Klepon

Ingredients:
2 cups of glutinous rice flour (tepung ketan)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup or more of water to dilute
A couple drops of Pandan extract 
1/4 teaspoon of gypsum powder (optional)
1/2 cup of palm sugar (crushed)
grated coconut

How to make:
1. On a medium size bowl; add glutinous rice flour, salt, gypsum powder.
2. Add water and pandan extract, knit the dough until it blends. The consistency should be tense as 'playdough (play-doh)'.
3. Prepare a pot filled with water. Boil the water, then set on a medium heat.
4. Take a table spoon of the dough, round them, pinch the middle part, fill them with crushed palm sugar, close and make a small balls of klepon.
5. Put them into the boiling water. When the klepon floats, pick them from the boiling water. Then, roll them into the grated coconut.
6. Ready to serve.

Yellow Cup Cakes

 

(makes for 24 regular size cup cakes)


Ingredients:
3 cups of flour
1 Tbs of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of milk
4 eggs
1 cup of granulated sugar
1 cup of butter (= 2 sticks)

How to make:
1. Mix all dry ingredients. Set aside.
2. Mix butter and sugar until the batter is smooth.
3. Add eggs (one by one) and keep mixing it.
4. Slowly, add milk while mixing.
5. Add the dry ingredients. Mix them well.
6. On a cup cakes mold, pour the batter about 2/3 full.
7. Bake for 28 - 30 minutes on 350 F.
8. Decorate the cup cakes as you desire. Ready to serve.

Tahu & Tempe Bacem (Marinated Tofu & Tempe)

Ingredients:
2 packages of tempe
2 packages of white fried tofu
5 cloves of chopped garlic
3 cloves of chopped shallots
1/2 teaspoon of ground galangal
1/2 teaspoon of ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin
1/4 cup of tamarind juice (can be replaced with lime juice)
1 cup of palm sugar (can be replaced with brown sugar)
2 cups of water
Frying oil

How to make:
1. Cut the tofu and tempe into squares. Set aside.
2. On a wok/saute pan/pot; cook the water and the rest of the ingredients. Bring them to boil.
3. Add cut tofu and tempe. Simmer them until the liquid evaporates.
4. On a separated frying pan; fry the tofu and tempe on a small heat (Not a deep fry).
5. Ready to serve.

Nasi Goreng Telor (Eggs Fried Rice)

Ingredients:
4 - 5 cups of cooked rice
3 cloves of garlic (peeled)
5 cloves of shallot (peeled)
1 teaspoon of shrimp paste/terasi
1 teaspoon of ground chili paste/sambal oelek (optional)
Pinch of salt & pepper
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
3 - 4 Tbs of sweet soy sauce
2 - 3 eggs
3 Tbs of olive oil

How to make:
1. On a food processor*; puree garlic, shallot, salt & pepper, shrimp paste, ground chili paste, and water to dilute. Set aside.
2. On a medium size wok/saute pan; put olive oil and rice. Cook them in a medium heat.
3. Add the ingredients from the food processor into the rice. Stir them well.
4. Add the soy sauce and sweet soy sauce. Keep stirring the rice until all the seasonings absorb.
6. Lightly beat the 2 - 3 eggs and pour them into the rice. Scramble the eggs with the rice mix.
5. On a separate small frying pan; fry a sunny side up egg (or cook it as you desire) - optional.
6. Ready to serve.

* If you do not have any food processor, you can use mortar and pestle to grain or paste the seasonings.
* If you like to make a sunny side up egg shaped as the picture, use cookie cutter after the egg is cooked. Would it be fun to have an egg shaped like teddy bear, flower, triangle, etc? :0)