Archive for the ‘Asia’ Category
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Kroepoek, quick Asian snack
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Post 101. That means we have posted 100+ entries on this blog since I started two years and 9 months ago! It’s been a fun way of sharing food adventures and recipes, and the plan is to continue until I run out of inspiration, which will probably be: never! So here’s something I want to [...]
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Mushroom chicken with noodles (Chinese)
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Brown chicken with mushrooms and chinese noodles, served on steamed rice… another one of my favorite dishes. My Mom would always cook something special for our birthday and this was on my list of favorites. Mushroom chicken with chinese noodles 1 lb chicken, cut up 1 lb mushroom, sliced 1 pk beanthread or rice noodles [...]
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Saté or Satay
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Chicken or beef saté is a very popular Indonesian snack or appetizer, which can also be used to “dress up” a Bami or Nasi Goreng dish. Meat chuncks are marinated in a (warm) marinade of several spices that include ground coriander and cumin seeds. I usually prepare the marinade a day ahead, and skewer the [...]
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Pindasambal or Spicy Peanut Sauce
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
A friend of mine loves the spicy peanut sauce I brought back from Suriname and she was asking me where she could buy it. Knowing that she wouldn’t find the same sauce my family makes, I searched the web to find something that closely resembles our pindasambal (or sambal pitjil). No dice! Tons of recipes, [...]
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Baka Bana (Javanese plantain fritters)
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Baka bana is Surinamese for baked (fried) bananas (plantains) and much easier to remember than the Javanese name Pisang Goreng. Pisang = banana, and Goreng = cooked or fried. We call plantains bananas, which is a bit confusing in English as the banana is the type that does not require cooking. Plantains should be cooked [...]
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Curry Chicken Surinamese style (Indian)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Growing up in the Surinamese melting pot of cultures, I was exposed to curry dishes from Indian friends during their holidays or at parties. Since we love spicy food, we like any type of curry, but never so much as the Brittons who had a Curry Festival in London this week! They even refer to [...]
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Quick Chinese Cabbage
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Before dinner disappeared in our stomach last night, I remembered to take a picture of this super easy and quick vegetable dish. Chinese cabbage is also known as Nappa and can be found in most grocery stores. Nappa seems to be more stem than leaf, but has a very mild flavor and can be eaten raw [...]
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Pitjil – Javanese steamed vegetables
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
This must be one of the easiest and simplest vegetable dishes ever! It exists of various steamed vegetables, consumed with a spicy peanut sauce. Talking about NO fat! Or maybe it’s low-fat due to the peanut sauce In daily Javanese cooking however, vegetables are seldom mixed and this dish is usually served on special occasions [...]
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Debbie’s Chinese fried rice
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
A few weeks ago I was in the mood for making Chinese fried rice, but it would be one of those what-you-have-in-the pantry dishes. Not the way to go when preparing a dish, but sometimes you have to adapt to the situation and I didn’t feel like going to the grocery store that day. I [...]
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Nasi Goreng (Surinamese)
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
The beauty of growing up in my family and in Suriname was the exposure of a large variety of dishes. No two are alike as you will see in the recipe below. Even within Indonesian or Chinese cooking there are different styles of fried rice by changing or omitting some of the ingredients. Soy sauce for example will [...]
