Garlic Bread

Ingredients:
1 ciabatta bread
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbs butter, melted
5 or 6 cloves garlic
2 tbs fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup shredded mozzarella
Parmesan cheese, grated
Salt and pepper

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 210 C.
• Cut the bread into half.
• In a food processor, add the garlic, melted butter, olive oil, fresh parsley, salt, pepper and puree until smooth. 
• Smear the mixture in both sides of bread, put them back together. Wrap it with aluminum foil and bake it for 8-10 min.
• Unwrap the aluminum foil, lay the bread on both sides up in a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil. Sprinkle the mozzarella and grated parmesan over both sides of the bread. Bake it for another 8-10 min or until it's golden brown.

Chili Con Carne

Ingredients: 

500 gram ground beef

250 gram red beans

1 can sweet corn (150 gram) 

3 tbs tomato paste

5 tomatoes, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced 

1 onion, chopped

500 ml beef stock (i mixed 500 ml water with 2 tsp beef stock powder)

3 tsp paprika powder

2,5 cm cinnamon stick

1 tsp chilli powder

2 tsp ground cumin

Salt and pepper to taste

How to cook:

1. Heat the oil in a cooking bowl, add the onions and cook it until the onions soft. Add garlic, cook it until fragrant. 
2. Add the beef, cook until its brown.
3. Add tomato paste and diced tomatoes, let it cook for about 5 min. Then add the stock, paprika powder, cinnamon stick, stir it well. reduce the heat, let it stand for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
4. Drain n rinse the beans then stir them into the cooking bowl, cook them for another 30 minutes, then add the corn. Let it stand for 15 min and add the rest of the ingredients and cook it for few minutes.
5. Serve it with bread or over rice.

My Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1- 11/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
Dash salt
1 or 2 milk chocolate bars, break them into small chunks.
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

How to bake:

• Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the mixture, beating well. Stir in the chocolate chunks and nuts (optional). Cover and refrigerate for 30 min. 
• Preheat the oven 190 C 
• Line a few baking sheets with parchment paper. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place approximately 5 cm apart on the baking sheets. Bake it for 11 - 13 min or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. 

Bavarian Potato Salad

Ingredients: 

7 - 8 small potatoes

1 onion, chopped

3 to 4 pickles, chopped

3 hard boiled eggs, chopped

Dressing:

1 jar mayonnaise (250ml)

11/2 tbs mustard

3 tbs vinegar (i'm using white wine vinegar)

Salt & pepper

1 tsp sugar

How To Make: 

• Lay the unpeeled potatoes in a cooking bowl, fill cold water just until the potatoes are well covered. Bring the water to boil, and then wait for another 15 minutes or more. Test with a fork or a knife, if it goes in easily then the potatoes are cooked. Drain the potatoes. Let it cool, peel & slice them.
• For the dressing: In a bowl combine the mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar. Mix it well.
• In a salad bowl add the sliced potatoes, onions, pickles, eggs. Stir in the dressing.

Fanny's Barbecue Ribs with Bavarian Potato Salad

I accidentally invented this recipe as i was trying to remember the taste of my favourite ribs back in Bali. In Ubud, Bali they have this small restaurant called Warung Nuri and they are famous for their ribs, my husband and i are often went there every time we visit Bali. My ribs came up really good, it was falling right off the bones on the first bite and sooo tasty!!

Ingredients: 

1 kg pork ribs

40 ml soy sauce

40 ml sherry

1 tbs vinegar

3 to 4 tbs sweet soy sauce 

1 tbs chicken stock powder

600 ml water 

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1 onion, cut into 4 pcs 

Salt and pepper

How To Cook:

•  Preheat oven 180 ˚C.
• In a big casserole dish or baking pan combine the soy sauce, sherry, vinegar, sweet soy sauce, chicken stock, water, garlic and onion. Mix it well.
• Place ribs in the pan, bake it for about 21/2 hours or until tender. Baste the ribs every 30 min and turn them around after half time. 
• Preheat a grill pan, grill the baked ribs for about 3 to 4 minutes, continue basting and turning  them with the remaining sauce. Serve them with some potato salad.

The perfect baking pan for this recipe

Nasi Kuning & Sate Lilit (yellow rice & minced seafood satay) w/ Sambal matah

INGREDIENTS (for the satay):
600 g skinned boneless snapper fillet or tilapia (fresh)
1 cup freshly grated coconut or 1½ cups desiccated coconut
Spice paste*
4 pcs lime leaves, chopped
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp palm sugar
10 lemon grass stalks, trimmed

*spice paste ingredients:
1 tbs coriander
1 tsp galangal powder
2 medium shallots
1 tsp sambal oelek or more (you can also use freshly ground chilli)
1/2 tsp shrimp paste
For the *spice paste grind all the ingredients in a food processor until smooth

• Mince fish fillet very finely in a food processor or with a chopper.
• Add all other ingredients except lemon grass stalks and mix them well.
• Mould a heaped tablespoon full of this mixture over stalks of lemon grass and grill over charcoal or in a grill pan until golden brown.

INGREDIENTS (for the yellow rice):
2 cups jasmine rice, washed and drained
2 cups coconut milk
1 cup water
2 bay leaves
1 pandan leaf (optional)
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised
2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp salt

• Combine all ingredients in rice cooker covered until done.

Tips: if your are using a rice cooker, 5 mins before the rice cooked stir well so that the coconut milk does not catch and burn on the bottom of the ricecooker. Remove the lemon grass and the bay leaves before serving.

SAMBAL MATAH BALI:
6 shallots, peeled, cut in half and finely sliced
2 cloves garlic, cut in half & sliced
10 small sliced thai chilies
2 kaffir lime leaves chopped very fine
1 tsp roasted shrimp cake (terasi), finely grated
2 stalks lemon grass (white part), bruised and very finely sliced
2 tbsp freshly squeezed limejuice
50 ml coconut oil
Salt and pepper to taste

• Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and stir until well combined.
• Season it with salt and pepper.
• Saute it over medium low heat for about 3 minutes to enhance its flavour.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio ala Fanny

I could eat this dish all day, i love garlicky food :-)) Back in Jakarta, Indonesia me and my cousin went to a restaurant called The Bakerzin, i ordered spaghetti aglio olio and told them to add some shrimps and ham on it. It was soooo good!!!! 

Since then i always make aglio olio with adding some shrimps and ham. You can eliminate the Thai chilies on the pasta if you don't like it spicy.

Ingredients:
500 gr Spaghetti
250 gr medium shrimp, peeled
3 or more garlic cloves, minced
2 or more fresh thai chilies (optional)
1/2 tsp dried chilli
1 tsp dried parsley
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt & pepper

Method:

• Heat the olive oil in a cooking pan, add garlic and fresh thai chillies (optional), cook it until fragrant.
• Add the shrimps, cook the shrimp 3 minutes or until turn to pink and firm.
• Add dried chilli and parsley, then add the spaghetti, adjust the taste with salt and pepper. 

Roasted chicken & baked rosemary potatoes

Ingredients for the chicken: 
Whole chicken (i prefer bio), giblets removed
2 tbs sweet paprika powder
1 garlic bulb, skin left on
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp black pepper
3 tbs olive oil
1 tsp chilli powder or more
1 tsp salt

Ingredients for the potatoes:
5 potatoes, cut in half, skins left on
1 tsp garlic salt 
3 tbs olive oil 
3 fresh rosemary sprigs

Directions:
For the Chicken

1. Preheat oven to 200 C .
2. Mix the olive oil with garlic salt, pepper, chilli powder, salt, and paprika. Place the chicken in the roasting pan. Rub it evenly over chicken's exterior.
3. Sprinkle inside the chicken with salt, and place the garlic bulb inside the chicken.
4. Put the chicken in the oven, roast it for 60 min. Baste the chicken after 30 min.

Note: When you baste a roasting chicken, you keep its skin moist, which can prevent it from getting crispy. If you really want crispy skin, skip the last basting or two.

For the Potatoes

1. Preheat oven to 180 C.
2. Place a baking paper on the baking pan.
3. Lay the potatoes and sprinkle with olive oil, garlic salt, and rosemary sprigs.
4. Bake them for 25-30 min.

Soto Betawi Susu

Ingredients:
1 kg beef stew
2 cm galangal, bruised
Lemongrass stalk, white part, bruised
4 bayleaves
2 tomatoes
500 ml milk
150 ml coconut milk (optional)

Spice Paste:
6 shallots
4 garlic
2 cm ginger
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin or less
salt & pepper to taste

Process all spice paste ingredients in a small food processor, fry it until fragrant, set aside.

Sides: 
2 or 3 potatoes, cut into cubes and fry it.
2 or 3 tomatoes, chopped
Fried shallots
Belinjo crackers
Sweet soy sauce
Lime
Sambal oelek (if you like it spicy)

How to make:

• Boil the beef until tender approximately 1 hr or more. From time to time scoop away the fat and any scum that rises to the surface. 
• Add the galangal, bayleaves, lemongrass, and tomatoes. 
• Add the spice paste & the rest of the ingredients, keep stirring. Bring it to boil.
• Place the sides to a bowl then pour in the beef soup. Ready to serve.

Empal Gepuk (sweet coconut fried beef)

Ingredients:

500 gr beef shank 

250 ml coconut milk

2 bay leaves

1 lemongrass stalk, bruised

Spice Paste:

2 cloves garlic

4 shallots

2 tbs brown sugar

1 tsp galangal powder or 1 cm galangal minced

1 tsp coriander

How To Make:

• Boil water with the beef until tender approximately 1 hr.
• Cut the beef square and 1 cm thick, beat with meat tenderizer.
• In a cooking bowl boil the coconut milk with the spice paste, bay leaves, lemongrass, keep stirring.
• Add the beef, cook until the coconut milk is drained. Remove from heat.
• Heat oil in a pan, fry the beef until golden brown. Serve with fried shallots.