Welcome to my Foodie Blog

I'm a beginner cook with a very very supportive husband as my kitchen assistant.
My foodie blog is where I will share my simple and no fuss recipes that my husband and I like and absolutely easy to try... At least we have tried.
I also love taking picture of the food so here it goes... a combination of cooking and photography... Enjoy

Love, Helena Rijoly - Matakupan

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Ayam Rendang




Just because we’re in Padang…
Kebetulan ada Ayam…. Browsing resep… jadilah rendang ayam untuk santap di bumi Padang. 
Belajar mencintai budaya minang dimulai dari rendangnya.
Kebetulan juga kami mau road trip West Sumatra jadi dari pada telat laporan ke event masak bareng... maka ini saya timing saja... 

Entry Masak Bareng Yuuk!!! Edisi Fen-Maret 2012 : Love on a Plate 

 


Bahan:
500 gram Ayam – Saya tahunya pakai Ayam medium 1 ekor
1500 ml santan – Saya pakai 1 kotak Santan Kara diencerkan pakai 1 gelas air
2 Biji asam kandis
1 batang serai , memarkan
1 lembar daun kunyit – saya tidak pakai
2 lembar daun jeruk purut
Garam secukupnya

Bumbu Halus:
1 ons Cabe merah – saya Cuma pakai 2 cabe merah besar
15 butir Bawang merah
6 siung Bawang Putih
5 buah kemiri
2 cm jahe
3 cm lengkuas, memarkan

Cara Membuat:
  1. Potong2 ayam, cuci bersih dan sisihkan
  2. rebus santan dengan bumbu yang dihaluskan, masukan daun kunyit, daun jeruk purut, asam kandis dan garam.
  3. Aduk terus hingga mengental agar santan tidak pecah.
  4. Masukan ayam dan biarkan mendidih hingga keluar minyaknya.
  5. Aduk terus dan dimasak dengan api sedang. Kalau mau dihitamkan, kecilkan apinya.
Sajikan

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Perkedel // Frikadeller // Potato Crocquet



My 17 months old little girl loves Perkedel. She is a very picky eater and just develop her appetite back. So I decided to make this for her. Now, there are 2 things that got me slightly unmotivated. I usually failed to produce a fine perkedel - it always decided to disintegrate and turnd into mushy piles in my wok once they were put in hot oil and that we're still living in a rented room with no kitchen and let alone stove or proper cooking device... except for my mighty rice cooker... and so on ....yada yada yada yada.... I am just making excuses for myself.

Anyway, for the love of Tania and may she ate heartily... I decided to drag my lazy self and start making on perkedel. It turned out brilliantly!!! I ate 1/4th of them all of course... hehehehe....

For the picture props, I used Tania's small play plate, fork and spoon.

Lesson of the day: Failure only exist if you fail to try and try again... hehehehe

Source: Seri Menu Shari-hari - Yasa Boga

Ingredient:
300 gr of Tess Potato, Peeled
1 Egg yolk
1 tbsp fried onion, grinded
1/4 tsp Ground white pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp Ground Nutmeg
 1 or 2 parsley, finely chopped
1 egg whites, scrambled
1/2 Small can of Corned  beef - or to your liking
Vegetable Oil

 Direction:
1. Fried or Steam the potatoes until soft. Mashed white it is hot
2. add the corned beef, egg yolk, ground fried onion, parsley, salt, pepper, nutmeg.
3. Mix well until it can be shaped
4. Take about 1 tsp or 1 tbsp (depend on how big you want your perkedel) and shape it like a ball then flattened it a little bit
5. Meanwhile heat the oil
6. Dip the shaped potato mix in to the egg white and the fry until golden.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Tempe Bacem // Sweet Marinated Tempeh


This dish always brings back the sweet memories of my Grandma, Madgalena, whose name I inherited.
This is the third time I made this and all is made with Rice cooker.

Source: Seri Menu Shari-hari - Yasa Boga

Ingredient:
250 Tempe - cut to 5x6 cm cube
2 Bay leaves - I didn't use
1 cm galangal - bruised
500 cc coconut water / plain water
50 cc vegetable oil

To be grind: - use pestle or food processor. - I simple chopped these following ingredients for the non-existance of the above things.
1 tsp coriander
5 Indonesian red onion
2 garlic
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp asam jawa (hmmmm what's the English for this?)
1 tbsp gula merah

Direction:
1. Mix together the water with Bay leaves, galangal, and grinded ingredients
2. Add the Tempe
3. Boil until the water is reduced to half
4. Pour the oil in the wok
5. Fried the Tempe while turning it every once in a while until it's browsing. But not to long and dry.
6. Ready to plate

Fried Rice // Nasi Goreng

There are far too many ways of making Nasi Goreng or Fried Rice. Ranging from the very simple onions, soy sauce, salt and rice to up market ones that adds far too many things such as every meat, sausage, seafood etc that you have in your fridge. Indeed Fried rice is a versatile recipe.

Today’s lunch is something simple easy and making use of an instant Fried Rice Spice that comes in small can. And again this is still on my edition of cooking with Rice Cooker. Simon, my better half, is always try his best to eat a balance meal and not too much meat. So I add a handful of Sawi – Chinesse Mustard Greens or Chinese Cabage (am not really sure what’s the English word for it).

Ingredients:

3 plates (servings) of cooked rice
½ Medium Onion, chopped
4 Garlics – crushed and chopped
1 stalk of Spring onion, sliced
2 handful of shredded Sawi
A cup of Small diced carrot
A small can of Fried rice Spice – I use the Pr**** brand
1 chicken gizzard diced – this is the left over from the chicken liver I used for lil Tania’s food.
3 tbsp of Vegetable oil
3 tbsp of sweet soy sauce

Direction
  1. Heat the oil in a wok (I use rice cooker)
  2. In with the Onion, garlic, sauté until it’s soften
  3. Add the diced carrot and Chicken Gizzard. Let it cook for a while
  4. Add the Sawi and Spring Onion, let them wilt in the wok
  5. Pour in the Fried Rice Spice and sweet soy sauce
  6. Take it off the heat and Put in the rice - I usually take it off the heat to mix to make sure I don’t burn the bottom of it.
  7. Put the wok back in the heat once the spices have been thoroughly mixed with the rice. And stir for 5 minutes.
  8. Ready to plate

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Orak Arik Telor dan Bubur // Scrambled Egg and Rice Porridge


Lazy Morning... but definitely need to get things going. So I made this simple breakfast for my lil Tania and I.

Scrambled Egg // Orak Arik Telur

Ingredients:

3 Eggs beaten and seasoned with 3 pinches of salt and a dash of ground white pepper
1 medium Tomatoes sliced or cubes to your liking
2 stalks of seledri (Indonesian parsley, chopped
1/4 of Medium Onion chopped
2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Direction
1. Prepare the wok (I use rice cooker). Heat the vegetable oil
2. Stir in the chopped onions, Tomatoes and seledry
3. Pour in the beaten eggs
4. Keep stirring it to have a silky result



Rice Porridge // Bubur

Ingredients
1 cup of rice
3 cups of water
1 tsp of salt

Direction:
1. wash the rice
2. Put it in a pan (or rice cooker as I did)
3. Pour the water and add the salt
4. let it boils away.
-- keep watch of it... it may be good to go after about 20 min.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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



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


Sunday, August 21, 2011

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.



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