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Beet, Carrot, and Ginger Salad

Beet, Carrot, and Ginger Salad

This carrot and beet ribbons salad is super colorful, and you will want the lovely ginger lime honey mustard salad dressing to go with all kinds of salad.

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Tofu and Ground Pork in Black Bean Sauce

Tofu and Ground Pork in Black Bean Sauce

Tofu and ground pork is perhaps one of the most common pairing in Chinese cuisine. Here, I pair the two with a super versatile black bean sauce, meaning if you …

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Fu Yung Hai - Egg Foo Young

Fu Yung Hai - Egg Foo Young

Fu Yung Hai is basically Chinese omelette cooked with meats and vegetables. Typical meats include ground pork, ground chicken, roughly chopped shrimp, and crab …

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Acar Kuning - Pickled Vegetables in Peanut Chili Sauce

Acar Kuning - Pickled Vegetables in Peanut Chili Sauce

Unlike your typical acar, this acar kuning is more like a side dish rather than a condiment or relish. This dish is actually pretty filling, and if you are a …

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Sambal Ikan Goreng Petai - Fish and Stink Bean in Chili Sauce

Sambal Ikan Goreng Petai - Fish and Stink Bean in Chili Sauce

Petai has got to be the stinkiest bean in existence, but it looks oh so pretty with its bright green color and lovely almond shape, and yet, Indonesian love …

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Sambal Cabe Ijo Teri Goreng - Fried Anchovies in Green Chili Sauce

Sambal Cabe Ijo Teri Goreng - Fried Anchovies in Green Chili Sauce

Sambal cabe ijo is a popular Padang cuisine chili sauce, great with almost everything, and even the humblest boiled cassava leaves (daun singkong rebus) tastes …

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Tempeh Goreng Sambal Kemangi - Fried Tempeh in Basil Chili Sauce

Tempeh Goreng Sambal Kemangi - Fried Tempeh in Basil Chili Sauce

Whenever I feel like doing a bit of deep frying, tempeh almost always ends up as my first choice. All kind of tempeh dishes start with deep frying the tempeh …

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Gulai Sapi Padang - Padang Style Beef Curry

Gulai Sapi Padang - Padang Style Beef Curry

We love Padang food so much in our family, and I love cooking them since it is usually a guarantee that I will be seeing some big smiles (and some praises, …

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Steamed Eggplant and Garlic Sesame Sauce

Steamed Eggplant and Garlic Sesame Sauce

This is one of my fall back recipe when I am feeling a bit lazy to turn on the stove yet need something decent to eat :) The eggplants just need a bit of …

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Pepes Ati Ayam - Steamed Chicken Liver in Banana Leaves

Pepes Ati Ayam - Steamed Chicken Liver in Banana Leaves

There is no way one can cook Indonesian dishes without eventually encounter one or two pepes dishes. It is really easy to recognize a pepes dish, if it is …

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Ikan Patin Sambal Sereh - Fried Shark Catfish in Lemongrass Chili Sauce

Ikan Patin Sambal Sereh - Fried Shark Catfish in Lemongrass Chili Sauce

Fresh water fish like ikan patin (shark catfish) tends to be fishier than the salt water fish, and this lemongrass chili sauce is super great for this type of …

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Mochi Kacang - Steamed Mochi with Honey Roasted Peanut

Mochi Kacang - Steamed Mochi with Honey Roasted Peanut

Plenty of mochi can be found in Jakarta, from Taiwanese to Japanese. But they are all what I would consider as fancy mochi, filled with various kind of lovely …

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