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Kitchen: Indonesian Sambel Tomat

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In the making of Indonesian Sambal Tomat (Spicy tomato sauce) [2016:EO]

Ingredients:

  1. 1 medium size tomato (chopped into chunk)
  2. 2 small size shallots (chopped into chunk)
  3. 8 pieces of red chili  (chopped into chunk)
  4. 1/4 tsp of shrimp paste (grilled)
  5. 1/2 tsp of salt
  6. a pinch of sugar
  7. 1 tsp of vegetable oil (sun flower oil/olive oil/canola oil)

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Sambel Tomat [2016:EO]

Direction:

  1. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat for 30 seconds;
  2. Add the chopped tomato, chopped shallot and chopped chili into frying pan and cooked it for 3 minutes over medium low hit until it gets soft;
  3. Transfer the cooked vegetable into stone mortar;
  4. Add the shrimp paste, salt and sugar into it;
  5. With the stone pestle, pound all the ingredients until it breaks down; continue to grind and mash the ingredients well into paste;
  6. As all the ingredients turn into paste, the sambal is ready to be served with all kind of dishes.

PS: If you do not have mortar and pestle, you can make sambal with food processor.

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Photo: Bangkok’s Foodie

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The Glorious Stink [2016:EO]

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Bangkok’s Street Foods are The Best [2016:EO]

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Lek & Rut Seafood in Yaowarat, Bangkok’s Chinatown [2016:EO]

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Papaya Salad’s Ingredients [2016:EO]

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Yaowarat’s Vegetarian Food Festival [2016:EO]

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Sago [2016:EO]

Kitchen: Veggie Tom Kha Gai

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Homemade veggie tom kha gai [2016:EO]

Ingredients: 

  1. 6 cups of coconut milk (If you use can coconut, add 3 cups of water so it is not too rich)
  2. 1 boneless chicken breast (cut into small chunk)
  3. 3 cm of galangal (crushed)
  4. 3 stalks of lemon grass (crushed and chopped into 5 cm)
  5. 1 white onion (cut into thick wedges)
  6. 2 tomatoes (cut into thick wedges)
  7. 6  fresh of kaffir lime leaves (break the leaves into pieces to release the flavor)
  8. 200 gr of button mushrooms (cut into four pieces)
  9. 100 gr of sweet bean (cut into two pieces)
  10. 3 small tofu (cut into small chunk)
  11. 100 gr of pumpkin (cut into small chunk)
  12. 10 red chillies (cut them diagonally)
  13. 1/2 tsp of salt
  14. 1/4 tsp of sugar
  15. 4 tbs of lime juice
  16. a bunch of cilantro

Directions:

  1. In a small pot, place 3 cups of coconut milk, crushed galangal as well as  chopped lemon  grass and cook them over low medium heat;
  2. As the coconut milk begins to cook, place the chicken chunk and add another 3 cups of coconut milk; stir them quickly in one direction and continue to cook them over low medium heat;
  3. Add the salt, sugar, chili, onion and tomatoes and stir them quickly in one direction and let them cook for 1 minute;
  4. Add the chopped tofu, mushroom as well as pumpkin, and let it cook for 10 minutes but make sure that it is not fully boil, hence the coconut milk will not be overcooked; add the sweet bean and cook it for 1 minute that way the sweet bean stay green;
  5. Turn the heat down, add the lime juice and also a bunch of cilantro; stir them quickly;
  6. Transfer the veggie tom kha gai into serving bowl and serve it with white/red rice  while it is still hot.

Happy cooking!

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Kitchen: Minahasan Spicy Tuna

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Homemade Minahasan Tuna Fufu (Spicy Tuna)

Ingredients 

  1. 2 tbs vegetable oil
  2. 1 tin of tuna in water
  3. 2 stalks of lemon grass (crushed)
  4. 2 tbs of lime juice
  5. a bunch of fresh basil leaves
  6. 6 fresh kaffir lime leaves (finely chopped)
  7. 2 cm of galangal (crushed)
  8. 3 cm of ginger (crushed)
  9. 1 tsp of grilled shrimp paste
  10. 10 red chilli
  11. 5 cayenne pepper
  12. 1 tsp of salt
  13. 1/2 tsp of sugar
  14. 8 of shallots

Directions 

  1. Open the tin tuna, drain and pat it dry;
  2. Seasoning paste: In a food processor, add grilled shrimp paste, red chili, cayenne pepper, salt, sugar and shallots; process them until finely ground;
  3. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat, add the seasoning paste, crushed galangal, crushed ginger as well as lemon grass. Let it cook it  2 minutes;
  4. Add the tuna and mix it well with the seasoning paste for 5 minutes;
  5. Add chopped fresh kaffir lime leaves and fresh basil, stir them well together and let it cook  for 15 minutes;
  6. Transfer the tuna fufu into a serving dish and serve it with hot rice and stir-fried papaya leaves or papaya flowers.
  7. The tuna fufu can also be served while it is cold.

Happy cooking!

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Kitchen: Veggie Egg Noodle

Homemade Veggie Egg Noodle [2016:EO]

Homemade Veggie Egg Noodle [2016:EO]

Noodle has always been my favorite food because it is quite light and filling at the same time. However, I must say that I am not really big fans of instant noodle. I don’t deny that I eat it sometimes because they taste very good but whenever I eat instant noodle, I often feel sick (throwing up). Therefore, sometimes I like to make my noodle bowl with vermicelli noodle or egg noodle as soup or stir fried. So today, I would like to share the recipe of Veggie Egg Noodle. It is very easy.

Ingredients:

  1. 300 gr of thin egg noodle
  2. 2 stem of green onion
  3. 1/2 chicken breast
  4. 100 gr of pak choi
  5. 1 carrot (thinly slice into matchstick)
  6. 4 shallot
  7. 3 cloves of garlic
  8. 1 tsp white paper
  9. 1 tsp salt
  10. 3 cloves of candle nut
  11. 1 tbs vegetable oil
  12. 2 tbs of sweet soy sauce
  13. 3 tbs of salted soy sauce
  14. 2 tbs of oyster sauce

Steps

  1. Place the thin egg noodle into a large bowl, pour boiling water over the noodle and let it sit for 6 minutes until the noodle are soft. Drain and pat it dry;
  2. As the noodle get cold, mix the noodle with sweet and salted soy sauce as well as oyster sauce until the noodle are coated entirely;
  3. Place shallot, garlic and candlenut into food processor; pulse it until it become paste;
  4. Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan and add the spiced paste into the pan for 2 minutes;
  5. Place the noodle into the pan and mix it spiced paste;
  6. Add chopped pak choi, carrot, salt as well as white paper;
  7. Stir all the ingredients for 5 minutes;
  8. Transfer the stir-fry noodle into a serving dish and serve it immediately while it is hot.

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