Fried Pork Ribs

Ingredients:

• 450gr Rib Tips
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 Tbsp cooking wine
• 1/2 Tbsp curry powder
• 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder or chopped garlic
• 1/2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
• dash of sesame oil

1. Cut the ribs in the same size, so that the cook food will look uniform and have the same tenderness.
2. Mix all of the ingredient together and marinate for 1 hour or more. Turn the ribs occasionally during the marinating time.
3. Deep fried the ribs over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
4. Drain the ribs and check the meat, if the meat has not cook, preheat the oven for 350 F, bake the ribs for 15-20 minutes.

Pork Shrimp Roll

This dish could be the bento filler, afternoon snack, appetizer or entree.

Ingredient:

• 300gr ground pork
• 115gr ground shrimp(shrimp paste)
• 1 egg
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp cooking wine
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
• 2 Tbsp chopped green onion
• 4 sheets of nori
• dash of sesame oil
• oil for frying

1. Mix together ground pork and ground shrimp with the rest of ingredients except for nori sheets and the oil for frying.
2. Divide into 4 portions, if the filling dough too soft, refrigerate for an hour.
3. Spread one portion of filling on nori sheets, roll it like you rolled for sushi, be careful not to squished the roll. Repeat this for the other 3 portions.
4. Heat the wok/ deep fryer, deep fry the roll over medium heat for 5 minutes, remove and drain. slice the roll to small pieces, and serve.

P.S.: To prepare the shrimp paste: drain the excess water on the shrimps with paper towel, assume you've already remove the skin and the dirt from the back of the shrimps, smashed the shrimps with your side knife (horizontally) and start chopping like a mad man (just kidding XD ). Then you have your shrimp paste ready.

Salmon Spinach Rice with Lemon Zest

This dish suitable for lazy cooking day, you could bake the salmon or pan fried the salmon. Choose which one is easier for you to prepare.

Ingredients:

• 500 gr Steam rice (approximately 2 1/2 cup rice, and preferably warm)
• 100 gr Spinach
• 4 pieces Lemon skin
• 1 Tbsp of Chicken bouillon powder
• 1/2 tsp Black pepper

Bake (or pan fry) Salmon:

• 300 gr Salmon
• 1 Tbsp of Olive oil
• 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp Lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 1 tsp salt

1. Preheat the oven on 350 F, and mix all the ingredient on bake salmon in the pan. Bake for approximately 10 minutes. Or mix all the ingredient except half of the olive oil recipe, and heat the pan, pour the other half of olive oil, and pan fry the salmon with all of the sauce until it cooked.
2. Meanwhile blanch the spinach on boiling water, strain immediately. and wash it under cold water and drain all the water on the spinach with hand, set aside.
3. Slice the lemon skin as thin as possible.
4. Mix the Rice, Spinach, Shredded Salmon and lemon zest in a big bowl, sprinkle with chicken bouillon powder and pepper.

p.s.: Be careful with the chicken bouillon though, as we know most of the chicken bouillon high on MSG, if the rice not tasty enough, we could adjust the flavor with 1 tsp of soy sauce or sweet soy sauce.

Broccoli Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 stalk of broccoli cut accordingly to the stem, blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes and set aside.
• 300 gr chicken, cut squarely
• Half of brown onion chopped squarely
• 2 garlic, chopped finely

Marinate sauce:

• 1 Tbsp of soy sauce
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp white pepper
• 1 tsp garlic paste (could substitute with garlic powder)

> Marinate chicken with the marinate sauce for at least 4 hour, best if marinate overnight in the fridge.
> Dip the marinated chicken in the maizena flour and deep fried it until it turn slightly yellow, drain and set aside.

Sauce: (mix the sauce in the small bowl for later use)

• 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• dash of sugar
• salt and pepper to taste
• 150 ml water mix with 2 tsp of maizena flour (to thicken the sauce)

> Heat 2 tbsp of oil in the pan/wok, fry the onion and garlic, until the onion turn translucent, add the broccoli, chicken follow by the sauce, stir fry until all the ingredient mix evenly, and turn the heat down, let the sauce simmer. If the sauce have thicken, turn the heat off and serve.

Fried Broccoli

Ingredients:

• 1 stalk of broccoli (could substitute with cauli flower) cut accordingly to the stem.

Batter:

• 150 gr of all purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp of curry powder
• 2 Tbsp of chicken bouillon
• 2 eggs
• 150 ml of water
• 2 Tbsp of dried parsley (optional)

Mix all the ingredients above, and dip the broccoli inside the batter, deep fried them until they turn golden brown and crisp.

Sauce for dipping:

• 2 Tbsp of peanut butter
• 2 Tbsp Ketchup
• 2 Tbsp of lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp of hot sauce (sambal ABC)
• 1 Tbsp of sugar
• 200 ml warm water

Add all the ingredients above for the dipping sauce.

Tahu Tempe Kecap

Ingredients:

• 1 block of tofu, chopped squarely
• 1 block of fermented soy bean (Tempe) chopped squarely
• 4 shallots, chopped finely
• 2 garlic, chopped finely
• 4 red chilli pepper, slice thin diagonal
• 2 lime leaves
• 2 cm of crushed galangal

Sauce: (Combine all the sauce in the small bowl)

• 3 Tbsp sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
• 1 Tbsp ketchup
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1 tsp sugar

1. Deep fried tofu and tempe until they turn golden brown and crisp, drain and set aside.
2. Heat the wok, and add 2 Tbsp of oil, fry the shallots and garlic, add the chilli pepper, galangal and lime leaves, stir fry until the shallots turn brown, then add the tofu and tempe, last but not least add the sauce, stir until all the ingredient mix evenly, and serve.

Perkedel Jagung

Ingredients:

• 2 Corn Knob (loose the corn maize) or 200 gr of corn can
• 2 shallots chopped finely
• 2 garlic chopped finely
• 1 green onion chopped finely
• 2 lime leaves sliced very thin
• 1 red chilli pepper sliced very thin
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp of maizena flour

p.s: If you use corn can, drain the corn thoroughly to avoid the oil splattered.

> Mix all of the ingredient above in a bowl, and heat the pan/wok, add the oil cover the pan about 1 cm thick, and scoop the batter using tablespoon into the pan, fry until both side turn golden yellow.

Udang Goreng Mentega (Shrimps with butter sauce)

Ingredients:

• 400 gr shrimps (you could choose shell on shrimps)
• 1/2 onion sliced thinly
• 2 garlic crushed
• salt and pepper
• 2 tbsp butter (could substitute with margarine)

> Marinate the shrimps with salt and pepper, set aside

Sauce (mix all together in small bowl):

• 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp ketchup
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp water

1. Heat the wok, add in 1 tbsp of oil, fried quickly the shrimp until its cook, set aside.
2. Clean the wok, Reheat the wok and add in the butter, fry the onion and garlic till fragrance, and then add in the sauce, taste to adjust to your preference taste, and last add the shrimp, stir fry quickly and serve.

Seafood Soup

Ingredients:

• 100 gr of squid clean and chopped
• 50 gr of shrimps
• 50 gr of scallops
• 2 tbsp of lime
• 1 tsp of turmeric

Mix all the ingredient above and set aside.

Spices:

• 2 Shallots, chopped finely
• 1 Garlic, chopped finely
• 2 Red chilli pepper, sliced finely
• 1 lime leaf
• 1 stalk of lemon grass, take the white part and smashed
• 1 cm of ginger, smashed
• 2 cup of broth

1. Heat the pot and add 1 tbsp of oil, fry the shallots and garlic until fragrance, add in red chilli pepper, lime leaf, ginger and lemon grass, stir accordingly.
2. Add in the seafood mixture in to the pot, stir fry until the shrimp turn its color, and add the broth, turn the heat to medium low.
3. Cover the pot, bring the soup to boil and serve.

Spinach Omelete

Simple and Healthy recipe, suitable for vegetarian dish.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp of milk
• 1 handful of spinach
• 1 medium size potato (shredded)
• 1/4 onion (chopped finely)
• 1 green onion (chopped finely)
• celery (optional, if using celery take the leaf and chopped finely)
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Shred the potato and pop in microwave, microwave on high for 1 minute.
2. In a bowl mix egg with milk, spinach, onion, green onion and celery.
3. Later add in the shredded potato in a bowl, season with salt and pepper.
4. Heat the pan and add 2 tbsp of oil, add in the batter in to the pan, turn the heat to medium low, and cooked until both side turn yellow brown. Be careful not to burn the egg!.

Cucumber Melon refreshing drink

Simple drink for your summer!

Ingredients:
- Honeydew, scoop into ball with melon baler
- Cucumber, shredded
- Limes (or key lime)
- Honey
- Water and ice cube

Mix water with honey until it reached your sweetness preference, and then arrange melon ball and cucumber in the tall glass, pour the lime juice in the glass and add in ice cube. your summer drink is ready for you.