Archive for the ‘Indonesian’ Category

  • 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, only [...]

  • 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 first by [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Spicy Javanese Chicken (Surinamese)

    Sunday, February 15th, 2009

    Here’s a spicy variation of the Javanese Chicken, which is how I prefer to prepare this dish.
    The difference with the regular Javanese Chicken is that I use some curry, fresh Habanero, Scotch Bonnet or Madame Jeannette peppers and a little bit more sugar.
    1 lb chicken, cut up
    0,5 onion, sliced
    3 cloves garlic, chopped
    0,5 tomato
    0,5 tsp black [...]

  • Tempeh with spitskool (Surinamese-Javanese)

    Friday, January 30th, 2009

    This recipe, which I really love, is vegetarian and proves to me that vegetarian food can be healthy and delicious too! The recipe is almost the same as the one with tofu and eggplant because they have the same basics. However, the “tempeh” makes it taste completely different.
    Some clarifications, before we get to the recipe.
    What is [...]

  • Javanese Chicken (Surinamese)

    Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

    Javanese chicken and bami are often eaten together in Suriname and can be found in many “eethuisjes” or “warungs” (Mom-and-Pop eating places). This is one dish that could be called a typical or traditional dish because it is very popular among the Surinamese people.
    After slavery was abolished, many immigrants were “gathered” (or tricked, depending on how you look [...]

  • Javanese Bami (Surinamese)

    Sunday, January 18th, 2009

    “Javaanse Bami” (Dutch translation) is a typical dish in Suriname. Bami (or bakmi) is an Indonesian type of noodles, however we have always used regular spagetti noodles in my family and it tastes just fine.
    Another name for this dish is “Bami Goreng” which is simply Indonesian for stir-fried noodles. Our recipe is quite different from [...]

  • Saoto Soup (Surinamese-Javanese)

    Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

    It’s New Year’s Eve (already) when I start this post and because I didn’t get a chance to post for the Christmas holidays, I was determined to write something on the last day of 2008. It’s been a heck of a year that seemed to fly by like a whirlwind! So this post did not [...]