Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Indonesia Hot Ginger Tea

IngredientsQuantity
Water1 Ltr
Brown Sugar**150gr
White Sugar50gr
Salt10g
Ginger3 pieces
lemon grass, cloves, cinamon stick
Method
Boil all ingredients for 30 minutes or so. Serve Hot ** Not too sure how different this will taste - as I mentioned before the Brown sugar in Indonesia is different than we are used to using.

Indonesia Green Coconut Rolls

For the skin
IngredientsQuanity
Fresh Milk1 Ltr
Eggs10
Flour500gr
White Sugar100gr
Salt10g
Butter melted200gr
Green Food Colourfew drops
Method
Mix all ingredients and sieve through strainer. Cook in hot pan (like pancakes)
Coconut Filling
Coconut Grated500gr
Brown Sugar**150gr
White Sugar50gr
Salt10g
Vanilla1tsp
Water200 cc
Method
Mix all ingredients and cook on stove till well done. Let cool slightly and wrap the skins around the filling. ** Not too sure how different this will taste - as I mentioned before the Brown sugar in Indonesia is different than we are used to using.

Thailand Phat Thai Sai Khai

IngredientsQuanity
Narrow rice noodles300g
Bean Sprouts1/2kg
Eggs3
Pork in small slivers50gr
Soybean Curd small slivers1 cake
roasted peanuts ground1/2cup
Dried Chilies ground1tso
Shallots and Garlic chopped1tbsp each
Cooking Oil1/2cup
Sugar4tbsp
Fish Sauce3tbsp
Chinese leek leaves50gr
Tamarind Juice or Vinegar4tbsp
lemon1
Banana Flower Indian Pennywort leaves1
Method
Heat 3tbsp oil in frying pan and saute garlic and shallots. When yellowed, add noodles with just enough water to soften them and fry, turning constantly with spatula to prevent sticking. Then move noodles to side of pan or remove from pan. Put 3 tbsp oil into pan. when hot, fry the pork, pickled with radish, bean curd, and dried chilies and then return the noodles, mix thoroughly and move to side or remove. Put 2 tbsp. oil into the pan. When heated, break eggs into pan and scramble with spatula, spreading egg in a thin layer over the pan. when set, return the noodles and mix together. Spoon onto plates and sprinkle with ground peanut. Serve with bean sprouts, banana flower, Chinese leek and indian pennywort.