Archive for the 'Main Meal' Category

Nov 04 2008

Fried Bihun/Rice Noodle

Rice noodle which we called “Bihun” in Indonesian or “Bee Hoon” is made from rice and water, but sometimes other ingredients such as starch is added to give the chewy texture and transparent look.
Rice noodle also known as Rice Vermicelli or Rice Stick, in India, rice noodle is also known as “Sevai”. As per my [...]

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Sep 19 2008

Fried Chicken in Sweet Butter Sauce

Published by admin under Indonesian Cuisine, Main Meal

The tasty secret of this dish is the mixture of 3 sauces, cooked with butter instead of oil. It’s quite Indonesian traditional dish … well, so far that I know. One of the sauces which we use for this dish is sweet soy sauce.
Soy sauce which we also called shoyu in Japanese, is a fermented [...]

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Sep 16 2008

Spicy Egg Curry ala Tina

This is actually my modified recipe of the Indonesian egg cuisine which is called “Telur Balado” or egg in red chili sauce. In India, egg curry is cooked differently with many spices which are blended to make a thick paste curry.
I’m not really liking the curry which is cooked with the egg, I’ve tried [...]

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Sep 16 2008

Veg Schezwan Spaghetti

This recipe was started accidentally. One day when I came home, I thought of making chowmein, but I found out that I was out of stock of dried noodles in my cupboards. So i thought that I just make the most of what I have. So, instead of using the noodles, I would use spaghetti.
The [...]

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Sep 16 2008

Chicken Meatball Soup

Meatball which we called “Bakso” in Indonesia is one of the most favorite cuisine in Indonesia, which is served in many ways. Normally meatball is served like soup in a bowl with the noodles, tofu, vegetables, steamed or fried siomay, wanton, etc.
Every country have their own variety in making and serving the meatball depending on [...]

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Sep 03 2008

Chili Potato Gravy

Published by admin under Chinese Cuisine, Main Meal, Vegetarian

When the first time I came to India, I was quite surprise whenever me and hubby visited Chinese restaurant. Most of the menus have been innovated as per Indian taste. I never find tofu in any Chinese restaurant not even in a big Chinese restaurant, in spite they have change it with paneer which is [...]

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Sep 01 2008

Siomay

Siomay is my favorite food, when I was still staying in Jakarta, I used to buy this almost everyday I really miss this food so bad, specially the Indonesian siomay which is eaten with peanut sauce.
Siomay is an Indonesian cuisine which is influence by Chinese people who have immigrated to Indonesia since a very [...]

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Sep 01 2008

Mixed Spicy Eggplant

Published by admin under Indian Cuisine, Main Meal

I have taken this picture from my mobile phone camera, I don’t know why my camera doesn’t work. But I hope that the image doesn’t discourage you to try this recipe
This is a very simple recipe and doesn’t take time to cook.

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Aug 26 2008

Pav Bhaji

Published by admin under Indian Cuisine, Main Meal, Vegetarian

Today I packed pav bhaji for my hubby’s lunch. Pav bhaji is originated from Maharashtra, the most popular city in India where most of the bollywood/Indian movies were made.
Pav bhaji is very well known as street food, now this food is easily found everywhere in India. The seller used to sell this food on a [...]

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Aug 26 2008

Fried Noodle / Chowmein

A very interesting fact about noodle is that it has been related to chinesse cuisine since a very-very long time or I can say since the ancient time. I’ve been searching about the history of noodle and chowmein and interestingly nobody knows how this noodle began and who was the first person who made it.
I [...]

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