks? I hope you all have a wonderful time with family, friends, and loved ones. We didn’t do anything special this year, just staying …

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Sup Ikan dan Jamur Kuping - Fish and Wood Ear Mushroom Soup

Sup Ikan dan Jamur Kuping - Fish and Wood Ear Mushroom Soup

White fish, such as tilapia, rock fish, or red snapper can be used to make this wonderfully easy soup. Since the fish is thinly sliced, the whole thing should …

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Onbitjkoek - Dutch Spiced Breakfast Cake

Onbitjkoek - Dutch Spiced Breakfast Cake

Onbitjkoek is the less well known Indonesian spiced cake compared to lapis legit, but much easier to bake and is understatedly delicious in its own right.

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Ikan Bakar Rica-Rica - Spicy Grilled Fish

Ikan Bakar Rica-Rica - Spicy Grilled Fish

Manado dishes are famous for being extremely spicy and hot, even among Indonesian who are used to having lots of chili in their dishes. So if you plan on making …

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Perkedel Panggang - Oven Baked Potato Fritters

Perkedel Panggang - Oven Baked Potato Fritters

I am a huge fan of perkedel but I don’t make them often enough since I kind of hate deep frying. So I tried to come up with a way to bypass deep frying. In the …

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