KALE SALAD
Kale is one of our favorite vegetables. It is slightly bitter, but surprisingly my daughter loves it and we like it too. Stir-fry it, bake it into chips, or as salad, we love...
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SHRIMP STEW
Shrimp is one of my favorite seafood. I like to cook with seafood because they usually don’t take a long time to cook. In fact, it is very easy to overcook seafood like...
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EGGS WITH SAMBAL / SAMBAL TELUR
Eggs with sambal or what we call “sambal telur” in Indonesia is one of the classic I really like. Anything that is called “sambal” in Southeast Asia, pretty much involved some red chili...
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TOMATO AND SPINACH SALAD
As much as I like to stir-fry vegetables, it can get old some days. Spinach is always in our refrigerator and I just need some new idea to make it refreshing and yet...
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PAN-FRIED FISH WITH SAMBAL / SAMBAL IKAN
Fried fish with sambal or known as sambal ikan is a popular home-style dish in Indonesia. My mom used to make this quite often and I could just eat the sambal and plain...
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SEMUR DAGING / JAVANESE BEEF STEW
My grandmother used to make this Semur Daging quite often and she made a very good one too. Semur Daging or Javanese Beef Stew if a typically a beef stew cooked with Indonesian...
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JOLLOF RICE WITH CHICKEN, BEEF AND HAM
Jollof rice is a popular dish in many parts of West Africa. The word jollof means “one pot”. It is thought to have originated in Senegal but has since spread to the whole...
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GROUNDNUT CHOP
When I first saw this groundnut chop as one of the title of recipes in the South of Sahara cookbook, I was really intrigued to try it and I did. Groundnut is...
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SUNDAY STEW
Sunday is one of the days that many families and friends gather and eat together. This Sunday stew is also prepared often in West Africa for a relaxing day like Sunday and hence...
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