Red Velvet Cake

I consider this as my ultimate accomplishment up to date! Why? Because Red Velvet cake is my favorite cake. Before I made this cake, I didn't know that Red Velvet cake is supposed to taste chocolatey because it's basically a chocolate cake with daring red color (from food coloring). All I know is that I fell in love with the velvety red color and heavenly cream cheese white contrast frosting. Ingredients: ...

Scrambled Mixed Fried Noodles+Rice

Had a small amount of leftover noodles & cabbage after making Mie Jawa, so I decided to mix it with leftover rice from before making Mie Jawa (LOL) and cook nasi-mie goreng. The mixed texture of rice and noodles feels unique in the mouth. Ingredients: Leftovers (white rice & noodle) Cabbage 1 stick of carrot, diced 200gr shrimp Sausage, bakso (optional) 2-3 sticks of long green onion 1...

Dealing with Yeast

I always take it easy (or underestimate) when dealing with yeast. I've made some food with yeast back in Indonesia and there's no problem at all. But in a couple of fine moments in Sydney, I failed big time when making my pizza crust! The batter did not rise at all - bantet. It didn't happen only once. It happened twice! I can't accept that, given that I had no problem at all back in Indonesia. So,...

Strawberry Shortcake

Actually, I found this recipe on YouTube from one of my favorite YouTube-r, ochikeron. You can view her video how to make this very easy strawberry shortcake on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE8uha6l32M. Ingredients: Cake: 2 eggs (room temperature) 60 gr sugar 60 gr flour 20 gr melted butter Syrup: 20ml hot water 1/2 tbsp granulated sugar 1 tsp rum (optional) Decoration: Fresh strawberries 300ml...

Freezing Spices

My mom was once a housewife who lived abroad as well. She knows how it feels like living with difficulty to find hometown spices. And now she's transferring her knowledge to her daughter who is living a life that she once had. My freezer is not only filled with meat and frozen treats, but it's also full with frozen spices! Yes, my mom taught me to keep every fresh spices that could dry or rot...

Mie Jawa

Honestly, I'm running out of cooking ideas even though there are still lots of recipes from Bu Sisca's book that I haven't tried! So, I asked my mom for her yummy Mie Jawa recipe. This recipe will be out of my kitchen first thing before the others (which the picture is already uploaded on my Facebook) because my friend from far Makassar had requested it this morning.  Hope you enjoy ya Mbak...

Sambal Ijo

The last time I went to Sydney Paddy's Market, I bought a kilo of green chillies. When I got home, I forgot that I still have 1 container of it in the freezer! I had to get rid of it (read: cook), otherwise my newly bought 2 kilo of chillies (green, red, and very hot) won't fit into the freezer. For your information, I buy meat for 1.5 months stock. So you can imagine how full my freezer is.  I...