Nasi uduk (Indonesia coconut milk rice)

Nasi uduk (scented coconut rice) is very popular  in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta. Rice cooked in coconut milk and some leaves for fragrant. I use rice cooker to cook. This rice with semur daging, sambal kacang and thinly sliced omelette make my mouth watering. Here I share the recipe.I would be glad if you want to try this...

Ingredients :
Jasmine rice or any other white rice
Coconut milk
Warm water / normal temperature
Salt to taste
Pandan leaves
1 stalk lemon grass
2 bay leaves

Directions :
Wash rice until clean and then drained . I wash about 3 times.
In rice cooker put all Ingredients together and cook until done.
* I use warm water, this help to get rice cooks faster *

Served hot with semur daging or ayam bakar, lalapan, thinly sliced omelette and sambal.

Coconut sambol (Pol sambol)

Ingredients :
1 cup shredded coconut
5 chopped shallot or half chopped big onion
2 chopped green chili (optional)
2 tbsp maldive fish
2 tbsp dry chili
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
Pinch curry leaves

How to make :
Crush and mix chopped shallot, green chili, dry chili, chili powder in mortar and pestle.
Add shredded coconut, maldive fish, and curry leaves. Mix until the red color blend well.
Add lime juice and salt to taste.

* It goes great with string hopper (Idiyappam) , rice and other bread as well

Sri lankan Beetroot curry

Ingredients :

• 1 medium size Beetroot, peeled and slice
• 1 tsp Chili powder
• 1 tsp Raw curry powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seed
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seed
• 1/2 medium onion, Thinly slice
• Curry leaves
• 1 cup thick Coconut milk, mix with little water
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste

How to make it :

1. Peeled the skin of beetroot then wash, slice into small pieces
2. Heat oil in the pan, then add mustard seed, fenugreek seed, onion, curry leaves. stir -fry until fragrant and onions are golden brown.
3. Add beetroot, raw curry powder and chili powder. Stir well, pour 1/2 cup of water and cover it. Cook about 10 minutes.
4. Add thick coconut milk and salt to taste. 
5. Serve with hot rice.

Ketimus a.k.a Lemet

I got this recipe from my assistant at home. In her place central Java, Javanese people called it as Lemet and some people called it as ketimus, one of Indonesian traditional snack. It's sweet. Ingredients are easy to find. You should be able to find this in traditional market, supermarket or even your back yard!

Ingredients :
1 kg cassava, shredded
250 gr shredded coconut
250 gr Brown sugar
2 tsp pandan paste (optional)
Banana leaves for wraping

Direction :

1. In large bowl, mix well all ingredients until you get green color.
2. Take one sheet of banana leaf, fill with 1 tablespoon of cassava mixture.
3. And then folded and Wrap them like picture above.
4. Steam all the wrapped lemet together in hot steam for about 30-40 minutes.
5. Let it cool before serve.

Sayur Lodeh

When I went to market that day, I saw some people sell plain rice cake And thought it would be nice served with sayur lodeh. I am glad that there are people who sell plain rice cake because to make it takes many hours to boil. I may not be able to make it at home because I use an electric stove.

Sayur lodeh is a dish consist of several vegetables plus tempeh (fermented soybean) and you also can put boiled eggs into it. This vegetable also delicious served with hot rice and can be served at feast of Eid Mubarak / Idul Fitri. I want to eat more and more..

I made small quantity, about 4 portions.
Ingredients :
Long Green beans, cut into 2cm length
Pear squash, cut into 2 cm length
Cabbage, Cut into small pieces
Tempe / fermented soyabean, cut into 2 cm length
1 1/2 cup Coconut milk
4 cup water
3 tbsp oil
1 tsp sugar (optional)
Salt to taste



Spices paste :
6 Red chilies

Grind all ingredients above into a paste

8 Small Shallots
3 Garlic
2 Candle nuts
2 cm Ginger
1/2 tsp Coriander
1 Lemon grass, crushed
1 Bay leaf
2 Lime leaves
Half Tomato
Galangal, the size of a thumb, crushed








Preparations :
Chili, shallot, garlic, candle nut, ginger, coriander, tomato and salt grinded into paste. I use  mortar and pestle. To more quickly you can use a food processor.

In the pan, heat 3 tablespoon of oil then sauteed mix paste, lemongrass, galangal, bay leaf and lime leaves  until fragrant.

Add coconut milk and water. Stir well and bring to boil.

Add long green beans, pearl squash, cabbage and tempe. Cook until vegetables are softened.

Season with salt and sugar.

Serve with hot rice or rice cake. Top with boiled egg and sprinkle with fried shallot.

Stir-fried bean sprouts and salted fish

One of my favorite vegetables. Serve hot with hot rice.Perfect side dish for lunch.

Ingredients :

1 bowl of bean sprout

1 garlic, punch and chopped

2 shallot, thinly slice

2 chilies, thinly slice

100 gr salted fish

Bombay, thinly slice

Tomato,   thinly slice

Cayenne, thinly slice (optinal, to get more spicy)

Salt to taste

1. Heat oil in the pan, sauteed shallot, bombay.chilies, and garlic until fragrant.
2. Add salty fish , fry for 1-2 minutes
3. Add bean sprout and salt, stir well
4. Stir fry about 3-4 minutes
5. Bean sprouts ready to serve
6. Enjoy

Fried bitter ground salad (karavila salad)

Hi how are you everyone? it's been a while I didn't write a post.. Now I come back and bring something fresh for you guys. Do you know bitter ground? have you tried before? It is a tropical and sub tropical vine of the family cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa and Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is among the most bitter of all fruits. Bitter ground contains vitamin C, carotene, and calium. Can lower blood sugar levels, dysentery, fevers, against cancer cell and many more benefits. This fruit should not consume excessive, especially for pregnant women. The experiment conducted, giving bitter ground juice can cause miscarriage.

In indonesia we called pare or paria. The most popular way is sauteed. I like to try something different this time. I get sri lankan recipe they called karavila sambol. Sri lankan people serve karavila sambol with rice and curry dishes.

Preparation :