Ontbijtkoek a.k.a Breakfast Cake

Ontbijtkoek is one of the popular old-fashioned cakes in Indonesia. This is one of the collonial Dutch's legacy in our country, same as croquette, poffertjes, oliebollen and some Dutch snack (by now, you can tell by judging from the name, right ?).My big family is actually familiar with this particular cake, eventhought my uncles & aunties call it 'kolomben', instead of ontbijtkoek. I have no

Sukriya India

Home is where the heart is.If someone asks me where my heart is, ohooo, it'll be hard to answer for now.We have been counting down hours to leave India: 20, 19, 18, 17, ... By today when this blog is being written, it'll be very soon, less than 24 hours! Happy and sad feelings are mixed in my heart, in my mind. Very happy to meet my big family, back to our own lovely house, enjoy my own private

Bala-bala a.k.a Mix Vegetables Fritter

Most of us must be familiar with fried fish or fried chicken. Both of them are popular fried meals in almost every country in the world. Fried rice and fried noodle are popular dishes in Asian countries. Frying is one of the easy cooking methods (bear in mind, I'm not talking about healthy or unhealthy cooking method here :P).In my beloved Indonesia, almost every type of food can be fried. Banana

[Click] Cookies

Both of my children, 6 and 9 years old, have a routine to drink three cups of milk everyday. Morning, late afternoon and night time just before they go to bed. During the milk time, they usually need a accompanion to their milk.Cookies, toast, brownies, or banana are choices that normally I prepare for them.The picture below, I took on one late afternoon just before these cookies were "executed"

[Masak Bareng Yuk!] Spicy Clay Pot Chicken

Back again to 'Masak Bareng Yuk!' event.I just realize that today is the last day for posting the entry. Puuuuffff... The theme that the host has chosen for this month is 'North Sulawesi Dish using Chicken as the Main Ingredient'. North Sulawesi is an Indonesian province that located on center-north part of the archipelago on the island of Sulawesi just to the south of the Philipines.The unique

Orange Yogurt Cake

My husband and I just came back from Matunga, one unique place in Mumbai that also called as mini Madras, when I decided to make this simple cake. It was late afternoon, and I thought it would be good to have afternoon snack to accompany our afternoon tea.I am so happy with the result; soft cake with fresh orange flavour. And...hey, it doesn't require to use the mixer! Just mix all ingredients,

Sweet & Pretty Cake a.k.a Cantik Manis

Sweet cake, as sweet and pretty as its name.This is one of the popular Indonesian traditional cakes, that easy to be found in markets, local bakery and even some famous bakery. The soft texture (like pudding) is produced by the main ingredient; a combination between mung bean (hunkwe) flour and coconut milk. I prefer to add some chopped jack fruits to give additional and special flavour to this