Martabak Telor

There's favourite snack here in my country called Martabak. We can find martabak seller in every city  along the side road. There two kinds of martabak: the sweet one and the salty one. The sweet one is almost taste like pancake, but thicker. And the salty one is like omelette. I love both of them, but I give my heart to the salty one. I think is originated from India or somewhere, but it had modified here, so it can be eat with rice or just like that.

Notes:
1. It's so easy and delicious it made me want  to make it over and over again
2. The ingredients are almost always available at home (maybe except the spring rolls wrap)

Chinese Hot Pot

home made chinese hot pot

It's so hot that day. And I didn't feel like I want to go outside.

I chose to cook a simple dish that can be enjoyed by all my family. 

And I found this web on Pinterest that write about Chinese Hot Pot at home.

So decided to make this dish.

I shopped some of ingredients yesterday while I did my groceries shopping.

I didn't use the burner and an aluminium pot.

I use my stove and my teflon pot.

And I slept with a happy tummy

Notes:

1. What you actually needs are a burner, pot with separator, chopsticks, mini tongs, small strainer, some small bowls for container

2. Your Favorite Ingredients: Vegetables, Mushrooms, Tofu, Any kind of meats, Seafood such as squid and prawn, and any kinds of fish balls

3. Carbs.. Yes Carbs : Noodles, Rice, or Vermicelli

4. Broth  you can use the instant tom yum flavour like me and dipping Sauce 

5. You can access the complete guidance in this website 

http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/02/how-to-make-chinese-hot-pot-at-home-guide.html

Let's cooking,

Dhidie

The Eligible Bolognese - Meat Sauce for Pasta

bow tie pasta with bolognese sauce

Hello,
I've been making this bolognese sauce since long time ago and still I don't know what exactly ingredients that should put to compose it. Since I've got this recipe from more than one person. And finally It came out with my own recipe. So one time  tried to make this real sauce that posting by one website www.userealbutter.com. The difference between my recipe and their recipe were they use milk to make the sauce more juicy, carrots for some veggies and i know it help to neutralise the fat of the beef and fresh tomatoes instead of pasta.

Still ended up that I was going back to my own recipe. Yes, it's me bad in preparation to follow recipe.

Notes:
1. I only use the available ingredients in my kitchen: Ground beef, milk, tomato sauce, tomato pasta, carrots, onion, butter, parmesan, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
3. This recipe was good and taste different but I still love my old simple bolognese recipe.

enjoy cooking,

Dhidie

Easy Sunday Pasta -- Creamy Fettuccine

This recipe is my last weapon when I don't have any idea what to cook on the weekend.

All the ingredients are always available in my kitchen.

All you need are any kind of pasta (macaroni, spaghetti, fettuccine, or else), milk, garlic, smoked beef and parmesan/cheddar cheese.

You only need half an hour and a strong motivation to get up from your cozy bed. Haha

Enjoy Cooking,

Dhidie

Garlic Spicy Sauce (Sambal Korek)

I love spicy food and I'm addicted to chilli sauce. I can't eat without chilli sauce or what we called sambal here in Indonesia. However I never make chilli sauce on my own. 

One of my favourite chilli sauce is one that is served at  duck dish resto on my way home from office. It's called sambal korek. It's originated from Surabaya, the big city located at eastern part of Java Island.  I love it.

The most important thing is the recipe is so easy as counting one two three. Even my 9 years old son loves it.

Home Made Macaroni and Cheese

What's so special about  Mac and Cheese?

I don't know, but everybody loves it.

Again.. 

I was looking for the easiest recipe on the pinterest and this one was the most simple recipe.

I only use the left over in my fridge 

So I only had two kinds of cheese and cream

I believe the actual  recipe would taste a lot much better

however I though with this minimum ingredients it's already delicious for me

Maybe the béchamel sauce that made this recipe different

Next time I would comply with the original recipe

Enjoy cooking.

Dhidie

Lazy (Sunday) Lasagna

My kids are really love lasagna and they keep asking me to cook lasagna every weekend. Tell you the truth I'm a lazy mom and making lasagna means cook 3 dishes. The meat sauce, the béchamel sauce and the lasagna itself. So i'm looking for the easiest lasagna recipe. I found this recipe and I wish this could make my life easier.

Notes:

1. I forgot to buy the cottage cheese

2. I replaced the italian sausage with ground beef

3. I was using too many lasagna sheets so the layers feel too thick for me

4. I cooked the meat sauce too dry

5. I'm too lazy to convert the measurement of the ingredients to grams and ml

And the conclusion is I'll stick to my old béchamel sauce lasagna recipe. But this recipe is very easy to follow and save your time very big.

Enjoy Cooking

Cheers, Dhidie