Cook with Josh - Chicken Cordon Blue with Mushroom Sauce

During holiday, I plan to cook something with Josh since I couldn't go out everyday.
At first, Josh refuse to help. But when I said, you will ate brown rice at grandma house for lunch, he suddenly get fire to cook with me.
Hahaha... josh still didn't like brown rice if he have a choice.

Here Josh favorite Food.
Chicken Cordon Bleu with Mushroom Sauce.

I browse recipe from google.
So I didn't write it here.

Josh help me from cutting till cooking.
And he finished it well also.

One thing he said "Moms this is delicious. Same with the one I ate from club."
Glad you like it Josh.

Choco Lava - First attempt

Love the cake and heard that it's pretty easily made.

While helping Josh learn his exam subject, I decide to make it.

Search lot of recipe in internet, mixed one another. I came out with this recipe:

4oz unsalted butter
2oz (56gr) dark choco
2oz (56gr) semi sweet choco (if eat with ice cream can be all dark choco)
1/2 cup all purpose Flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
2 eggs yolk
1/8 tsp salt

Mixed butter and choco, melt it in oven.
Take out. Mixed with sugar, flour and salt until it blend well.
Whisk the egg and mixed it until well.

Note that the ramekin shall be grease well.
Pour the batter and bake it 218C
For how long? Till the side bake well but the middle still soft. Hmm could be around 10-12minutes.

Take out, and let it cool.
If you grease well then it will turn out nicely.
So my first attempt fail on the greasing part. Some oke some not oke.

But it's taste like I want. According to josh, it's taste like the one we ordered in club.
Next, I want to used all dark choco, since I like to eat with vanilla ice cream.

Oh and I need to learn on taking a good picture. This shall be choco lava and I forgot to cut the cake showing the lava...

Spagetti basil with fried shrimp - Cooking with Josh

I need to finished something in my computer. So I asked Josh to cook for our lunch.

I choose an easy menu and he agreed with it.

Ingridient:
Spagetti, Garlic, Basil leaves (blend it), Salt
Shrimp, flour

Usually Josh asked me to help. Today, he want to make it all.
Starting with peel the garlic and cut it.
Peel the shrimp skin and cut into half before put into the flour and fried it.

I'm amazed how he could manage to cut the shrimp as I told him.
Good job Josh!

During this time we communicate about how this all ingrient when it's combine could make a good dish.

I relate it to our last "Panggung Boneka" in Domba Kristus.
With theme: 

Romans 8:28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Surprisingly, he also asked me to play theme song during our eating time.
We surely enjoyed our dating at home.

Love you Josh.

AFC - Red Snapper Top with Pineapple and Corriander Salsa

I got this recipe when I watched Asian Food Channel - Simply Special - Host by Sarah Benjamin.
Here the recipe.

I like it because it's easy to cook and look fresh, so I give a try.

I went to market and fortunately I saw a clear eye of red snapper.
So I asked to cut it into fillet. (Forgot to remove the skin, but that oke).

And trada.... Josh love it, Calvin also.
Of course me too.

It's bit tricky to find out food that love by three of us. I tend to like spicy one.
But this accomodate our preference. :)

Really Love rice

I want to take picture too

Ubi, Daun Ubi, dan Josh

Sedari kecil, Josh tidak menyukai makan ubi kukus. Jadi mama selalu buat bola ubi ditaruh coklat didalamnya.

Namun diusia 5 Josh, waktu mama tawarkan ubi kukus, mama cerita bahwa di jaman dulu saat peperangan, dimana menanam padi sulit, orang mencari makanan umbi-umbian, salah satunya ubi.
Dan ubi terasa lezat sekali.

Entah bagaimana, Josh jadi senang makan ubi kukus.

Oleh karena itulah, saat mama diminta membuat donut, mama memakai bahan ubi dan tetap disukai Josh.

Dalam halaman tanag kami yang kecil, mama tanam ubi yang kelupaan disimpan sampai berakar.
Daun ubi pun tumbuh dengan subur dan banyak.

Jumat lalu sepulang sekolah, Josh panen daun ubi, dan 1 kacang panjang, Josh pun meminta untuk dia yang memotong bahan masaknya.
Josh juga ingin memasak.

Tradaaa tumis daun ubi pun jadi dan hampir habis dimakan Josh.

Donut dan Josh

Beberapa kali ini Josh minta makan Donut, namun beberapa kali juga tak kesampaian.

Satu hari pulang sekolah di kantin ada jual Donut dan tinggal 1, teringat Josh, aku belikan dia satu.

Dalam perjalanan pulang sekolah, saat kuberikan padanya, sambil makan, Josh berujar "Terima Kasih mama sudah buatkan aku donut.".

Wah kalimat yang sangat manis sekali, sayang mama hanya membelinya.

Hari kemarin, pulang sekolah, aku katakan pada Josh "Ayo kita buat Donut Ubi"
"Hore..."

Diapun semangat membantuku.
Tralaaa donut ubi ditaburi gula halus dan kayu manis pun masuk ke mulutnya.

Hap hap hap...

Sebenarnya tekstur nya dikenyalkan saja,
Ubi kukus dihaluskan
Tepung Sagu
Telur
Dan digoreng.

Walau demikian melihat Josh senang, mama pun jadi senang.

Mash Potato with Meat and Vegetable

Never thought that Josh will like mash potato.

He barely like porridge texture.

But mommy have a bag of potato, to make a soup will be to much, so I try to make Mash Potato. 

Asked Josh to help me mash it, and he taste in between, turn out he really like it in the end.

Always happy to find out something new that he liked.

P.S. tips: make it together, it will be fun and loveable.

Grilled Tomato rolled with Pork Belly

Here definitely a favorite dish for Calvin.
Beside the delicious taste, it's easy to cook.

Took the recipe from Japanese drama.

Ingredient:
Pork Belly slice
Baby Tomato
Black pepper and Salt

Lay the pork belly slice.
Sprinkle the black pepper and salt at the pork belly slice.
Put the tomato above and roll it.
Put into the stick and grilled it.

When you eat it, the tomato crush and the taste fill all your mouth and the pork slice complete it.

Kinpira Gobo

Pernah ke supermarket dan melihat satu tanaman seperti bambu ramping yang panjang?. Burdock namanya.

Perkenalan pertama ku adalah saat mama terkena kanker, dan tanaman itu menjadi salah satu dari 5 ingredient yang harus dimasak dalam sup 5warna. Saat dimasak sup, ampasnya akan dibuang, karena secara rasa sudah tidak enak dikonsumsi.

Perkenalan kedua ternyata berbeda. Pembelaan diriku, ada gunanya juga punya kesukaan menonton drama jepang, akhirnya perkenalan dengan burdock berakhir lebih bahagia *hahaha*.

Kali ini dimasak versi jepang. Boleh di search resepnya dengan nama "Kinpira Gobo". Hanya satu ingredient yang kurang yaitu tak sedia sake. 

Tetapi aku suka rasanya dimakan dengan nasi panas. Manis, asin, garing, dengan wijen.

P.S. Aku dan mama suka. Josh juga dapat makan apabila kupotong kecil2. Tetapi kurang sesuai dengan selera Calvin. *hehehe*

Tumis Kecombrang Pare Sosis

Dari dulu harusnya sudah sering mencicipi wangi dan harumnya masakan bunga kecombrang, secara Sumatera Utara terkenal Ikan Arsiknya, selain itu masakan peranakan Laksa.

Tapi baru ngeh akan wangi bunga itu dan sayangnya "tidak suka", ketika makan rujak di Singapore, oh tidakkk, betapa enaknya bumbu rujak Indonesia, batinku.
Bayangkanlah rasa bunga kecombrang dalam bumbu rujak. Hmmm tidak kedua kali deh.

Herannya sekarang aku Jatuh Cinta, fall deeply in love. Bagaimana bisa dan mungkin?

Terima kasih untuk agent rumahku yang kenalin makanan pekalongan, Nasi Megono. Panas panas, dengan megono yang sumber utama nya bunga kecombrang. Dimakan dengan sambal dan sepotong ayam goreng, wuihhh nikmat. Maaf yah kalo mendadak lapar bagi yang baca.

Namun, aku belum tergerak membeli bunga itu sendiri. Apalagi masak sendiri.
Sampai tibalah melihat bunga kecombrang dirumah, hasil beli adikku, tak dimasak masak.

Alhasil, nasi gorengpun pake kecombrang, tumis pare pun pakai kecombrang. Jangan lupa selalu ada irisan cabe rawit dalam tumisan, pedas, panas, nikmat *hahaha*. Bisa dibilang aku makan lebih dari yang dibutuhkan. Waspadalah!.

Terus terang tidak semua orang menyukai wangi bunga kecombrang. Dan bagaimana yah kenalin ke Josh. So far kalo makan nasi megono, ada wangi harum bunga kecombrang, dia akan makan saja. (Like mother like son, hohoho.)

Siang ini, selagi mati lampu, dan hanya ada nasi. Pikir pikir, makan apa yah, yang hanya perlu potong-potong tapi tumisnya hanya 1kali saja dan selesai. Ringkas, mencakup semua dan enak.
Jadilah Tumis kecombrang pare sosis (sebenarnya plus jamur portabella juga).

Resep:
Bawang putih, merah, bombay, cincang (yang mana saja, atau semua biar wangi)
Cabe rawit/keriting (merah, ijo - sesuai selera pedasnya)
Bunga kecombrang potong kecil (baik bunga dan batangnya bisa digunakan)
Pare
Sosis
Jamur portabella atau champigno (tidak terlihat difoto karna tak muat tempatnya ;p)
Daun selada segar
Irisan tomat segar (boleh juga timun).

Tumis dengan minyak kelapa. Taruh hanya sedikit sekali garam, karena kandungan garam dalam sosis sudah tinggi biasanya.
Dan voilaa, Josh senang makan semuanya..
Psttt padahal baru habisin 1bagian sandwich, masih juga habis 1 mangkok nasi.

P.s. untuk sosis sendiri, pilih yang kualitasnya baik. Biasanya harga lebih mahal menentukan porsi kandungan daging dalam sosis.
Tetap lebih baik diganti misalkan dengan daging ayam (misal tanpa tulang goreng tepung kecil2 sebelum ditumis dalam menu diatas).
Maklum, ibu satu ini ingin ringkas hari ini. *blush*.

Dessert - Floating Island

The Paris Kitchen - By Rachel Khoo become my new favorite television program whenever I have my time (means whenever the TV was free from Josh).

A simple way to cook, and turn out delicious, somewhat I wish I can do it at home.

So yesterday, after 2 days consecutively fall into sleep all the time, I couldn't closed my eyes pass midnight. Open the TV and yes, the program is airing.

Prepare a pen and paper in hand *grin*.

As Today I can walk and do activity better, I plan to make the dessert - Floating Island.

Here the recipe.

As I didn't have fresh vanilli at the time, I'm using vanilli flavour.
No Icing sugar, so I blended the sugar, It kinda mess up the praline *hehehe*

Anyway, with less and mess here and there, here the result.

What most important?. Josh love it. He said the meringue taste like mashmellow wakakaka.

Cerita di Balik Daun Pepaya

Pahit!
Yeah, daun pepaya pahit, jaman kecil masih sempat cicipin pas makan pecel, namun saat ini daun pepaya dikeluarkan dari menu makan karena rasa pahitnya.

Tetapi lidah yang diciptakan bisa mencicipi berbagai rasa pasti bukan tanpa rencana.

Berbagai rasa, asin, asam, manis, pahit, berbagai jenis makanan yang bisa diolah dan dimakan, aku percaya ada guna nya bagi tubuh kita.

Ups, bukan karena sadar ini sih aku jadi mencoba daun pepaya lagi.
Hanya karna habis berkunjung ke dokter dan hasil bincang-bincang sang dokter menyarankan untuk konsumsi daun pepaya seminggu sekali lah.

Karna mendapat wejangan, saat ke toko buah dan melirik bagian sayur mayur, eeeehhh ada daun pepaya, sebungkusan 2ribu rupiah. Dalam hati, beli ajah, ngapain susah susah berpikir mau ajak Josh ke taman belakang metik daun pepaya ;p. Lagipula musim hujan pula.
Sudah macam ada waktunya, pagi-siang terik matahari sampai kulit mengosong (setidaknya jemur baju pasti kering). Mulai siang mendung dan hujan sepanjang waktu sampai sore bahkan malam.

Pulang rumah, langsung kukus buat gadoin makan sama sambal bawang.
Gigitan seuil lembaran pertama, alamakkkkkkk pahit nyaaaaa... itu tertinggal di lidah dan mulut.
Alhasil dari segepok daun, hanya selembar yang dihabiskan.
Bahkan my sista yang biasanya doyan sayur, hanya bisa makan tiga lembar.
Aku bilang ke Daddy, I think I choose "Pare Juice" ketimbang harus nelen daun pepaya.

Wait, something might wrong here.
Menurut my sista, waktu dia makan di warung bebek, rasa daunnya enggak sepahit ini.
Mulailah cari tahu, cara mengurangi pahit daun pepaya.
Banyak cara ternyata, tapi memang dasarnya pilih daun pepaya ku salah, terlalu tua, mestinya rajin ke pasar, cari yang muda.

Nah, sisa daun pepaya mau dibuang sayang, mau direbus, rasanya tak kuat makannya.
Tradaaaaa, ketemu solusinya, ingat tempura, yups, ada daun digoreng kan.
Jadi sebagai makan siang hari ini, kubuatlah tempura daun pepaya :). Dengan telur dan sambal, yummy....

Oiya, rasa tetap pahit, tp setidaknya better. Jangan tanya soal berkurang nutrisinya, pasti iyalah yah digoreng. Hal ini hanya ide untuk lidahku mampu mengakomodir pahitnya daun pepaya tua ini.

Kegunaan daun pepaya? Please google it.
Ciao.....

Belut, Eel, Lindung, Unagi, you name it!

Pernah dengar Lindung cah Fumak? *Raise your hand*, apalagi kalau berada di restoran Angke.

Salah satu menu favorit yang akan aku pesan.
Kenapa?
Pertama, aku tidak pernah masak Lindung.
Kedua, rasa nya enak *grin*

Sebagai golongan darah "O", menurut Calvin, aku punya kebiasaan selalu ingin coba masak sesuatu yang sudah aku makan di restoran. Tentu tidak semuanya akan aku lakukan, apalagi yang prosesnya rumit dan sulit, cukup sesekali saja menikmati di rumah makan saja.
Contohnya, jangan berharap aku akan masak "Rendang" :p.
Demikian pula mencoba masak lindung cah fumak, wallah... rasa restoran Angke tak mungkin bisa dilawan, jadi bagaikan membuang garam ke laut, jika aku coba buat.

Entah apa yang terlintas di pikiran, saat lewat di market dan lihat Belut hidup.
Tanya-tanya ke petugas nya dan bisa dibersihkan. Alhasil, kubawalah potongan satu ekor Belut pulang.

Terpikir akan makan belut goreng.
Tapi, saat akan membersihkan, Kyaaaaa, ternyata belut itu masih bisa bergerak.
Oh tidak.... akhirnya ku freeze dulu.

Keesokannya, kukeluarkan, dan saat akan kupotong kecil, baru kusadari bahwa ternyata oh ternyata belut itu ada tulangnya. *blush*
Alhasil, butuh proses untuk memisahkan tulang. Dan untuk pertama kalinya, dapurku jadi "bloody kitchen".

Sesudah memaksa diri *hehehe*, akhirnya proses memasak selesai juga.
Belut taruh garam sedikit, di goreng, sisihkan.
Cah bawang putih dengan ang cao.
Tumis dengan belut. Tambahkan garam sesuai selera.
Karena tidak ada fumak, pakailah daun selada sebagai sampingannya.

Walo rasa tentu tak dapat menandingin, Habis juga sih sepiring, tapi untuk pertama kalinya aku katakan ke calvin, aku tidak akan masak lindung lagi.."No more", let go to Angke saja ^^ wakakaka....

Sambal Dabu - Balada Tangis dan Bawang Merah

Beberapa saat yang lalu dapat oleh-oleh bawang merah dari Mbak.

Terlintas Sambal Dabu-Dabu pendamping Ikan bakar *Slurp*, apalagi menu ini salah satu favorite Papa.

Tapi membayangkan banyaknya bawang merah yang harus dikupas, serta tangisan yang menyertai, membuat diri ingin mundur teratur. Kepikir mau pakai kacamata las *grin*

Selalu heran, bagaimana Penjual dipasar bisa-bisa nya mengupas bawang merah sekian banyak. Tidakkah perih matanya?

Kali ini ke pasar, bertugas me-mata-mata-i, dan oh ternyata, mereka merendamnya didalam air, sehingga kulit ari bawang menjadi lunak, dan dengan mudah dikupas, tanpa tangisan pula. Helloooo, kemana saja aku selama ini, selama 32 tahun, (erhmm hampir selama masa Presiden ke 2 Indonesia berkuasa), aku tidak tahu bahwa hal mengupas bawang bisa dilakukan dengan cara demikian.

Ok, tentu kenapa tidak minta Mbak saja kupasin. Jawabnya, Jika rasa ingin tahu hati sudah menggebu, biasanya lebih suka mencari tahu dan melakukannya sendiri.

Soal rasa si bawang merah, tampaknya tidak ada beda nya dengan direndam air terlebih dahulu.

Walo memakan waktu juga mengupas dan mengiris, tapi menjadi kebahagian tersendiri saat Papa dengan senangnya menyantap Sambal Dabu ala Mama.

Sambal Dabu:

Bawang Merah Iris

Tomat Hijau Potong

Cabe

Jeruk Limau/Nipis

Garam

Gula sedikit

Disajikan dingin lebih seger ^^/

P.S. Josh ternyata juga suka bawang merah ditambahkan dengan kecap manis.

Menu Dinner for Kids - Oriental

16 September 2014, Oriental menu Dinner for Josh.
+ White Rice
+ Fried Dumpling
+ Lettuce
+ Corn Carrot Mushroom Soup

To make Fried Dumpling

- brought dumpling skin from the market

- chicken/pork + shrimp chopped

Compotition for 200 gram, I add 4 big shrimp.

- salt, pepper, garlic oil, sesame oil

- leeks chopped

Steam for 5 minutes and fried it till light brown.

Usually I kept the left over after steam process in the freezer and

 I can quickly used it for school lunch box.

To make Corn, Carrot Mushroom Soup

Peel the corn

Cut the Enoki mushroom into small piece

Make the chicken broth and put the corn stalk to sweeten

Then add the rest

For green veggie, I always keep lettuce ready in the refrigerator, cut it small.

Voila!

Ready to serve.

Just make a heart shape and a smiley face on the rice with tomato sauce.

Josh love it.

P.S. My math menu combination for Josh

= Carbo +Protein +Vegetable

Birthday Cake Project - Angry Bird

From long time ago, I browse birthday cake picture and save it. I'm not okay in decorating the cake and I prefer to used simple ingredient (no fondant please), then finally I found a Lion birthday cake which suitable me and look very cute for lil Boy.

Just a week before, when I asked him about the cake, he told me that he want angry bird cake. Oh oo....

All blame to me, I let Josh follow the meet and greet angry bird show in mall near our area, there was a short game play, soccer area, and dance. Josh suddenly fall in love with angry bird.
I guess the angry bird era has passed but my son just fall in love with the bird.

Since this was count as the first time he express his desire for having a birthday cake with choosen character, I try to accomodate it.

Just one day before the birthday, I remember I save an angry bird fruit platter shown as bellow. Asked my sista to brought strawberry and she agree to help me baked the cake.

At the day, my sista and I baked a chocolate cake, used the old recipe here. As I didn't have extra large egg, I just add more egg, and somehow it turn out of expected even it was eatable.

The cream? Ooooh noo... I forgot to melt the sugar, so it's mess texture.

Instead making the lion birthday cake and angry bird fruit platter, we combine it into angry bird fruit cake.

Fruit Ingridient: Strawberry, Dried blueberry, Apple and Manggo (took in front of our house).

What you think?
Even the texture kinda out of expected, the taste turn out good and balance ^^.

What the most important, the Birthday boy happy and like to eat the cake.

I didn't know who the initiator of making this fruit platter, try to search it already. The credit is given to the initiator.

Experience the Culinary Torch - Salmon Avocado Roll for Lunch

We brought avocado back to Jakarta. And I was in the mood of trying to used the new stuff - culinary torch.

Then here the result salmon avocado roll. Find a difficult on refill the torch.

Anyway, will try it again next time.

Salmon baked with Spagetti

Another favorite meal. Salmon baked with Spagetti.

Salmon:

Put the Salmon on the top of lemon slice.

Sprinkle the salt and black pepper.

Covered with aluminium foil and ready to baked.

Spagetti:

We brought the Creamy white sauce and just mixed it.

Side:

A Broccoli with garlic or could add carrot.

Tralaa.... Josh say grace and finished the food by him self.

Potato Brownies

On the mood to make a snack for Josh.

As I just want a simple process with available ingredient, then I search for the Steamed Potato Brownies recipe.

It was a trial, and honestly I didn't expect lot, but the texture turn out really soft.

I took the original recipe here but I adjust it for example I skip the emulsifier and baking powder, reduce the sugar (as I want to eat with Ice cream) and suddenly think to divide it into two flavor.

Here my recipe:

A.

7 egg white

100gram sugar

B.

4 egg yolk

80gram margarin

100gram potato

80gram all purpose flour

25gram choco powder* 

around 10ml milk

*erhmm this kinda too much as I divide the mixture, so the choco turn out bitter, shall reduce it to 10gram.

Instead of using the baking powder, I prefer to maximized the white egg function. Batter in the different bowl.

For the Ingredient B, divide it into two and then put the choco powder and milk. 

Then mixed with white egg.

Grease the pan, and I steamed the first flavor for around 8 minutes and then put the choco mixture and steamed it again for around 15minutes or till it's done.

Since We ate with Coffee Ice cream and petit orange, it's balance the flavor (sweet and fresh, and the bitter flies).

P.S. There a lot of recipe out there, some using the coconut milk. Might try it next time.

Potato Dougnat

Last week after school Josh choose doughnat choco as his snack and he ate it all and didn't want to share with me.

Yup, Mama suddenly triggered to make a dougnat also.
Sometime before I heard about potato dougnat which soft in texture. I browse the recipe and tried to make it.

Here my first attempt.
The dougnat was not sweat so it's kinda balance if you top with chocholate or white sugar.
Eventough my mom like it and Josh eat alot but I'm still not satisfied with the recipe. Actually I mixed from two recipe (Indonesia web and food network), so I might need to try it again next time hehehe.