Banana Oreo Ice Cream From Buzzfeed -- Healthy banana ice cream

My Son watched this video from Buzzfeed on Youtube.
He insisted to make this banana ice cream which only need two ingredients, banana and oreo.
So I tried this recipe last week, not bad.
If only the form not so beautiful
But he's happy.
And i promised myself that i have to learn more about plating...

Skillet Lasagna (Lasagna in a pan)

Dear July,
Please be nice.
It's Ramadhan, and usually my schedule is tighter during Ramadhan. Maybe the working hours are shorter and I tried to get home earlier if I don't have any fasting break invitation. But it's rarely, since I got almost one in two days. Alhamdulillah free meals... :)

And yesterday my son asked me to cook lasagna. Hmmm... tough, cause i wasn't in a mood to spend hours in a kitchen. And I can't imagine the craziness that will happen once I enter the kitchen. So I was looking for the very simple easy recipe for lasagna. And I was interesting with some "skillet lasagna" recipes. I read some and it's more simple, cause you don't have to bake the lasagna and on some recipes no white sauce/ bechamel needed. Actually I used cook this when I had some leftover bolognise sauce at home but I don't know that recipe is really exist...hahahhaha

Tamagoyaki (by Chef Denz)

Tamagoyaki 卵焼き (literally 'grilled egg', also called tamago or dashimaki) is a type of Japanese omelette, which is made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg.^[1] 

(from Wikipedia)

The secret is layers. The layers make the omelette different.

Usually I've found it sweet also. Maybe it came from the miring mixture.

How to make a perfect Tamagoyaki.

My friend, Chef Denz, is ready to share her experience.

Let's try it @ home!

Cheers, Didi

How to Make it.

Tempura (by Chef Denz)

In Indonesia, we really enjoy fried food. We fry almost everything, tofu, tempe, sweet potato, cassava. It's bad for your weight for sure.

But who cares. It's delicious.

There are severals country also familiar with this fried food. We can find many fried food street in Hongkong, and to be extreme in Thailand we can find some insects are being fried. And i tried fried grasshopper once in Bangkok.

In Japan, they used to fry food such as sweet potato, shrimps, squid and vegetables like eggplants, onion, mushrooms, and carrots. It's called Tempura.

Tempura is usually served with special sauce named Tentsuyu. Or it can be rolled for your homemade sushi like this recipe by Chef Denz below.

Cheers, Didi

How to prepare the shrimps

Making batter mix for tempura

Bahan 

• 10 buah udang jerbung
• 115gr tepung terigu 
• 35gr tepung maizena
• Baking soda secukupnya
• 1 butir telur
• 250ml air dingin / air soda dingin
• Tepung terigu secukupnya  (untuk melapisi udang)
• Minyak goreng secukupnya (untuk menggoreng)

Cara mempersiapkan udang

1. Kupas kulit udang dan sisakan buntut udangnya saja
2. Lalu pada bagian bawah udang, berikan potongan silang sebanyak ±3 sayatan (jangan terlalu dalam agar udang tidak terputus-perhatikan gambar)

Hal ini dilakukan agar udang bisa lurus dan tidak membengkok.

1. Untuk bagian punggung atas udang, belah dan keluarkan kotoran yang ada didalamnya (sayatan jangan terlalu dalam)
2. Bandingkan udang yang sudah disayat dan yang belum, bentuk udang menjadi lebih panjang dan lurus.

Cara membuat adonan tepung

1. Campur tepung terigu, tepung maizena dan baking soda dimangkuk (lalu sisihkan)
2. Campurkan telur yang sudah dikocok dengan air dingin / air soda dingin
3. Lalu pada campuran tepung buat lubang ditengah dan masukkan campuran telur dan air, aduk rata tetapi jangan overmix (hasil campuran akan berbentuk kental)
4. Lalu taruh mangkok adonan tepung didalam mangkok yang sudah diberi air es (seperti pada gambar)

Cara menggoreng tempura

1. Udang yang sudah dibersihkan dan dipotong, dilumuri dengan tepung terigu (seperti pada gambar)
2. Lalu masukkan udang yang sudah dilumuri tepung terigu kedalam adonan tepung dan goreng dalam minyak yang sudah panas hingga kuning keemasan.

Tips 

• Untuk jenis udang bisa menggunakan jenis udang apa saja. Tetapi disarankan untuk tidak menggunakan udang yang terlalu kecil
• Lebih baik dimakan saat panas, karena saat dingin tepung akan menjadi agak sedikit keras.

Sushi Roll (California Roll and Tempura Mayo Roll) - by Chef Denz

sushi rolls

Hello, June!
I can't do this movement alone. So I started to ask everyone to join. 

Everyone can join this movement. Everyone who loves to cook and interest to try some recipes. This recipe is from my friend at office who called herself Chef Denz. 

She loves to cook. And we support her, since she always brings what she cooked during the weekend to office. So we can all enjoy her cooks. And there's always nothing wrong with free delicious dish.. Hahaha

I keep this recipe in the original version of Bahasa. I can't wait to try this recipe by myself. 

Some Japanese recipe on my blog? Thank you, Chef Denz. 

You're rock!

Cheers, Didi

All We Need

And It's all ready

Sushi Roll (California Roll and Tempura Mayo Roll)

Bahan nasi sushi

• 1kg beras lokal
• 100gr beras ketan
• 1,8 liter air 
• 45 menit

Bahan sauce sushi (Sushi Rice Vinegar)

• 9 sdm rice vinegar / cuka beras
• 3 sdm gula
• Garam secukupnya

Cara membuat nasi sushi

1. Sebelum dicuci campur beras dan ketan dengan merata. Cuci campuran beras dan ketan sampai bersih.
2. Setelah itu dimasak dengan air selama 45 menit menggunakan rice cooker 
3. Setelah matang jangan langsung diangkat, diamkan sekitar 15 menit baru diangkat dan dimasukkan sauce sushi hingga rata sambil dikipas hingga asapnya hilang dan dingin.

Tips 

• Karena beras jepang cukup  mahal harganya, sehingga saya memberikan resep pembuatan nasi menggunakan beras lokal. Untuk penggunaan beras lokal dicampur dengan beras ketan dengan perbandingan 1:10
• Agar lebih mudah sebaiknya membeli sauce sushi/mirin yang sudah ada kandungan gula didalamnya (lihat gambar bahan sushi)

Bahan sushi roll

• Crab stick
• Tamagoyaki 
• Tempura 
• Timun jepang
• Mayonaise jepang
• Nori / rumput laut (untuk lapisan sushi)
• Shoyu / kecap asin jepang (untuk bumbu pelengkap)
• Wasabi (untuk bumbu pelengkap)
• Makisu / roll mat

Mempersiapkan bahan isian sushi (lihat gambar)

1. Siram crab stick dengan air panas lalu sisihkan
2. Setelah tamagoyaki dipotong dengan ketebalan ±1,5cm, lalu potong lagi menjadi 2 bagian 
3. Cuci timun jepang dengan memotong ujung – ujungnya, lalu potong menjadi 8 bagian memanjang dan buang bijinya.
4. Jika kita tidak memiliki mayonaise jepang maka bisa menggunakan mayonaise lokal lalu tambahkan dengan gula secukupnya, aduk hingga gula mencampur sempurna dengan mayonaise.

Cara menggulung suhi

1. Siapkan nori lembaran dan taruh nori yang bertekstur kasar dibagian atas
2. Letakkan nasi secukupnya diatas nori dan ratakan (bisa dengan tangan atau dengan sendok nasi)
3. Letakkan bahan – bahan sushi (crab stick, tamagoyaki dan timun jepang-California Roll, tempura, timur jepang dan beri sedikit mayonais diatas tempura-Tempura Mayo Roll) ditengah gulungan (lihat gambar) lalu gulung perlahan dan saat sudah tergulung ditekan – tekan agar gulungan melekat sempurna dan tidak lepas.
4. Lepaskan sushi dari roll mat/makisu lalu potong sushi menjadi 8 bagian dengan cara memotong sushi menjadi 2 bagian terlebih dahulu lalu 1 bagian yang sudah terpotong kita potong kembali menjadi 2 bagian, ulangi hingga kita mendapat 8 potong.
5. Santap menggunakan kecap asin jepang / shoyu dan wasabi.

Tips 

• Untuk menghindari nasi menempel pada makisu dan sulit dibersihkan, lapisi terlebih dahulu makisu dengan plastik
• Saat meratakan nasi diatas nori, sisakan ujungnya untuk memudahkan proses penggulungannya dan jangan lupa selalu basahi tangan/sendok kita agar nasi tidak menempel pada tangan/sendok
• Pada saat pemotongan, lap pisau dengan handuk basah agar nasi tidak lengket dipisau dan memudahkan proses pemotongan
• 1 roll sushi bisa dipotong lebih dari 8 potong, tetapi hasilnya akan menjadi lebih tipis dan akan agak sulit dipotong.
• Untuk isi dari sushi roll bisa menggunakan apa saja sesuai selera
• Semua bahan bisa didapatkan disupermarket besar di Jakarta

(Very) Easy Sheperd's Pie

shepperd's pie

Sheperd's Pie is a classic British Dish. It's very simple and kids love it. The most important thing for a mother like me. Once you cook shepherd's pie you can have protein from the meat, vegetables and of course the carbs from the potato.

There are many recipes of this shepherd's pie on the internet. However, since I'm not a kitchen person, I chose the most simple recipe from Kraft Website. The ingredients are also simple and easy to follow. And as I thought before, my kids love it.

About the Kraft Website, I love it. Cause it has tick and mark tools so you can follow the steps one by one. And you can send your favourite recipe to your email address.

But, pardon me. I forgot to take picture of the result.... cause it's all gone in hours by my kids.. :) 

Notes: 

1. I chose the onion gravy for more tasty beef mix, if you got plain gravy you can add the onion powder.

2. I added some left over mozzarella instead of cream cheese

3. I love it and want to cook it again some other time.

4. Have a nice try...

All you need

Prepare the cheddar cheese, mozzarella and minced garlics

Mixed the cheese with mashed potatoes

Brown Meat in large skillet

Add thawed mixed vegetables

Prepare the serving dish and the instant gravy

Pour the gravy into the meat mix

Layer the meat mix in the baking dish

Cover with potatoes mix and sprinkle with cheddar cheese then bake 20 minutes

Please, click the recipe to go to original website....

courtesy to kraft recipes

courtesy to kraft recipes

Nasi Bakar Teri (Baked Rice with Anchovies)

Baked rice with Anchovies

Hallo, May....

Oh My God, I haven't write for this blog for almost one month.

Shame on me. 

Actually I had really really tough weeks in April and also in beginning of May.

But it's just second week of May,  so I'm not that wrong, am I?

Today after strolling around the first and the only one IKEA in Indonesia.

I promised myself that I have to cook something today and it has to be an Indonesian food.

This morning after I made pancake for my kids, I browsed some recipes.

And Nasi Bakar was my choice.

I picked one food website that had the most simple recipe.

My notes for this recipe:
1. Don't add sugar if you don't like sweet taste
2. You can replace anchovies with chicken or tuna
3. Add some chilli bird eyes to spice up if you like spicy food
4. Whenever you don't find any banana leaf, you can use aluminium foil to wrap
5. Better served with fried chicken, fried eggs, crackers,  and fresh vegetables such as cucumber and tomatoes
6. Let's try

What We Need

Dice shallots, red chillies

Saute shallots, red chillies until smell nice

Add anchovies, bay leaves, lemon grass

Pour the coconut milk and cook until boiled

Add Rice 

Close the lid for 30 minutes

Cool down the rice for about 20 minutes

Wrap with banana leaves and bake over the heat

It's ready, served with anything you like

Ingredients:

• 300 gram rice
• ½ liter water or coconut milk
• 2 tablespoon anchovies
• 2 bay leaves (daun salam in bahasa)
• Banana Leaves for wrapping the rice (25x25 centimetre)
• 4 shallots, diced
• 2 lemongrass, smashed the white part
• 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon seasoning
• 2 red chillies, diced

Directions:

• Saute shallots and red chillies until they smell nice
• Add water or coconut milk (choose one), bay leaves, lemongrass, anchovies, sugar and seasoning and stir until it's boiled. 
• Add rice, stir well and put on the lid until 30 minutes in low heat.  
• Turned off the heat and let it cool for ± 20 minutes
• Divide and wrap the mixture with banana leaves and close with small stick at each side.  
• Baked over the heat for  ± 3 minutes, you can also use skillet/teflon for baking.

source: http://www.infooresep.blogspot.com/2014/04/resep-nasi-bakar-teri.html