The popular chili con carne with an Indo twist has a vegan sister and it’s called Chili Con Nasi – instead of meat we eat this spicy bean dish only with vegetables and steamed rice. I also serve krupuk udang (shrimp crackers) and atjar tamper (mixed pickles) with it.
My favorite elephant ears cookies. A cookie that is not only a feast to look at but becomes the center of any party!
This is not just your regular peanut sauce. This is Indo style peanut sauce that compliments many meals and does a good act on its own. Just dip your krupuk into it and before you know it you’ll be spooning out the rest.
I once ordered ‘cola’ at an Indonesian restaurant in LA many years ago. Instead I was served ‘kolak’. I looked very surprised and said to the waiter that I meant the drink. Oh, you mean ‘coke or pepsi?!’ Anyway, I decided to finish the kolak and it turned out to be the better choice. Kolak…
It’s autumn and around this time of the year we are bombarded with corn on the cobs at farmer’s markets and grocery stores. That led to my craving for perkedel jagung (also known as bakwan jagung or corn fritters in English). The word ‘perkedel’ is believed to be derived from the Dutch ‘frikadel’, which comes…