Beef Rib Soup (Sup Iga Spesial)

1000 g beef ribs
200 g grated coconut, brown roasted
3 litres water
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp salt

1 stalk lemon grass
2 cm cinnamon
6 tomatoes diced
3 tbsp roughly chopped spring onion
2 kaffir lime leaves
1 pandanus leaf
15 sweet basil

Spices :

1 tbsp sliced red chili
5 tbsp sliced shallots
2 tsp sliced turmeric
4 tbsp sliced garlic
1 tsp sliced ginger
6 candlenuts
1 1/2 tbsp galangal
Pinch of cumin
1 tbsp coriander
1/2 tsp nutmeg powder

Put the beef ribs and water in a pan and bring to boil over medium heat until the beef tender and the stock remains 1000 ml, set aside.

Pound the roasted coconut until smooth an oily, set aside.

Blend all spices into a paste. In a wok, put oil and saute the paste over medium heat. Add salt, cinnamon, lemon grass, and tomatoes.

Add the coconut, mix well. Add this mixture to the beef rib stock, bring to boil over medium heat.

Before removing from heat, add spring onion, kaffir lime leaves, sweet basil, and pandanus leaf, continue boiling until done.

Transfer into a serving bowl and serve.

Chicken Grilled In Turmeric Spice (Ayam Bakar Bumbu Kuning)

1 whole chicken, cut up into 4-8 pieces
500 cc thick coconut milk
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 cloves
2 cardamom, bruised

1 Tbsp. tamarind juice
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Spices :

3 cloves garlic
8 small shallots
5 candlenuts, dryly fried
3 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. aniseeds
½ tsp. cumin seeds
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tbsp. galangal
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tbsp. salt

Stir fry the spice paste over medium heat with 3 Tbs. vegetable oil for a minute or two and then add the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, cloves and cardamom until fragrant.

Add the chicken pieces and stir well until the chicken is half done.

Pour in the coconut milk and tamarind juice.

Cook it until the chicken is almost done and the sauce is thickened, remove.

On a barbeque grill or in an oven over moderate heat, grill the chicken until done while brushing it with the spices.

Avocado Drink (Jus Alpukat)

2 avocados
5 tablespoons water
1/2 cup cold milk
1 cup chocolate milk
1/2 cup crushed ice
Sugar to taste

Make simple syrup by combining sugar and water in small saucepan over medium-high heat.
Stir until clear.
Remove from heat and let cool.

Spoon out avocado pulp and place in blender.
Add syrup and blend.
Add cold milk and blend.
Divide between 2 tall glasses.

Top each serving with 1/2 cup chocolate milk (to form separate layer) and crushed ice.

Indonesian Style Pancakes with Apple (Serabi Apel)

150 gram flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
200 ml coconut milk, light
100 ml water

Sauce

250 ml coconut milk, light
50 g coconut sugar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 pandan leaf
2 bananas, peeled and sliced

or

2 apples, sliced

Mix the coconut milk, water, salt and egg together.

Add the sifted flour and baking powder and mix through the wet ingredients. Set aside while you make the sauce.

Place all the ingredients except the fruit into a pan and heat until the palm sugar is melted. Add the sliced fruit and cook for about 5 minutes.

Heat a fry pan and spray with oil. Traditionally serabi is made small, about 2 tbsp of batter per cake but you can make them larger. Cook like a pancake but on LOW HEAT and cook on 1 side only, do not turn the cake.

The top should be covered in little holes.

Remove from heat. To serve spoon some sauce into a shallow bowl and then place the serabi on top so they float.