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Crispy Fried Chicken

Never have I found fried chicken recipe so good as this, the crisp is just like what you will find at the fried chicken fast food chain. Thick yet crispy coating and tasty too. Before this recipe I used to use instant flour mix, but now I can my own mixture, YAY. This one’s has […]

Cashew Chicken

Bought way too much cashew when making Putri Salju cookies for Idul Fitri. Let’s just say I was over excited that time while in fact I only needed 200gr for the cookies. Now I tried to find recipes involving cashew, because if not then darling hubby is going to finish the whole jar of cashew […]

Bola-Bola Makaroni (Macaroni Balls)

Which kid can deny the taste of macaroni and cheese? Even adult can’t say no to this. But this one is a naughty twist to the traditional macaroni and cheese. Make them in batches and freeze.

Ingredients:

– 75 gr elbow macaroni
– 1 tsp olive oil
– 2 butter/margarine
– 50 gr onion
– 100 gr smoked beef, chopped […]

Chicken Nuggets

When I have the time, I like to cook in batches and keep it in the freezer. This one for example tasty chicken nuggets. That way whenever Kana feels like nuggets, I can just quickly fry some for her.

I followed the ingredients of this recipe to a T and it turned out very well. […]

Ote Ote Surabaya (Vegetable Fritter with Prawn from Surabaya)

It is funny how fairly the same food can have different names depends on where they come from. For example this vegetable fritter. In Surabaya, East Java the name is ote ote (literally translated as topless). In Jakarta the name for this savoury snack is bakwan sayur. Meanwhile people in Bandung would recognize it as […]

Corn Dogs

I’ve always been fascinated with this snack since forever. I think that’s because I grew up watching American tv shows and there you could see corn dog being eaten at a fun fair for example. But life gets in the way and I completely forgot about my corndog fascination until…this recipe showed up on my […]

Martabak Mie (Noodle Omelette)

Inspired by a friend who once said to me, whenever she has no ideas what to make for afternoon munch then she would make this ‘cos she has all the ingredients almost all the time at home.

It is indeed a very easy recipe, you can use instant noodles or egg noodle.

Ingredients:

1 pack of instant noodle […]

Gluten Free Banana Cake with Coconut

Back in 2012 when I went back to Indonesia, I happen to sleep over at my friend’s house Mbak Ienas. She sells her goodies including the original recipe of this banana cake. While I was at her house, she taught me how to make this cake. Hi Mbak Ienas, miss you 🙂

This time I made […]

Cheesy Brownies

Many moons ago when I was still studying and living in Indonesia, I used to sell these brownies to earn some pocket money. That brownies was just a simple one without the cream cheese topping. The recipe of this brownies is a mix of many recipes which I modified to my taste and need. Now […]

Telor and Ikan Bumbu Bali (Indonesian Fried Fish and Egg in Bali Sauce)

Something must have gotten into me….I’m updating my long lost blog. For the last couple of months I’ve befriended some Indonesian (living in Europe) blogger/photographer/busybee mothers from instagram. They are all so talented and creative in their own way; baker, food photographer, lifestyle photographer, designer, master crafter, writer etc. I feel like we are on […]