Putri Salju

I baked this cookies two days ago, because years ago, I always helped my mom baked this cookies for Idul Fitri. And now, I want to to it by myself. But I didn't ask mom about the recipe, I interested to try Mbak Arfi Binstead of HomeMades recipe that is very famous with "melted in the mouth cookies". And yesss....it's true. 100% true. The composition of the sugar also perfect. Not too sweet. But mine, they were broke easily so I must be very careful when I put them into the jar or when I wanted to take it out. Whew....I love this cookies. I have a plan to give this cookies to my friend who celebrate Christmas and because I couldn't see her yesterday, her cookies jar still in my kitchen. Ahhh, they are very tempting...ha..ha..I want to eat them!

Ok, no further chit chat, voila...ce sont mes cookies :
Putri Salju
by Arfi Binstead

225 gr butter,unsalted
285 gr all purpose flour, dry toaste
15 gr whole milk powder
1-2 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
125 gr cashew nut, chopped coarsely
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
confectioners' sugar or vanilla sugar to coat

1. Preheat oven to 300degrees F (140 degrees C). Lightly grease or line parchment paper on cookies sheets.
2. Beat the butter and confectioners' sugar until white and fluffy. Fold in the dry toasted flour and milk powder, mix well. Add the chopped nut and extract, mix well.
3. Roll into 1 inch ball or other dimension to your liking, put in the baking sheet, then baked for 15 minutes until when you press your finger on the cookies and there is no indentation.
4. When the cookies are colled, roll into the confectioners' sugar.

Happy Holidays , Bonnes Vacances

Coucou tout le monde...
Je vous souhaite Bonnes Vacances et Bonnes Fetes!!

Soto Padang

Hi...I join again the event "Masak Bareng". Today we eat Soto Padang. Hmmm...,it's yummy, suitable for comforting your cold day. You may eat it for lunch or dinner.
I got the recipe from Dewi Anwar's Kitchen Craft a couple days ago. It's worth to try. But because of now we are living far far away from our hometown, we didn't serve the Soto Padang with "Kerupuk Sagu Merah" or Red Sagoo Chips. We couldn't find it here. I changed it with shrimp chips. yeah, it was different...but it's okay lah...he..he..
Come on, let's go to the table, have a bowl of Soto Padang !!

Soto Padang
by : Dewi Anwar - Kitchen Craft

bahan / ingredients :
1/2 kg daging has dalam/ beef meat
1/4 kg tulang iga/kaki sapi /ribs bone
3 ltr air untuk merebus/ water for boiling
bumbu halus / ground these ingredients :
3 siung bawang putih / garlics
6 buah bawang merah / shallots
2 cm jahe / ginger
1 sdt merica / pepper
2 buah kemiri / candlenut
bumbu pelengkap/ additional ingredients :
2 cm lengkuas geprek / galangal - crushed
1 batang sereh ambil putihnya,geprek / lemon grass only the white part - crushed
2 lembar daun salam / salam leaves
2 lembar daun jeruk / kafir or citron leaves
2 butir kapulaga

pelengkap / you may eat with :
perkedel kentang / potato cake
1 bungkus suun rendam hingga layu / rice noodle put into the boiled water until soft
kerupuk sagu merah /red sagoo chips
daun bawang dan seledri, iris tipis /onion leaves + celery, chopped finely
bawang goreng / shallots frites
sambal lado merah / red sambal

cara membuat / directions :
1. rebus daging dan tulang dalam air dengan api kecil, masukkan kapulaga,biarkan hingga daging empuk. angkat.
bring to boil the meat and the ribs bone on a moderate heat, add in the kapulaga. wait until the meat soft. retired from the heat.
2. bumbui daging dengan bawang putih halus dan garam. potong-potong dadu, goreng hingga garing, sisihkan.
season the meat with garlic and salt. cut into square, fry until crunchy. set aside.
3. tumis bumbu halus dan bumbu - bumbu lainnya, sampai wangi. masukkan ke dalam air kaldu. tambahkan garam dan gula sesuai selera. aduk sampai air kaldu mendidih.
stir fry the ground ingredients and additional, bring into the broth water. season with salt and sugar. stir until it bring to boil.
4. penyelesaian : siapkan mangkuk. atur pelengkap mulai dari suun, daun bawang seledri, bawang goreng, daging goreng, dan perkedel yang dibelah 2. siram dengan air kaldu panas. taburi kerupuk merah, sajikan panas dengan sambal lado merah.
finishing : prepare the bowl. arrange rice noodle, onion leaves, celery, shallots frites, meat fries, and potato cake ( cut into 2 part). add the meat broth and the chips. serve while hot with sambal.

Ah...this is tooo sweeetttt....Cheese Cake

I made this cake actually last Thursday for my Wedding Anniversary. Found the recipe here, and gave it a try. But, because I was careless in writing the recipe from the computer, I missed one ingredient, the flour...:p Yeah, because usually the Cheese cake only use a few amount of flour so i thought ah, they just omitted it.
And not only that, I made the other stupidity...I didn't check all my ingredients stock in refrigerator before I started to mix. I didn't have the sour cream (or fresh cream)...before I wanted to omitted it, but then I remembered I had 2 pots of cherry yoghurt. I decided to use it...but that made the cake became too sweet, I didn't reduce the sugar and the yogurt already sweet. so to make the correction, I decorated the cake with the sour fruits, Kiwi and Orange. It was quite ok... well...i just posted this to remind me, next time don't do this again :)
Ok, here is the recipe :

Chantal's new York Cheesecake
Source : Allrecipes.com
Ingredients :

• 15 graham crackers, crushed
• 30 g butter, melted
• 896 g cream cheese
• 300 g white sugar
• 180 ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 230 g sour cream
• 15 ml vanilla extract
• 30 g all-purpose flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
2. In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.
3. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off, and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours; this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.

Onde-onde

This sweet snack also one of traditional food from Indonesia. When I was little girl, my mom always brought me Onde-onde everytime she went to the traditional market in Indonesia. The taste is combination between sweet inside plus salty and sticky outside. Made from glutenous rice flour for the skin and mashed green soya bean with sugar for the filling. Ah, there is also the taste of sesame seeds outside....hmmm...so good. The best time you eat this snack is when still hot/warm. A cup of tea after will be a plus plus plus.....:)I interested to make Onde-onde by my self after I read Mira's post (recipe in Bahasa). She made Onde-onde from black glutenous rice flour. Hmmm...I was craving it since then. But I couldn't find the flour as the recipe required here, so I just used the ordinary one. It was also good, since I didn't eat this food for long long time ago....no kind of that food here :(
I made it good, the taste was there, but I had a problem when I fried it. Some of it exploded. I didn't have any idea why, just guessed, maybe it was to hot the oil...can you see it in the picture below?Don't wait any longer guys, let's check out the recipe here (i try to translate in English) :
Onde-Onde
source : from tabloid Koki, posted by Mira - http://mglestari.multiply.com
Ingredients:
The skin : 300 gr black glutenous rice flour/tepung ketan hitam - (tanti : I used the white one)
30 gr tapioca flour/tepung kanji
1/4 teaspoon salt /garam 200 ml lukewarm water/ air hangat
100 gr sesameseeds/ wijen

Filling :
75 gr green soya bean without skin/kacang hijau kupas (I did't have it so I used with the skin) - put into the water for about 2 hours/ Rendam air minimal 2 jam.
50 gr caster sugar/ gula halus (tanti : I used the granulated sugar then I grounded it with blender)
100 gr keju cheddar parut (tanti : I used Edam and only 50 gr)

Directions:
The Filling
From Tabloid Koki :
- Steamed the green soya bean until it smooth/ kukus kacang hijau hingga lunak
- While those still warm, mashed it/ panas-panas haluskan
- Well combined with the sugar and the cheese/ campur dengan gula halus dan keju
- Make them a small ball shape, set aside / buat bola-bola sebesar kelereng. Sisihkan

Mira's direction :
- The steamed green soja bean mashed with the sugar and then steamed them back for about 5 minutes to make it more smooth / Kacang hijau kukus saya haluskan dengan gula pasir. Lalu saya kukus kembali sekitar 5 menit (soalnya belum terlalu empuk..hihihihihi)

The skin :
- Mix together the glutenous rice flour, tapioca flour, salt in one place. Pour inside the warm water slowly.
Campur tepung ketan, tepung kanji, dan garam dalam wadah. Masukkan air hangat sedikit demi sedikit.
- Blend it well.
Uleni hingga kalis
- Take small part of a dough, make it thin, fill in the filling, shape it like a ball.
Ambil sejumput adonan, pipihkan, isi dengan adonan isi, bulatkan kembali.
- Put into the water for a while, after cover with the sesame seeds.
Gulingkan dalam air sebentar. Baru gulingkan ke dalam wijen sampai terbalut semuanya
- Deep fry the dought with a moderate hot until done.
Goreng dalam minyak yang banyak dan api sedang sampai matang
- Serve it warm
Sajikan hangat

Cheese Biscuits

Well, this is the third time i tried to bake this biscuits. And i succeed. The first and the second the biscuits were overbaked or burned....I gave up for a while. I didn't have any passion to try again. But, because of we ate the same kind biscuits several days ago after we found it in Supermarche, I wanted to try again. With all the preparation and the very carefully baking process, Voila...J'ai reussi...Eventhough, i still have some question about this biscuits : It's wet inside...But overall, the taste is there, so cheesy...(for me, a bit salty..,but my hubby no..).
Anyway, that's the important thing, isn't it...my family love it....
The recipe were posted in KBB Blog, kind of Challenge for Indonesian Community who loves baking.
Okay, Let us see the biscuits and the recipe below :

Cheese Biscuits

Source: Vogue Australia: Wine and Food Cook book.

225g grated mature cheese (tanti : i used Edam Cheese)

125g butter

125g flour

cayenne pepper to taste (tanti : i used pepper powder)

sesame seeds

With finger tips, mix together cheese, butter, flour and cayenne pepper until mixture forms a mass. Butter a biscuit tray. Make small balls of the dough. Roll some in sesame seeds and press on tray, placing them fairly far apart as they will spread while cooking. (We have pressed walnuts on some of the biscuits and, for a colour contrast, some chopped pistachio nuts). Bake biscuits in pre-heated oven 180C for 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container.

Wingko Babat

Wingko babat is one of traditional food from Semarang, Indonesia. It's a sweet, sticky snack made from grated coconut and glutenous rice flour. Now, there are a lot of savour of Wingko Babat. One of my favorite is Durian flavour. Since I craved this food a lot, so i browsed and found it at Rita Bellnad, Australia.
It wasn't complicated to make it...very easy..
Wingko
Source : Mbak Rita Bellnad-Australia
500 gr glutenous rice flour
500 gr grated coconut ( you may find it in a frozen section in Asian Grocery)
600 ml coconut milk
270 gr sugar
1 tsp salt

Put coconut milk in the saucepan bring to boil. Set aside let it cool mix in grated coconut.
On the medium bowl add flour, sugar, salt add coconut mixture mix thoroughly. Pour the mixture into greased square tin. Bake about 40 minute or until golden brown in both side.
It's best cut and served after the next day.
(tanti : i used these 8 set of brioche pan, i only made 1/2 of the recipe)

Tofu avec le soja salé (Tahu tumis tauco)

Je vous partage le recette favori de ma famille. Mon mari aime beaucoup ce plat. Comme d’habitude, ja fais cette cuisine Indonesienne avec tempeh. Mais, je ne trouve pas ici, donc j’utilise le tofu seulement. Ma belle-mère m’a donné ce recette.

Allez…on va le trouve :

Tofu avec le soja sale

Vous avez besoin de :

1 paquet de tofu, coupez en carré /1 bungkus tahu putih, potong kotak-kotak sedang
1 ail, emincez / 1 siung bawang putih,cincang halus
moitie de oignon jaune, emincez /1/2 buah bawang bombay,iris tipis
4 piments, emincez / 4 buah cabe merah,iris tipis,boleh tambah cabe rawit utuh kalau mau pedas, sesuaikan selera
2 cuillère à soupe de soja sale/ 2 sdm tauco
sucré / gula
sel /garam
1 cuillère à soupe de soja sauce sucré /1 sdm kecap manis

Après, vous faites :

1. sautez l’ail et l’oignon jaune jusqu’a vouz les sentez bon, en suite rajoutez les piments. /tumis bawang putih & bawang bombay hingga harum, lalu masukkan cabe.
2. rajoutez le soja sale et un peu de l’eau./ masukkan tauco, tambah sedikit air.
3. puis, vouz rajoutez les tofu, le soja sucré, sel et sucré comme vouz voulez. Faites attention avec le soja salé, vouz pouvez faire le tofu trop sale. Laissez les jusqu’a sont bien cuit. /masukkan tahu, tambah kecap, gula, jangan lupa dicicipi. kalau kurang asin baru bubuhi garam, karna tauco sendiri rasanya sudah asin.
   masak hingga bumbu menyerap ke dalam tahu. boleh tambahkan air lebih banyak jika suka yang agak berair. (aku lebih suka yang agak berair)
4. bon appétit….mangez avec le riz blanc pour le meilleur goût./santap dengan nasi putih hangat...hmmm sedap...