Food-Side Dishes
All side dishes
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Broiled Vegetables with Parmesan
Easy side dish and yummy . I made this to be served with my chicken saltimbocca . Broiling the potatoes make the skin very crispy and it’s delicious !! I am not so much into baked potatoes or mashed potatoes , although i like fries .. but we all know by now how bad fries for our health . So , in this side dish i threw in some yellow zucchini and regular zucchini in . And i thought it tasted pretty good . So here it is .. You need : Small red potatoes or yukon potatoes , choose small ones because they cook faster, i don’t want to…
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Chicken Salad with Black Beans and Tomatoes ( Southwestern Salad )
Not too long ago i had some salad with black beans , and to my surprised , i kinda enjoyed it . I wasn’t so much into black beans , even when we go to Chipotle , i always skipped the black beans and always picked lima beans instead . My husband doesn’t mind black beans , although he switches around between black and lima beans . And we’ve been trying to add a lot of salad as dinner menu in our weekday dinner . Just the other day he said about having salad for dinner again , so i thought why not trying to make southwestern salad . I…
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Bakwan Jagung ( Indonesian Corn Fritters )
Suddenly today i was hungry for corn fritters , in Indonesia we call it bakwan jagung . Mom used to make them , not too often , as i wasn’t a big fan of it . But i ate it still , ever since i moved here i never really made them . It is strange that today i was hungry for it . It is not hard to make at all !! And it turned out really delicious ! You need : 4 ears of corn , stripped about 6 extra large / jumbo shrimp , chopped 2 green onions , with the green part too 2 eggs about…
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Sausage and Cabbage
This is a quick meal to fix , i wasn’t really in the mood to make too much mess , so cabbage and sausage it is !! I really don’t have much to say about this dish , a long time ago , i just threw in some sausage in a cabbage that i sauteed , just because i thought it would be nice to have a little meaty flavour .. Since then i’ve never really cooked it anymore .. that was back when i didn’t really know much about cooking . So , years later , now , i just realized that , there was a dish such as…
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Plantains
I love plantains , to me plantains , reminds me of Pisang Agung , some type of banana that has the shape like plantains , and they’re just as long and they’re considered ripe when they have black skin , and also it’s only good for cooking . Unlike other kinds of bananas , in Indonesia we have so many types of banana , pisang ambon , pisang susu , pisang kepok , pisang raja , pisang agung .. Indonesian are so lucky to have plenty types of bananas they can eat , certain kind of bananas are only good for cooking , and some are good for both .…
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Tofu Fritata with Spicy Peanut Sauce
how to make indonesian tofu fritata with peanut sauce ' tahu telor bumbu kacang'
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Sambal Terasi ( Hot sauce with shrimp paste )
how to make Indonesian 'sambal terasi' or hot sauce with shrimp paste , chili sauce with shrimp paste , sambal belacan .ter
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Parmesan-Garlic Breadsticks
So , after making pizza dough 2 days ago , i had 2 balls of dough laying around . This morning i turned 1 into stromboli , and this afternoon while cooking dinner , i turned the other dough into breadsticks .Now if you don’t have the dough ready , it’ll take a while to make and honestly , it’s not worth it , because you’re worrying about what’s for dinner , and then you have your hands full in the kitchen making the bread dough for hours , well you have to make the dough then let it rise , and shaped it and let it rise again ..…
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Pastel Goreng ( Indonesian Empanadas )
Indonesian empanadas , it is called Pastel Goreng . Easy to make , even without pasta maker to make the wrapper !
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Perkedel Daging
how to make perkedel daging , indonesian potato and meat fritters .
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Pasta All’Amatriciana and Garlic Bread
Pasta all'amatriciana is a pasta with sauce that is made from guanciale with tomatoes , it's easy and delicious .
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Cucumber Salad ( Indonesian Acar Timun )
Acar timun is Indonesian Cucumber Salad , they're very refreshing and can be eaten with many dishes . Such as fried noodles , stir fried , mixed rice , etc . They're very easy to make , as long as you have cucumber , vinegar , sugar , you should be able to make this .
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Rissoles with Ragout Filling ( Risoles isi Ragout )
Risoles is indonesian snack , it has a ragout filling , almost taste like a chicken pot pie filling . r
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Perilla Leaves Kimchi
Making perilla leaves kimchi .
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Lumpia Basah ( Indonesian Spring Rolls )
Lumpia basah is one of indonesian snack . It’s yummy and light enough , i remember when i was small , on our way home from church every sunday , me and my mom always stopped by this shop , they sold snacks , one of our favourite was lumpia basah . How do i explain lumpia basah for westerners ? I guess it is almost like spring rolls , except , it’s healthier since it’s not deep fried . The wrapper, isn’t the same with spring rolls , where you have to deep fry to let it all cooked . It is similar to crepe . Only needed to…
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Pico de Gallo
I love pico de gallo ,they’re so refreshing , and super easy to make . Ingredients isn’t much either , and i am sure you can make this anytime !!! You need : 3 roma tomatoes , seeds removed , chopped 1/2 small onion , chopped 1 jalapeno 1/2 lime bunch of cilantro Mix them all together and store in the fridge .
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Korean Roasted Eggplant ( Gaji Namul )
Another recipe that i adapted from Maangchi . This is also a delicious way to eat eggplant , i normally would slice them , sprinkle with olive oil and some spices before grilling them . This korean style eggplant dish is yummy , i can just eat it like that !! You will need : 1 Eggplant ( don’t have to be asian eggplent , just regular eggplant you see at your local grocer ) Olive oil Cut them about 2 inches length , then quarter them .Spread them all on the baking sheet , sprinkle with olive oil , bake at 400 F for about 15 minutes or so…
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Cabbage Kimchi ( Yangbaechu Kimchi )
This is the kimchi i made from Maangchi website . She called it emergency kimchi , just in case your local grocer doesn’t carry napa cabbage , in my case , the korean market is not that close , well about 40 minutes . Driving in the weekend is okay , but during weekdays , i have other things to do than making a trip to korean market . Local grocer is only 5 minutes away , the only problem , they usually either don’t carry napa cabbage , or napa cabbage could cost 3 times or 4 times as much as when you get it from korean market .…
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Creamy Mashed Potato
This is one reason i never like instant mashed potato . Instant mashed potato grosses me out , and makes me hate eating mashed potato . It’s a different story if we’re talking about a real home made mashed potato . There is nothing to hate about home made mashed potato , in fact i love it !! People think making mashed potato is hard , that’s probably why a lot of us choose instant mashed potato . Home made mashed potato is so easy and you can season it as much as you like or just leaving it plain . All you need just potatoes , margarine , milk…
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Corn Chowder
I made this easy soup this evening to pair it up with light sandwich for dinner . Since we live in Texas now , it seems like corn is available any time of the year , fresh corn is the one i am talking about . This corn chowder is so easy and quick to make , next time i am thinking to add some lobster or crab meat in there . Would be even better !! But if you don’t have the lobster , just plain corn chowder will still work really good !! You need : 2 tbsp. of olive oil 1 medium onion , diced 4 garlic…
