Sanoli - (Almost Forgotten) Maluku Traditional Sagoo Dish

Masak Bareng Yuuk! June-July 2012 Edition of Anything Sagoo...(Makanan Berbahan Dasar Sagu)

It is very challenging. First, coming from Ambon, Sagoo (sagu) is our traditional staple food. Sagoo (sagu) itself embodied the character of Ambonesse / Molluken people. With it's hard, spiky, rugged bark, Sagoo (sagu) is no such beautiful tree to it's cousin, the Coconut tree or palm tree. Yet, from it's leaf, branches to it's bark, Sagoo (sagu) provide means of food and shelter to people.

Sagoo Tree split in half to extracted the flour (photo By Hans Rijoly)

The leaves are woven into Atap (thatched roof) commonly used in traditional houses. It is strong, lightweight and cost you nothing but some had work. The branches are dried and are used to make the wall of your house just as a bamboo will do. We call the dries brances, Gaba-Gaba. For it's very lightweight nature, the dried Sagoo Branches are also use as raft or floating devices for fishing needs. Last, cut open the thick thorny bark and a white substance will appear. These substance will be processed on the spot to get rid of the fibers etc to be use as our staple food. This last product of the sagoo is called Sagu Manta (literally translated as Sagu Manta).

Pure Extract of Sagoo Flour called Sagu Manta (Photo by Hans Rijoly)

From this, dishes like Papeda, Sagu lempeng, Sanoli, Sagu Tumbu, Makaroon, etc etc emerges. -- I will create a separate entry about the making of sagoo.

So It is known to be said that Ambonesse (Maluku People) are like the Sagoo tree. They look tough, slightly unapproachable for their stern character but inside they are as white as the sagoo flour, genuine and straight forward.

Anyway, as time goes by, sagoo no longer hold a staple and everyday place on the dining table. It's place is taken over by rice. So I am grateful for this month's theme... because as the generation raised mainly by rice... I welcome the challenge to explore and Cherish this wonderful inheritance.This dish is made together with my mother-in-law. And as any traditional dish, the measurement are approximation

Ingredient:
- 1 ball of Sagu Manta (the size of your palm), Dissolve in water and let stand until it gather at the bottom of the bowl.
- 1/2 of Coconut - Not the dry one and certainly not the young coconut. It is the kind of coconut that have very light brown skin after you take it out from it's shell. (anyone know how to call this kind of coconut in Indonesia and English).. in Ambon we call it Kelapa Calakate or Kelapa Bagoyang Brat
- 3 to 4 Tbsp Shaved Palm Sugar or any sugar will do
- 1 tsp salt

Direction:
1. Shread/grind the coconut then mix with salt. Set aside

 2. Throw away the water tht float at the top of the sagoo flour. The sagoo flour will have been sedimented at the bottom of the Bowl. Break them with your finger until they resemble grains of sagoo. Set aside

3. Heat a not stick wok. Put in the dessicated coconut first and stir for 2 minutes.

4. Put in the grains of Sagoo Flour and keep on stirring and mixing. - Sagoo will stick very fast and gets hard.

5. Now, add the shaved Palm sugar. Stir and mix until all blends well for about 5 minutes.

6. Sanoli is served

Pumpkin Pie

Alright, April -May theme to Masak Bareng Yuuk events is Pie or Tart. To my dismay and almost heartbreaking on the idea that I might not be able to participate solely because I have no cooking gadgets to make this. (living in a rented room with no kitchen and rely only on my rice cooker. We are still on our surviving mode living heheheh).So I decided to have a go and submit the one I made sometime ago when we were still in UK. I have never post it on my blog so... can we consider this a legit entry... pleaseeeee

So here it is... My entry for MasBar April-May edition of Pie or Tart

This was my first time baking either pie or pumpkin pie. I wasn't sure if it will turned out well. But for the sake of new experience and the use of the abundance of pumpkin in British Autumn, I decided to have a go. it was also in the spirit of helping others as I made this dish to be sold on our Indonesian Dissaster Appeal organized by us, the Indonesian Students in Brighton, UK. That time it was the earthquake in Indonesia (hmmm... lupa baru2 itu dimana ya)... So to my delight, the pumpkin pie turned out great, taste yummy and sold out... Hahahah what more can I asked.

Source: Simply Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups of pumpkin pulp purée from a sugar pumpkin* or from canned pumpkin purée - I use fresh pumpkin that I steamed and purée in food processor.
1 (12oz). can of evaporated milk
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs plus the yolk of a third egg
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon
1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest
1 good crust - I use 2 small store bought ready-made crust (lazy huh?!)

DIRECTIONS:
1. To make the pumpkin puree: cut pumpkin to quarters. About the size of half of your palm. Put it on a steamer and steam it for 15 minutes or until soft. Transfer to food processor and blitzed until puréed. Then measured it up to 2 cups that is needed. The leftovers if any can be use to make creamy pumpkin soup. - not: I add a pinch of salt and sugar to it.
2. Preheat oven to 425°F.
3. Mix sugars, salt, and spices, and lemon zest in a large bowl. Beat the eggs and add to the bowl. Stir in the pumpkin purée. Stir in cream. Whisk all together until well incorporated.
4. Pour into pie shell and bake at 425°F for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes reduce the temperature to 350°F. Bake 40-50 minutes, or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
5. Meanwhile quick toast some walnut to be scattered on top of the pie.
6. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours.
7. Serve with dollops of whipped cream And a sprinkle of ground cinnamon

Panekoek Unti - Pandan Crepes with Sweetened Cinamon Flavour Coconut Filling

Here's Cooking after a long absent. Ambon peaceful days were disturbed by a 'sectarian clash' and conituous bomb threats and unrest in grassroots level. So I'm back full throttle with my young Ambassadors for Peace organization. With 1 year old baby, what I can do is very limited. No more going down to the front line physically but I'm in the 'front line' from behind my computer and phones. I wrote 2 articles that were published by Uniting World Website. A b\website of Uniting Church Australia.
Please have a look to learn about our effort for peace. click the link for the story

Provocateur of Peace

Long Journey to Peace in Ambon

So as things settle back... it's a nice time for a cuppa with some traditional feel... Panekoek Unti...  how can I call this in English? Pandan crepes with sweetened cinamon flavour coconut filling... or the other word for this is Dadar Gulung or Rolled Omelette  hehehe... correctme if I'm wrong... but the taste is yummy... and perfect for a reflective afternoon.....



This is my entry for Masak Bareng Yuuk! Sept-Oct 2011 edition of Jajanan Masa Kecil 

Ingredients: -- (I use approxiamate measurements)

First make the unti or the coconut filling

finely grated 1/2 coconut - preferably not the old and dry coconut ( or you can just use fine dessicated coconut you can buy in store - soaked in water)
1 cup of Dark Palm Sugar  - I use the locally produce one
1/2 cup of sugar
1 Pandan Leaves
1/2 stick of Cinnamon
1 cup of water
1/4 tsp salt

In a non-stick wok mix together water, palm sugar and sugar, cinamon, salt and pandan leaves in a low heat.
Add the grated coconut once the sugar is well mixed and not lumps is showing.
Keep stiring until the sugar water is well absorbed by the grated coconut.
Take care and keep on stiring to make sure it won't stick and the sugar caramelized. --

For Panekoek / Crepes:
1 1/2 cup    All purpose Flour
1/2 cup   sugar
2   Eggs
1/2 tsp   salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup of pandan water -- (I blitzed 6 Pandan leaves in a blender with 1 cup of water - drain to separate the leaves from the water)
2 tbsp metled butter or margarine
and about 11/2 cup of additional water


Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder well with a whisker
Add 2 eggs and pandan water and mix well until no lumps is present.
Add the additional water to the consistency you desired. Mine is a but runny so I can get a thin crepes.
Last stir through the melted butter or margarine.
Then we are ready to crepes... In a  non stick pan over medium heat, spray the coating oil or just sprinkle some oil to the surface. Wait until it's hot and 1 dollop of the batter and swivel it around to make a thin crepes. Make sure you turn to the other side so both side will be well cooked.

To Serve:
Add 1 tsp or tbsp of the coconut filling to each of the crepes and then fold

Papeda Kuah Ikan

Jadi orang Ambon pasti identik juga dengan makanan satu ini – Papeda. 

Papeda adalah salah satu makanan pokok orang Ambon atau juga orang Maluku yang terbuat dari tepung sagu basah. Namun Papeda bukan hanya ditemui di Ambon/Maluku. Di Makasar disebut Kapurung, di Papua namanya sama, papeda juga.

Papeda bertekstur seperti lem dan selalu dimakan dengan makanan yang berkuah. Pasangan paling top adalah papeda dan kuah ikan. Terserah kuah ikannya mau dimasak apa. Mau kuah ikan kuning yang pakai kunyit dan daun kemangi yang kadang juga ditambahkan kenari cincang. Sampai yang paling simple (menurut saya) yaitu Ikan Air  Garam. Untuk Ikan Air garam, baru pernah saya temui setelah menikah dan tinggal dengan mertua di Desa Waai.

Membuat Papeda tidak semudah kelihatannya. Bahkan saya saja belum ‘lulus’ untuk cara membuat yang baik dan benar. Masih keder kalo harus membuatnya didepan mertua. Kalo untuk dimakan sendiri sih HAJAR Saja!! Hehehehe….

Lucunya, kemarin-kemarin saya sempat nonton acara Home Shopping di TV yang mempromosikan double Pan yang bisa memasak segala jenis masakan. Si koki memperagakan membuat Papeda yang keliru disebut oleh TV hostnya dengan “pepeda”. Kelihatannya simple banget padahal bikin Papeda (menurut mertuaku tercinta) ada pakemnya dan saya kira dahulu, jaman opa-opa dan oma-omaku, membuat papeda adalah salah satu tes apakah seorang anak perempuan sudah siap menikah. Untung sekarang sudah tidak begini lagi, kalau tidak, berarti saya sama sekali belum bisa menikah. Hehehehe…

Sayangnya sekarang papeda bukan lagi jadi staple food atau makanan pokok. Ini makanan sekali-sekali –sekali sebulan – sekali seminggu etc. Mungkin hanya di kampong-kampung, papeda ini masih disuguhkan 2 atau 3 kali seminggu. Papeda digusur Nasi. Coba kalau orag ambon tetap makan hasil olahan sagu, maka idak ada ketergantungan pada beras yang mengakibatkan krisis beras di Indonesia dan harus mengimpor besar-besaran dari Negara lain. Padahal Negara kita dan tanah kita ini kaya.

Anyway, ini dia cara membuat Papeda yang saya masukan sebagai entry Masak Bareng Yuuk!! Juli – Agustus 2011 Edisi Hidangan Ulang Tahun. Kali ini dibuat dalam rangka Ulang Tahun Propinsi Maluku dan Dirgahayu Kemerdekaan Indonesia. Celebrating being an ambonesse yang bangga dengan makanan tradisional warisan nenek moyang and giving thanks to live in Indonesia!

PAPEDA

 Bahan:

2 bola Sagu Manta (tepung sagu)

500 ml Air dingin

2000 ml Air Mendidih

1 sdt garam

1 sdm air lemon cina (lemon cui)

Alat yang diperlukan:

1 buah Sempe ukuran sedang

1 Aru-aru – alat pencampurnya – bisa memakai sendok kayu yang didapur

Sepasang Gata-gata – mirip garpu bergigi dua dan panjang terbuat dari bamboo – digunakan untuk menyajikan papeda.

Cara mambuat

• Larutkan Sagu manta dengan 500 ml air dingin. Hancurkan dengan tangan sampai menjadi cair dan menyatu dengan air
• Siapkan ‘sempe’ (wadah papeda dari tanah liat) dan saringan. Lalu saring air sagu manta tadi ke dalam sempe.
• Sisihkan dan biarkan hingga sagu mantanya kembali mengendap. (kira-kira ½ jam)
• Didihkan air
• Setelah sagu manta mengendap, tiriskan air dingin (air yang berlebih) sehingga hanya ada sagu manta dalam Sempe. Lalu cakar dengan tangan hingga gumpalannya larut dan konsistensinya larut.
• Siapkan tempat dengan mengatur sempe diatas meja dekat dengan kompor air yang sedang mendidih dan Aru-Aru yang sudah direndam dalam air dingin berada disamping sempe – agar bisa dijangkau dengan cepat -à membuat papeda harus cepat sebelum tepung sagu mengeras setelah kena air panas.
• Setelah semuanya siap. Tuangkan air panas kedalam sempe berisi sagu manta larut tadi à banyaknya air tidak pernah bisa diperkirakan karena tergantung dengan kualitas sagu manta. Karena itu biasa mereka yang sudah biasa akan terus menuang hingga terlihat penggumpalan mirip adonan kalis yang mulai muncul.
• Jika demikian, penuangan air dihentikan dan secapat mungkin, diaduk dengan Aru-aru (Pengaduk) dengan gerakan memutar.
• Papeda yang benar haruslah berubah warna menjadi adonan lengket yang berwarna jernih. Konsistensinya tidak boleh keras dan tidak boleh terlalu lembek.
• Tidak boleh ada sisa-sisa sagu manta yang perwarna putih dalam sempe. Semua harus menjadi jernih.
• Papeda siap dinikmati.

IKAN AIR GARAM

Bahan:

6 Ekor ikan Kawalinya sedang (ikan Kembung)

1 buah jeruk nipis

5 buah lemon cina (lemon cui)

5 butir bawang Merah

4 Butir bawang Putih

1 ruas jahe

1 ruas lengkuas

2 tangai serai

3 buah tomat sedang

Segengam daun solasi (atau daun kemangi jika tidak ada)

5 buah Cabe kecil – Masukan utuh

2 buah cabe merah besar – keluarkan biji dan iris serong

Garam secukupnya

Air secukupnya (sekitar 500-700ml)

Cara Membuat:

1. Bersihkan ikan lalu marinate dengan air satu buah jeruk nipis dan garam. Sisihkan
2. Iris tipis semua bumbu. Kecuali lemon cina, cabe kecil (jika tidak mau pedas), lengkuas, Serai dan jahe yang di keprak saja.
3. Didihkan air. Setelah mendidih, masukan semua bumbu kecuali lemon cina dan daun solasi.
4. Setelah kira-kira 3 menit, Masukan ikan. Tambahkan air perasan dari 5 lemon cina dan daun solasi serta garam. Untuk asam dan garam silahkan disesuaikan dengan keinginan masing-masing.
5. Biarkan mendidih sampai ikan matang ( 5 – 10 menit)
6. Siap dihidangkan.

COLO-COLO

Irisan 3 bawang merah secukupnya

1 buah tomat yang diiris besar (in chunks)

6 pucuk Daun kemangi yang iris bagi dua (atau uth kalau mau)

6 sdm Kecap Manis secukupnya

Air perasan 4 – 5 lemon cina secukupnya

Garam dan gula

Cara membuat:

Taruh bawang merah iris, tomat dan daun kemangi dalam mangkuk. Masukan kecap manis dan perasan air lemon cina, garam dan gula. Campur dan sesuaikan rasa asam, manis dan asinnya sesuai keinginan.

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Papeda Kuah Ikan Air Garam pun siap untuk disantap.. cara makannya... harus diseruput langsung dari piring dan tidak boleh pakai sendok.

Mie Ayam Pangsit // Noodle Soup with Chicken Topping and Wonton

I was down with flu then My Lil Tania also catch it. Simon started to sniff too. The weather is getting wetter, gloomier and colder. So Mie Ayam is the perfect cure... Basically I just need hot broth dish. Then I thought of making my own pangsit and Ta-DA!!! Easy peasy actually...

So Since I am battling stuffy nose and ticklish throat plus need to work fast to anticipate Tania waking up for her feed. I use only approximate measuring. Please adjust your taste if you tried the recipe..

I am submitting this as my entry to Masak bareng Yuuk! Event of "Hidangan Berkuah"

The Noodle Soup consists of Chicken Toppping, Broth, beef balls (bakso) and wonton.
Click here for Beef balls (bakso) recipe.
Click here for wonton recipe.

Source: Buku Seri Menu Istimewa - Yasaboga terbitan Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Ingredients:
- Egg Noodle - I use the one that comes in small bundled nest. 1 nest for 1 person.
- Wonton Skin
- Beef balls
- Blanched Bok Choy


Chicken Topping:
-  Chicken breast, finely diced - you can cut it in big chunk or as small as you like
- 4 garlic, mashed it in a pestle
- 1 Medium Onion
- 5 tbsp Indonesian Sweet Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1/2 cup  water
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tbsp oil

Direction:

• heat the oil in wok, saute garlic and onion until fragrant. 
• Put the chicken in and continue sauteing until chicken pieces change color. 
• In with the sesame oil, salt, pepper, sweet soy sauce and water.Mix well.
• Cover the wok and let it cook for a few minutes until most the water is absorbed.
• Remove from heat and set aside.

Broth
- 700 cc Water or Chicken Broth (if you have)
- 1/2 tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Spring onion, sliced
- 1 chicken stock cube if you feel like adding one.

Direction

• Boil the water / Broth, add ground white pepper, salt and stock cube. 
• Just before removing from heat, put the sliced spring onion

Set aside 1 cups to blanched dried noodle.

HOW TO SERVE

1. Blanch the dried noodle if you are using one. Drain and immediatelly sprinke about 1/2 tsp cooking oil on it to keep them from sticking.
2. Put the noodle in bowls. Topped with 1 or 2 tbsp of Chicken topping, blanched Bok Choy and Fried Wonton.
3. Put the broth in a smaller bowl with Beefballs and steamed Wonton

Note:
I didn't make my own sambal. instead I use the store bought chilli sauce. ^_^

Mom's Banana Muffin

A recipe I inherit from my mom. This brought back memories of when she was still working for SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistic) and life in Poka before Ambon conflict. At one time, we handled the catering for SIL guesthouse and Mom taught me how to made this breakfast entree. I was in Junior high school and this recipe was an easy one. Fool proof for me... hope it does the same to you...

This month I'm also submitting this to Masak Bareng Yuuk! March-April 2011 Edition for Kue-Kue Internasional. 

Ingredients and Directions


MIX 1
2 Cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 Cup Sugar (Please add if you like it to be sweeter - we prefer it not too sweet)
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Bicarbonate Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Ground nutmeg (I find that grinding a fresh whole nutmeg gives better taste and smell to the muffin compares to the ready-grinded nutmeg in bottle)

Mix this well and set aside


MIX 2
1 well mashed ripe Banana (better taste with Eating banana such as Pisang Ambon or Pisang Meja)
1 Egg
1 Cup Milk
1Cup Vegetable Oil

Mix this well and stir into Mix 1... Mix Throroughly then spoon into Muffin Cups or any other baking container you wish to use and bake in the oven lower rack for 20-30 minutes on medium heat. Or until the sides of the muffin is golden. Then move to the upper rack for about 5 minutes. ---

Thank you Momma!

Es Pisang Ijo // "Banana in Green Pancake Dessert"

I am so excited for this month theme of Masak bareng Yuuk!!! "Aneka Masakan Berbahan Dasar Pisang"
I thought of several different dishes but my sister's picture of Es Pisang Ijo she made in Holland got me drooling all over. Thus I decided to make my take of Es Pisang Ijo.

Es Pisang Ijo is basically steamed Banana wrapped in green pancake served with coconut milk thick custard and topped with crushed ice and milk drizzle. It's popular and delicious Indonesian Desert or snack.
In Ambon, Es Pisang Ijo is almost immediately  associated with Pemuda Bakery. The yumminess of Es Pisang Ijo Pemuda is indeed on my mind when I made my version. Only this is Es Pisang Ijo ala Helena's Kitchen in Brighton, UK.

LOL!!!... I was already a bit hungry when I made the green pancake and got very impatient when taking picture with a rumbling tum. One, because it smell and look delicious and because obviously I am Hungry. So here's the pictures and recipe.... Happy Cooking!!!

Ingredient:
For Green Pancake:
1 cup All Purpose Flour
11/2 cup milk or water mix with 3 tsp of Pandan paste or essence
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp of oil to grease the pan


Mix flour, salt, sugar and egg then pour milk. Mix well until there's no lumps in the batter.
The batter should be runny to make nice thin pancake.
Heat a non-stick pan, add few drops of oil to grease the surface.
Pour 1 ladle of pancake batter, swivel around to make pancake. Cook 1-2 min on each side.

For Thick Coconut milk Custard
400 ml coconut milk (I use canned one - 300ml mix with 100ml water)
25 gr Rice flour
4 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 Pandan leaf, bruised and tied together

Put the Rice Flour in medium non stick pan with sugar and salt.
Add the coconut milk slowly while mixing it until smooth.
Put the pandan leaf in and continue stiring over medium heat.
When the batter thickened and smooth, take it off the heat.

For Banana
I use 2 ripe Pisang Tanduk or yellow plantains. much better if they are soft to the touch when you buy it.

Simply peel the banans, cut them in half or in three and steam for 5 minutes.

Topping
1 cup of crushed ice per serving
Cocopandan or Strawberry syrup
Condensed Milk

(Ps. I cannot find Cocopandan or Strawberry Syrup in Brighton so I made my own simple syrup. simply boil 1 cup of water with 1 cup of sugar. Add 2 drops of strawberry essence and 2 drop of red food coloring. Let it simmer for 15 min over medium heat)

How to Serve:
1. Wrap the steamed banana in green pancake
2. Put it on a bowl or deep plate and cut it bite size
3. Topped with Coconut Milk Custard and Crushed Ice
4. Pour Cocopandan or strawberry syrup
5. Drizzle Condensed milk on top

ENJOY a Blissful Dessert!!

Greek Salad Omelete

This is my first entry to Masak Bareng Yuk!!

I’ve been wanting to join the event but always fall short on time, ingredients and self-confidence. I always find time to look at the round up result and they are all great. But this time I decided to beat all odds and brave myself to enter. This months theme is Egg based cooking and I happen to see an omelette recipe in BBC Cookbook that I wanted to try. Plus, my landlord always give us fresh egg from her hens almost every morning. So here it is…. I particularly love the taste of feta cheese in it. But I think Cheddar cheese will do just fine too.

Source: BBC GoodFood Cookbook

Ingredient:

4 Eggs

Handful of chopped parsley

1 tbsp of olive oil

¼ Red onion, chopped

1 large plum tomatoes, chopped

Handful of pitted black olive, halved

100 gr feta cheese

Direction:

1.      Pre-heated grill on high.

2.      Whisk eggs in large bowl with the chopped parsley, pepper and salt.

3.      Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan, and fry the red onion on high heat until brown around the edges.

4.      Add the tomatoes and olives, stir and coor for another 1 – 2 minutes

5.      Turn the heat down and pour in the eggs. Leave it half cooked – about 2 minutes and scatter the feta cheese on top.

6.      Slide the Pan under the grill for 5 minutes until omelet is puffed up and golden. Serve straight away.

Note : Sliding the omelets under the grill is just to brown the feta on top. You don’t have to do this. Simply cover the omelet until cook will do just fine.