Nasi goreng ayam (Fried rice with chicken )

I have not been updating the recipes for a while now. Bit busy with un-important stuffs recently. And also been playing with non Indonesian food recipes. Well, I must said all food are just delicious, no matter where they are from, aren't they?

So after learning Indian, Japanesse sushi and miso soup, it was my turn to held an Indonesian cooking class. It was a group of women from my neighborhood. When I asked my friends who had been to Indonesia what's they have in mind, they mentioned "Nasi Goreng". So let's make one,

Ingredients:
5 cups of cooked rice (better if after cooked let it cooled over the night); sprinkle with 1 tsp of salt
1 chicken breast; cut in small squares, add some salt and pepper and 1 tsp of ground coriander.
1 egg
5 cloves of garlic; sliced thinly
4 cloves of shallots or 1/2 onion; sliced
2 scallions; sliced
1 tbs dried fried onion to garnish

1 tbs sambal oeloek/ sriratcha chillie sauce
2 tbs tomato sauce
2 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs sweet soy sauce
1 tsp shrimp paste (trassi)

4 tbs of vegetable oil
sprinkle of black pepper
Directions:

1. Stir the rice and the salt.
2. Heat the wok and add 2 tbs of  oil, then stir the chicken, flip frequently till it's cooked (5 mins). Then move it to the side.
3. Add oil if necessary then stir in shallots and garlics, stir them till the delicious smells is out, then add all other ingredients except rice, black pepper, sweet soy sauce, scallions and eggs.
4.  Add the rice and mix it with the spice and sauces, keep stirring till it well blended.
 Make a space in the middle of the wok and add a bit oil then crack the eggs, let it cook for a while then mix it with the rice.
5. Add the sweet soy sauce, black pepper. Stir the mix.
6. Nasi goreng is ready to serve and garnish with dried fried onion and scallions.

PS: for Vegetarian option: skip the meat, oyster sauce and shrimp paste and add vegetables like carrots, and green peas instead.

Lontong (Rice boiled in banana leaves)

Last week, I made some lontong with veggies curry with tauco. Here is how to make lontong:

Ingredients:

2 cups of rice, washed and rinsed off
banana leaves, wipe with tissue or cloth
tooth picks
water

Directions:

1. Rolled the leaves with 4-5 cm diameter
2. Tied one end with the tooth pick
3. Fill in the rice half of the rolls; then tied the other end.
4. Boiled it in water for 3 hours

I usually served the lontong with chicken/ beef satay, gado-gado or with some curries including young jack fruit curry and boiled eggs, green veggies with tauco. How do you serve yours?

Nasi Kuning (Indonesian yellow rice)

I got this recipe from a friend of mine, nasi kuning is usually served for a celebration, either a birthday, graduation, farewell party, you named it ;).

I made one for Lebaran celebration at home, and served this to my multinational guests. Here is the recipe:

3 cups of rice, wash and drain.
3 cups of cocounut milk (1.5 cans)
3 cups of water
1tsp turmeric powder to give the yellow effect.
3 cm ginger; crushed
1 lemon grass; bruised
2 tsp salt
5 pcs key lime leaves.

Directions:

1. Boiled the coconut milk and water, add the rest of the ingredients.
2. When the coconut milk mix is boiling, add the rice in then stir them till the water almost dried.
3. Put the rice into the steamer for another 30 minutes.
4. Served the rice with fried chicken, sambal tempeh and urap.