Chicken with Peanut Baliness Sauce

Blend shallots, garlic, chilli, candlenut, salt and sugar with 1/4 cup of the coconut milk into a paste.

Heat some oil in the pan, then saute the paste for a minute or two until it becomes aromatic. Add some ginger and lemongrass to the sauteed paste, keep the fire low. Add more coconut milk and let it simmer

Once the sauce is ready, marinate baby chich (4 months old chicken) in it .. for quite a while ..
Then put the chicken pieces on a tray, bake them on 170 degree till brown and nicely cooked.

Crispy and golden brown chicken to be added with the previously prepared sauce ..

Hot steamy fragrant rice with a touch of pandanus leave would do the serving trick ...

so asian .. so exotic

Nasi Kuning

The celebrative dish of yellow rice
it is in Javenese custom to celebrate events with a set of ‘nasi kuning’ as translated as yellow rice. a complete set of yellow rice would comprises of: - the yellow rice made of beras or rice, cooked in coconut milk, salt, yellow tumeric as coloring agent and flavour, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves. soon right after it is cooked, the rice is formed to resemblance a small mountain, whereas the complimentary dishes would act as the other elements of the miniature of nature in a dish; - ’pergedel’ the mashed potatoes added with finely chopped beef and sliced celeries: - ’kering tempe’ chopped soybean cake marinated with coconut milk, chilli, onion and garlic spices then fried till dry and crunchy; - chicken marinated with garlic, onion, galangal, lemon grass, then fried; - ’empal’ stewed beef marinated with almost the same spices as fried chicken then deep fried; nicely shredded omelettes; added with fresh garnishes of raw chilly, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber and celery ..
all served on banan leaves on a bamboo woven serving mat called ‘tampah’ … the yellow rice alone should be so rich and delicious ..
it is believed that the whole contents of nasi kuning symbolized all elements in nature. the colourful items and rich contents along with so complex spices ..
the time needed to make one set of nasi kuning alone would worth making this meal a special and celebrative complete meal ..

Sandwich ... a full course between slices of bread

it is said that long long time ago when a King ruled somewhere in Europe, his severe uncurable addiction to gambling made him reluctant to undergo complete processions of formal dining protocole ..

to avoid this long meticulous dining course, he requested his chef to prepare something simple for him yet, all appetizers and main course contents to be included in the set up… as ofcource, as a gaming afficionado, he was inclined to be glued on his betting table ..

sandwich then created, having all element of fine dinning in between simple slices of bread. lettuces, tomatoe slices, eggs, bacon, cheese .. one can never be boring mentioning all ever created sandwiches

what's your favorite sandwich? ..

Lobster Termidor

Lobster yang masih hidup, segar sebagai bahan dasar masakan ini akan memberi rasa yang lebih gurih dibandingkan dengan lobster beku.

Cara cepat membunuh lobster dan yang dianggap paling manusiawi adalah dengan membelah kepalanya dengan pisau yang sangat tajam.
Setelah kepala lobster di belah, lanjutkan membelah badan lobster menjadi dua bagian.

Bersama cangkangnya, lobster di 'blanch' sebentar hingga muncul warna merah orange yang menyala.
'Blanching" juga berfungsi untuk memudahkan pencabutan daging dari cangkang lobster.
Sementara proses 'blanching', kita bisa segera membuatkan sauce-nya.

Tumis bawang bombai dan bawang putih yang telah dirajang halus hingga harum dan kuning dengen menggunakan butter, kemudian tambahkan fresh cream dan mustard. Masak dengan api kecil hingga tercampur sempurna kemudian tambahkan garam dan lada. Terakhir, sebarkan parmesan cheese di sauce tersebut. Aduk hingga rata.

Lobster yang telah di blanch, diambil dagingnya untuk kemudian di potong-potong kecil. Campurkan sauce pada potongan lobster hingga menjadi adonan yang menyatu.

Setelah itu, stuff adonan tadi kedalam cangkang lobster. Jangan lupa taburkan cheese dibagian atas cangkang lobster melapisi adonan tadi. Masukkan kedalam oven hingga terlihat berwarna golden brown.

Lobster siap dihidangkan dengan pelengkap tumisan sayuran warna-warni menggugah selera.
Silahkan mencoba .. :)