SNACK STEAM/FRIED JACKFRUIT ORE

SNACK STEAM/FRIED JACKFRUIT ORE

 

Jackfruit is one of tropical fruit, sweet, fleshy thick and refreshing. The content of jackfruit are rich in vitamins A, B, C, phosphorus, zinc, calcium and potassium are very good for health. Many who do not know the benefits of jackfruit ore, often only the fruit is eaten. 

 

The benefit of jackfruit ore are  prevent anemia, blood flow, healthy hair, eyes, softens the skin, prevents constipation, detoxify the body, relieve stress, strengthen teeth and improve the body's immune system. For diabetics consume jackfruit should follow the doctor's advice, sugar levels high enough.

 

How to cultivate jackfruit seeds can be boiled / steamed or fried and do not forget the salt a little. Variations in giving spices and flavors to taste.

"BAKCANG" STICKY RICE FOR DUANWU JIE FESTIVAL

"BAKCANG" STICKY RICE FOR DUANWU JIE FESTIVAL

Sticky rice is very famous for chinese (Tionghua) community, sticky rice is simbolyze ceremony, celebration and competition. For Tionghua community Bakcang sticky rice is ceremony to celebrate Duanwu Jie, Duan  is a hero who state official fight and sacrifice himself for his country until rowning in the vast ocean. The people who support him to look at the ocean with rice and meat spreads that the animals do not prey on his body. The incident occurred on the 5th of the 5th month in the summer, of that event is always celebrated every year with "Bakcang" Sticky rice Festival. Every ceremony is marked by making and eating bakcang or celebration called "Peh Cuan". In Peh Cun ceremony presenting rice dumplings and prayer to get positive energy and daylight to health, work and safety.

For a Chinese community there are 3 major holidays, the Chinese New Year, Peh Cuan and Tiongjiu Pia (Moon Cake).

 In celebration of Peh Cun there are 4 activities, namely making and eating bakcang, stand eggs, dragon boat races (dragon festival board) and a shower in the middle of the day.
Stand Competition eggs and dragon boat race is held each year for the celebration Peh Cuan.Believed the strongest energy of the earth out falls squarely on the feast Peh Cuan, so the competition is held which shows and requires great energy and pray to gain greater power.

Rice dumplings made of glutinous rice that contains a complete side dishes, mushrooms furnace, pork flavoring, lotus ore, walnuts, soybean, egg yolk duck, pork sausage, hmmm ... yummy. Wrapped in bamboo leaves that have been cleaned and square shaped and fastened to close bakcang in each wrapper. It takes a long, long time for the preparation of ingredients and boil bakcang. Start of soak bamboo leaves as wrappers bakcang, spice pork until selecting sticky rice, lotus ore, mushrooms furnace  and walnuts are qualified to get the perfect taste. To boil bakcang takes 12 hours and 6 hours when using a pressure cooker.  

The actual content of  Bakcang to suit any taste, bakcang synonymous with egg yolk duck and pork seasoning. The rest is just extra variety to add to the enjoyment of bakcang.
Lotus ore identical china dishes that often uses the lotus as a mixed ore in various kinds of dishes typical of china.

 

REMPEYEK JAVANESE CRACKER

REMPEYEK JAVANESE CRACKER

 

Rempeyek is famous Javanese cracker, almost everybody like it all around Indonesia know it. For Javanese rempeyek is good couple for rice when there is no side dishes or complementary food such as crackers, crispy and savoury. Various kinds of rempeyek is a small shrimp, peanuts, soybeans, green beans, anchovies and crabs. Use Indonesian traditional material plant like candlenut, kencur and lime leaves,  thin fried dough soaked with hot cooking oil. Fried it just only 1-2 minutes, because rempeyek so thin, so do not get burnt. Use clean or new palm oil so the taste still keep in original taste without contaminated other taste.

 

Rempeyek very famous in all community, served during relaxing time, company for chat, ceremony, celebration until wedding party, every moment can present rempeyek. Cheap, simple, delicious and nutrious food.

I know in everything there is always the value to pay, but not everything we must pay much to get the best. Just take time to learn more and do something, timing is the best way for everything we have.

 

 

 

 

KUE LUMPUR SALTY SAVOURY

KUE LUMPUR SALTY SAVOURY

 

Coconut oil, potato, wheat flour, egg, margarine, vanila and topping raisin and young coconut, it is materials to make kue lumpur. Kue lumpur is very traditional cake from Indonesia, all around Indonesia know this cake. Not just because is cheap price but also the material to make is very simple and easily abtainable materials. To enjoy this exclusive traditional cake, you just give Rp.7.000,- or less than USD 1, very cheap aren't you ?

It tastes salty savory and delicious, appetizing meal, hmmm yummy enjoy it when warm. From age to age fixed form spherical, yellow and there were burn marks as characteristic of kue lumpur, other variations may be found in green. Original taste of kue lumpur is yellow with raisin topping, baked using charcoal in the traditional way and unique.

Great things start from simple things only depend moment and needs, never give up to keep trying.

JENANG JUBUNG GRESIK

JENANG JUBUNG GRESIK

Jenang Jubung is black sticky rice is mainstay food from Gresik, east Java. Made of black rice, sugar, coconut oil and sesame, the flavour is sweet, chewy and delicious, that's the comment if you try it. Simple snack but make it need hard effort and a lot of time, at least need 24 hours from soaking, grinding, cooking and wrapping. black rice soaked for 12 hours, after it milled until smooth. Add grated coconut water and take the first juice and cook until thick along with black rice which has been soaked 12 hours. During the cooking process the dough stirring constantly over low heat for at least 6 hours until completely condensed. After cooking for 5 hours add sugar, 5 kg of black rice requires 2 kg of sugar, remove and let stand for 30 minutes and then wrapped in a leave matchmaker , wrap jubung using matchmaker leaves, residents gresik call leaf matchmaker "Ape". Without using preservatives jenang jubung can hold 3 days at room temperature and 10 days when stored in the refrigerator. 

Jenang Jubung snack considerably cheaper than the manufacturing process that takes time and effort full day but the selling price is not comparable. Sometimes life is like that, make it for creativity not counting by money but share it for uniqueness and show the culture of a place. Eat it only by one minute but make it for a whole day, wow....it's so hard. Life is hard but never stop of hope and always keep trying and be creative to glowing our environment. Keep our heart happy, calm and endurance.

KUEMOCI SEMARANG

KUEMOCI SEMARANG

 

Semarang is a city located in middle java, Indonesia, quiet city and humane people. Semarang is one culinary destination city, a lot of foods that can be referenced as tio ciuo culinary chinese food and cake MOCI.  Moci is food come from Japan, but know all around the world know moci, texture moci  is soft, chewy, sweet and savory, many people like it. there are two flavors moci with moci topping sesame and moci topping flour powder. Moci made from finely ground sticky rice or glutinous rice flour until the dough is sticky and shaped round. Contents moci cake is finely peanuts mixed with peanut selei, this is the original flavor, other flavors there is durian, chocolate, strawberry, taro and pandan.   hmm so yummy.....moci is made without preservatives, can only hold for one week at room temperature and two weeks when stored in the refrigerator.

In Indonesia cake moci famous cities like Sukabumi, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Cianjur, but moci from Semarang is moci with the best taste.Moci is oriental and traditional food for chinese people, moci thick cake flavor with nuances of oriental. Moci packaging indicated by red and illustrated a pair, which means complete, perfect. There are package contents are 10, 16 and 25 piecies. Nice design box moci to attract buyer.

 

Don't wait too long...come and visit Semarang now....

 

ROLLS LEDRE SWEET & CRISPY

ROLLS LEDRE SWEET & CRISPY

 

 

Bojonegoro lcated in east Java, Bojonegoro well known in the oil fields and teak but do not miss Ledre. Ledre is famous snack in Bojonegoro, if you visit there without bring ledre you just missing something special. It's call ledre because of manufacturing processis formed by clamping and then rolled, process clamping is call "Ngeledre". Materials ingredient are sugar, margerin, egg, rice flour, wheat flour, coconut oil and peanut oil. Each roll ledre has a lengh of 20 cm and diameter 0f 1,5 cm or depending on the size of the pan used. Varian flavor is available to choose is durian, cocoa and plantain, plantain is original and favorite flavor than other flavor.

The flavor is sweet, crispy, savory and crunchy, many people who love it very much. Most bojonegoro people pursue livelihood by making ledre small home industries. Very traditional to make it by using simple materials and tools, they use pan clay as a tool and firewood as fluel. Clamping process just use spoon to form a thin dough with butter spread thinly on a baking clay. After being cooked remove and let stand for a moment and then roll it that ledre are still in sheet form.

 

Let's visit and enjoying your vacation by eating ledre.