Black Pepper Beef

Black-pepper-beef, originally uploaded by djoelia.

Ingredient:

• 500 gr beef sliced thinly
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp garlic paste
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp sesame oil

1. Mix all of the ingredient above in a bowl and marinate for 1-2 hour in the refrigerator.
2. Pre-cook the meat first, heat the 2 tbsp oil in the wok, add the 1 tbsp oil to the marinate meat, to separate the meat.
3. Fry on high heat for 3-5 minutes, until meat change its color, set aside.

Sauce:

• 1/2 onion cut wedges
• 1/2 bell pepper (optional)
• 1 green onion cut 1 inch each
• 1 tsp of chopped garlic
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp of kecap manis (substitute with 1/2 tbsp of sugar)
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• a bit of water

1. Mix all of the ingredient except onion, garlic, bell pepper and green onion in a bowl
2. Heat the wok on high heat, add 1 tbsp of oil. Fry the onion and garlic till fragrance, add in the beef, stir quickly, add the bell pepper, green onion, and the sauce. and serve.

p.s: If the sauce happens to be quite watery, thicken the sauce with maizena flour mix with cold water.

Beancurd Pancake

Ingredients:

1. 2 Sheets of bean curd skin (use 3 if using the stick kind)
2. 1/4 Small onion
3. 1 tsp garlic
4. 1 tsp green onion
5. 1 tsp salt
6. 1 tsp pepper
7. 1 tsp chicken bouillon
8. 1 small stalk basil leaf (optional)
9. 1 egg
10. 1 1/2 tbsp maizena flour.

1. Pour all of the ingredient in the food processor until all the ingredient mixed well, be careful not to over pulse the ingredient.
2. Heat the skillet, add 3 tbsp of olive oil.
3. use the spoon to scoop out the dough, and carefully put in the pan.
4. Fry both side until it turn golden brown. set aside.

Sauce:

• 1/4 small onion
• 1 garlic
• half of carrot
• 1 tsp of parsley
• 3 tbsp of tomato sauce
• 1 rome tomato
• 1 bay leaf

1. Add all the ingredient to the food processor except the bay leaf.
2. Pour all of the ingredient in the pan, add bay leaf, cook till fragrance, season with pepper and salt.
3. Add the sauce on the top of the bean curd pancake, and serve.

Fried Tofu with Spicy Beef

Ingredient:

• Half block of tofu, chopped squarely
• 100 gr of ground beef
• 3 red chilli pepper, slice thinly (or more to make it hot)
• 2 shallots, chopped finely
• 2 garlic, chopped finely

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp sugar

1. Deep fried the tofu until it turn golden yellow, set aside.
2. Heat the wok on high, add 3 tbsp of oil, fry the shallots and garlic till fragrance, add in chilli pepper, stir.
3. Add the ground beef, stir until the beef turn color, pour down the sauce.
4. turn down the heat to medium, cook til the sauce thicken out, and add in the tofu, stir fry quickly and serve.

Garden omelet with bacon

Another simple meal, perfect for brunch or breakfast.

Ingredients:

• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Small onion chopped
• 1 Rome tomato (de-seeded) chopped
• 2 Handful baby spinach
• cheese
• 2 stripe of bacon
• Salt and pepper to taste.

1. First, Fried pan the bacon (or microwave) until bacon dry and crisp, set aside and chopped
2. Fry the onion with the bacon fat until become transparent, add tomato and spinach, cook till spinach become soft and then add bacon,set aside.
3. Clean the skillet with paper tower to eliminate the dirt
4. Crack the egg in the bowl, add a bit of water and season with salt and pepper.
5. Heat the skillet with medium heat, and add 1 tsp of oil, pour the egg in the skillet, round the skillet until the egg cover the entire pan, lower the heat.
6. Add the cheese and then half of the vegetable. and season it with salt and pepper.
7. Fold it and top it with the rest of the vegetable.
8. Serve it alone or side with Sambal ABC.

Pipa tofu

Pipa Tofu was inspired after the traditional instrument of china named pi-pa because they shared the same shape, feel free to correct me if i was wrong, but others than that this dish is delicious.

Ingredient:

• 1 Pack of medium firm tofu (wrap in paper towel to drain the water and mashed)
• 100 gram of deshelled shrimp (approximately 10-12 shrimp) chopped finely
• 100 gram ground pork
• 1 Dried shitake mushroom (Soak in hot water to soften and chopped finely)
• 2 tbsp of maizena flour
• 1 egg white
• 1 green onion chopped finely (optional)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil

1. Mix all the Ingredient above to make the batter.
note: If you have food processor, throw all the ingredient inside the food processor to make the batter.
2. Heat the work, add 5tbsp of oil
3. Form the batter with the spoon
4. Fried it until golden brown on both side. set aside

Sauce:

• 1 tsp chicken bouillon (mix with 1/2 cup of hot water) or simply use 1/2 cup of chicken broth
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• pepper according to taste
• 1 tsp of maizena flour mix with 1tbsp of water

1. Heat all the ingredient in the wok/pan. Thicken it with maizena flour. pour over the tofu.
2. To garnish, blanch bokchoy with hot water for 3 minutes. and set it on plate before pouring the sauce
3. To give the sweet taste on the sauce, you could add kecap manis to it. (this step is optional)

Chicken-cook-with-oyster-sauce

Ingredient:

• 10 chicken wings
• Fresh ginger, peeled and slice thinly (around 10-12 pieces or according to taste , how hot you want)
• 1 green onion chopped
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp kecap manis (can substitute with 1 tsp of sugar)
• 1/4 cup of chicken broth or water
• salt and pepper to taste
  

1. Rub chicken with salt and wash away with water, to eliminate dirt and to give the wings taste.
2. Heat the wok and deep fried chicken the chicken for 5 minutes (for healthier option bake the chicken in the oven 400F for 5 minutes) set aside.
3. Reheat the wok, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil, fry the ginger and green onion till fragrance, add in the chicken.
4. Mix the oyster sauce, kecap manis and chicken broth in a bowl and pour over the the chicken in the wok.
5. Cover and cook the chicken over low heat for 5 minutes.
6. if the sauce not thicken out, mix the maizena flour with water and pour over.
7. Sprinkle the white pepper and green onion on top and serve.
The ginger give the hot kick in the dish, perfect for rainy day.

Lumpia-goreng (Fried Spring roll)

lumpia-goreng, originally uploaded by djoelia.

Usually eat as appetizer, snack or companion for afternoon tea.

Ingredient:

• 6 Spring roll skin
• 1 carrot cut thinly like matchstick or shred it
• 150 gr ground pork (more or less)
• 1 tsp of chicken bouillon mix with 1 cup of hot water
• 1 green onion chop finely
• 2 tbsp of kecap manis
• 1 egg

Ground spices:

• 3 garlic cloves
• 5 shallots
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 10 gr or more dried shrimp (soften with hot water, and discard the water)
• 1 tsp salt

1. Fry the ground spices till fragrance, and then add the ground pork, mix well till the pork change its color.
2. Add the carrot, green onion, mix well
3. Pour in the chicken stock from the bouillon and kecap manis. Cook till the mixture thicken and the sauce reduce.
4. Crack the egg on the top of mixture and mix well.
5. Cook till there's no sauce left and the mixture is dry. Set aside.
6. Let the filling cool and wrap it with spring roll skin, deep fry it until golden brown, and serve.

Domino-Tofu

Ingredient:

• 1 pack of Tofu, cut accordingly
• 1 clove garlic mince well
• 2 shallots mince well
• 1 green onion mince well
• 1 tsp mince ginger
• 1 red chilli pepper sliced finely
• celery leaves according to taste (optional)
• 1tsp of maizena flour mix with 1tbsp of cold water (thickening agent)

Sauce: (mix in small bowl for later use)

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp kecap manis
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup of water

1. Drain the Tofu with paper towel before frying, Deep fry the tofu (splatter alert!) until golden yellow, remove and set aside.
2. Fry the garlic, shallots and ginger with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil till fragrance, and then add chilli pepper, green onion and celery leaves.
3. Add in the ground pork and stir fry it till the pork meat change its color.
4. Add the mix sauce to the wok and water. Cook till the sauce boil and add the maizena mixture to thicken the sauce.
5. Pour the ground meat over the fried tofu and serve.

Broil chicken with spices

Grill chicken with spice, originally uploaded by djoelia.

Ingredient:

• 12 chicken wings
• half of a lemon.
• 4 red chilli pepper
• 2 tsp bottled garlic
• 6 shallots
• 1 tomato
• 3 candle nuts
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 lime leaves
• kecap manis to taste
  

1. Grind all the ingredient above (except the chicken wings, lemon and lime leaves) until it become a paste form.

2. marinate 12 chicken wings with half of lemon and salt, set aside for 1-2 hour in the refrigerator.

3. Preheat the oven and set to 400F bake the chicken for 5 minutes.

4. Mean while, fry the ground spice paste with 2 tbsp of oil till fragrance, and then add lime leaves. Mix the chicken from the oven with the spices, and add kecap manis according to taste (Usually i add about 1-2 tbsp of kecap manis). Cook till chicken become tender.

5. Set the oven to broil setting, pot the chicken in the heat proof dish, put the dish in the highest rack, broil the chicken 3 minutes on high setting on each side.

Best serve with steam rice.