Urap

Urap is Javanese Mixed Vegetables with Spiced Coconut, I found two version: from Central Javanese and West javanese.




URAP (CENTRAL JAVANESE VERSION)
2 onions, chopped medium fine
3 cloves garlic, smashed
2 tomatoes, coarsely chopped
2-3 fresh chilis, finely minced
several daun salam
vegetable oil

Fry ingredients in oil until soft.
1 stalk sereh, lemon grass, pounded or 1 Tb. shredded dried lemon grass
1 tsp. powdered laos
1/2 tsp. kencur/ kentjur
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. brown sugar

green beans
carrot sticks
bamboo shoots - fresh are better than canned. If using canned, rinse them well first.
green cabbage, shredded
Swiss chard, shredded
bean sprouts

Add additional ingredients to frying seasonings. Stir well. Cook until barely tender, they should still be crisp.

1/4 to 1/2 cup grated coconut - fresh or soaked dried

Add to vegetables off fire, toss, and serve.

Related link: Urap (West Javanese Version)

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Lemon Cider

(4 servings)
Ingredients:
1 quart apple cider
juice of 2 lemons
4 cablespoons sugar
lemon peel for garnish

method:
Pour cider and lemon juice a large saucepan over medium heat.
Add sugar,
Stirring occasionally until dissolved.
Garnish with lemon peel.

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Ikan Kembung Rica-Rica

Ingredients:
3 mackerel
2 tomatoes
3 salam leaves
2 jeruk purut / kaffir lime leaves
1 tsp palmsugar (gula jawa)
2 tbsp rice vinager
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp oil


Refined, spice bellow:
3 shallots
3 cloves garlic
2 red lomboks (large chilies)
3 cm laos (galangal)
4 cm jahe (ginger)

Preperation/method:
Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu into a paste. Cut the tomatoes in thin slices. Heat in a wok the oil and fry the fish brown and done. Put the fish on a plate. Add the bumbu and fry it for 3 minutes. Then add the salam, the jeruk purut, the tomatoes, the palmsugar, the salt and the rice vinager and let it simmer slowly for 5 minutes. Pour the sauce over the fish and serve.

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Banana Fritters

INGREDIENTS
5/8 cup all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 ripe bananas
3 tablespoons white sugar
oil for frying

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oil in a deep fryer or heavy bottomed pan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a medium bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, mash together the bananas and sugar. Gradually mix flour mixture into mashed bananas, stirring until well combined.
4. Drop batter by spoonfuls into hot oil, and cook, turning once, until browned, 2 to 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

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Kopi Tubruk

Kopi Tubruk, identically of Indonesian strong and sweet coffee, let's attention this simple recipes: You will need some very finely ground coffee, sugar, hot water and a tall glass, strong enough to withstand the heat.

Put a tablespoon of coffee in the glass. Add sugar according to taste and pour a bit of hot water on, like you would to prepare hot chocolate. Stir carefully and continue to gently add hot water. Cover the glass and leave the drink for a few minutes so that the coffee can slowly settle on the bottom of the glass.

Snacks to complement the coffee include fried banana (pisang goreng), fried fermented tofu (kripik tempe), steamed bread (kue mangkok or bolu kukus) or your favorite cakes or cookies.

Source & Picture from Indonesian-OK

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Layer Cake

SERVINGS: Makes 1 (7-inch) cake

INGREDIENTS:
7 egg yolks
150gm (5oz) castor sugar (superfine or granulated sugar)
1 tsp. vanilla essence or extract
150gm (5oz) butter, softened at room temperature
1 tbsp. brandy
90gm (3oz) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
1 tsp. mixed spice (pumpkin pie spice may be substituted for the mixed spice)
7 egg whites

INTRUCTIONS:
Grease the base and sides of a 17cm (7-inch) square cake tin and line base with greased greaseproof paper.

Whisk egg yolks with sugar and vanilla essence until creamy. Beat in butter and brandy and stir in flour and mixed spice.

Whisk egg whites until just stiff. Pour egg yolk mixture into egg whites and fold gently.

Heat grill (or broiler in top part of oven) to moderate and place the prepared tin under grill (broiler in top part of oven) for 1 minute. Remove the tin from grill (broiler) and put in a ladleful of batter. Spread batter evenly by tilting tin, and grill (brown under broiler) for 5 minutes, or until lightly brown. Repeat until batter is used up.

Turn out and cool on a wire rack. Cut the cake only when it is completely cooled.

Makes 1 (7-inch) layer cake.

Recipes by Irene @ Dianasdessert

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Durian Cake

Ingredients :
1 x Durian
6 oz Butter (3/4 cup)
5 oz Sugar (2/3 cup)
4 x Egg, separated
6 oz Flour (3/4 cup)

Method :
* Preheat oven to 350 F.
* Remove flesh from the durian and discard the seeds. Puree the flesh in a food processor. Beat butter and sugar together until smooth, then beat in the egg yolks. Sift flour and beat it into the butter mixture. Beat in the durian pulp.
* Whip egg whites into stiff peaks and fold them into the mixture. Bake cake in a greased, 8" cake pan for 1 hour, or until cake is done when tested with a toothpick.
* Yield: 8 to 10 servings.

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