Indonesian laurel / Indonesian bay leaf = Daun salam

Indonesian laurel / Indonesian bay leaf = Daun salam

indonesian laurel / indoneisan bay is the name of the herb leaf-producing trees are used in cooking indonesia. in English is known as indonesian bay leaf / indonesian laurel.

indonesian Bay leaves/ indonesian laurel are used primarily as a cooking spice fragrances in a number of countries in Southeast Asia, good for cooking meat, fish, vegetables, and rice. This leaves mixed in one piece, dried or fresh, and also cooked up the food cooked. [4] This spice gives a distinctive herbs aroma, but not hard. In the market and in the kitchen, greeting often paired with "laos" aka galangal.

The wood is reddish orange brown and medium quality. Wood timber belonging to the chelate (trade name) can be used as building materials and home furnishings. The bark of salam tree contains tannin ,  often used as Ubar (for coloring and preserving) mesh, woven material of bamboo and others. The bark and leaves are used as traditional ingredients to cure stomach ache. people is Eaten salam fruit as well, although only children who love it.

Traditionally, indonesian bay leaves/ indonesian laurel are used as an upset stomach. indonesian Bay leaves can also be used to stop excessive defecation. indonesia Laurel can also be used to overcome gout, stroke, high cholesterol, blood circulation, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, rashes, diabetes, and others.

indonesian bay leaf/ indonesian laurel trees spread in Southeast Asia, from Burma, Indochina, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. This tree is found growing wild in the forests of primary and secondary, began from the beach to a height of 1,000 m (in Java), 1,200 m (in Sabah) and 1300 m (in Thailand); most of the trees making under the canopy. [4] In addition indonesian laurel planted in gardens and lands yard agroforestry others, especially to take leaves. Wild bay leaves almost never used in cooking, but because it smells a little different and less fragrant, wild greeting also cause a bitter taste.

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Tofu tek ( tahu tek )

Tofu Tek ( tahu tek )

tofu tek in indonesia called " tahu tek " this food derived from surabaya east java indonesia
the main ingredients this food is tofu whith peanuts sauce ( saus kacang / sambel kacang ) and shirm paste ( petis )
ok lets go we make tofu tek

ingredients tofu tek ( tahu tek ) :
- 300 grams tofu, cube small slice
- 2 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder

sauce for tofu tek ( tahu tek ) :
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 150 ml water
- 1 tablespoon shirm paste ( petis )

peanut sauce for tofu tek ( mashed until pure ) :
- 2 tablespoon peanuts
- 1 garlic
- 2 thai pepper / bird's eye chili pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt

supplementary ingredients for tofu tek ( tahu tek ) :
- bean sprouts
- leek thinly sliced
- celery thinly sliced
- fried shallots

how to make tofu tek ( tahu tek ) :
- beaten egg , salt and pepper
- add tofu in dough
- dough divided into four sections
- fry dough until coocked with vegetable oil
- put on the plate
- add supplementary ingredients
- mix peanut sauce ( mashed ) and sauce tofu tek
- add mixed sauce into plate
- serve

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Klenyem ( cassava with palm sugar cake )

Klenyem ( cassava with palm sugar cake )

In Indonesia, cassava into food staple food after rice and maize. Benefits of cassava leaves as a vegetable has a high enough protein, or for other purposes such as pharmaceuticals. The wood can be used as a garden fence or in the villages are often used as firewood for cooking. With the development of technology, cassava used as a basic ingredient in the food industry and raw material feed industry. In addition it is also used in the pharmaceutical industry.

now indonesia original recipes will share how to make cassava with palm sugar cake, in indonesia usually called " klenyem "

ingredients Klenyem ( cassava with palm sugar cake ) :

- 500 grams cassava

- 50 grams sugar

- 1/4 coconut

- 125 grams palm sugar ( to filling )

- salt 

how to make Klenyem ( cassava with palm sugar cake ) :

1. Peeled cassava, then wash and finely shredded up

2. Peeled coconut, then wash and finely shredded up

3. mix together sherdded cassava and sherdded coconut until blended

4. add salt to taste to savory

5. Form the dough oval or round like as picture, and then fill it with palm sugar

6. heat vegetable oil and fry to brownish yellow ( fry with medium fire )

7. lift dry and serve

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donuts with sweet white potatoes

donuts with sweet white potatoes

Sweet Potato  White is a food that is commonly consumed by people of Indonesia. White Potatoes contain an energy of 123 kilocalories, protein 1.8 g, carbohydrates 27.9 grams, 0.7 grams fat, 30 milligrams of calcium, phosphorus 49 mg, and 1 milligram of iron. Also in White Potatoes also contained as much as 60 IU of vitamin A, vitamin B1 0.09 milligrams and 22 milligrams of vitamin C. The results obtained from research on 100 grams Sweet Potatoes White, the number of which can be eaten as much as 86%.

now indoneseian original recipes will share how to make donuts with sweet white potatoes

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ingredients donuts with sweet white potatoes :

300 grams sweet white potatoes

300 grams wheat flour

60 grams milk powder

2 yelow egg

11 grams instant yeast

60 grams sugar

30 grams butter

20 ml ice water

1/2 teaspoon salt

how to make donuts with sweet white potatoes:

- mix all ingredients and knead until dull

- leave 30 minutes until dough rise

- cut dough to 50 grams ( dough can be approximately 50 psc )

- mold the dough like as picture

- leave again until 30 minuts

- fry dounuts dough with small fire

- lift and dry

- serve

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Daun Pisang = Banana Leaf

Daun Pisang  =  Banana Leaf

Banana leaves serve many purposes in Asian cooking, from adding flavor to foods cooked inside them, to simply being used as a colorful and exotic background for serving-plates and party platters. Banana leaves are beautiful, fun to use, and easy to cook with!

Banana leaves used in cuisine are generally large, flexible, and waterproof.[3] When cooking food with or serving or wrapping food with banana leaves, they may confer an aroma to the food leaves; steaming with banana leaves imparts a subtle sweet flavour to the dish.[4]

The leaves contain the juices, protect food from burning and add a subtle flavor.[5] In Tamil Nadu (India) leaves are fully dried and used as packing material for food stuffs and also making cups to hold liquid foods. The dried leaves are called 'Vaazhai-ch- charugu' (வாழைச் சருகு) in Tamil. Some South Indian, Filipino and Khmer recipes use banana leaves as a wrapper for frying. The leaves are later removed to retain flavor. In Vietnamese cuisine, banana leaves are used to wrap foods such as cha-lua.

In Indonesian cuisine, banana leaf is employed in cooking method called pepes and botok; the banana leaf packages containing food ingredients and spices are cooked on steam, in boiled water or grilled on charcoal. Banana leaves are also used to wrap several kinds of snacks kue (delicacies), such as nagasari or kue pisang and otak-otak, and also to wrap pressed sticky rice delicacies such as lemper and lontong.

In Java, banana leaf is also used as a coned plate called "pincuk", usually to serve rujak tumbuk, pecel or satay. The pincuk is made by creating shallow cone-shaped banana leaf plate secured with lidi semat (small thorn-like nail made from the coconut leaf mid rib). The pincuk fit the left palm while the right hand used to consume the food. It is functioned as a traditional disposable take-away food container. The cleaned banana leaf is often used as a plate mat; cut banana leaf sheets placed upon rattan, bamboo or clay plates are used to serve food upon it. Decorated and folded banana leaves upon woven bamboo plate are used as the tray to serve tumpeng rice cone and jajan pasar or kue delicacies.


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