Nasi Kuning Komplit

 

 

Nasi Kuning with side dishes

Nasi Kuning usually eaten during special event.  The rice is cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, hence the name "nasi kuning" (yellow rice).  It is commonly served with variety of side dishes.  

• Perkedel Kentang - potato patties
• Kering Tempe - tempeh and peanut stir fried with sweet soy sauce and palm sugar
• Sambel Goreng Ati - cow's liver, french beans, carrot, potato and petai fried in sambal sauce
• Sambel Kacang - peanut sambal
• Kerupuk

Ayam Rica-Rica

 

Ayam Rica-Rica : spicy chiken

Rica-rica is one of Manado's signature dishes and can use variety of proteins such as chicken, pork and fish.

Semur Bola Daging & Oseng Jamur

Our menu of the day.  From left to right :  

Tumis brokoli - broccoli stir fry

Semur Bola Daging - meatball stew

Oseng Jamur - mushroom stir fry with chili

 

Opor Ayam

Opor Ayam : chicken cooked in coconut milk

Pastel Goreng

One of my favourite snack.  Pastel Goreng is fried flour dumpling filled with vegetables and meat (like Singapore's Curry Puff).  Most common fillings are minced chicken/beef, carrot, potato, glass noodle, sliced boiled egg.

Our version above filled with minced chicken, potato and carrot.

Nasi Tim Ayam

 

Nasi tim is a Chinese Indonesian steamed chicken rice.  The ingredients are chicken and mushroom seasoned in soy sauce and garlic, and later those ingredients were put in the bottom of the tin bowl.  The tin bowl with chicken in it later were filled with rice and steamed until cooked. The dish usually served with light chicken brooth soup with chopped leeks.

This is the comfort food of Chinese Indonesian culture.  I couldn't agree more - whenever I have no appetite to eat, nasi tim always works for me.  The soft texture of rice and boneless chicken make this dish suitable for baby or sick and recovering people.

 

Paket Cumi + Sayur Asem

From left to right :

Cumi Cabe Ijo - salty squid with green chili

Sambal

Nasi Putih - steamed white rice

Sayur Asem - clear soup with assorted vegetables and tamarind

Tempe Goreng - fried tempeh

This is the common type of set menu you can find in any Sundanese restaurant. Of course each element can vary differently but basically you get rice, protein, vegetable, side dish, and (most importantly) sambal.

The anatomy of Sundanese set menu (and example) :

• Rice - plain white rice or nasi timbel (steamed white rice wrapped in banana leaf)
• Main dish (protein source) - most common are Ayam Goreng (fried chicken) or Empal (fried shredded beef)
• Vegetable - Sayur Asem and Lalap (raw/steamed veggie)
  
• Side Dish - Tempe & Tahu Goreng (fried tempeh and tofu)
• Sambal

Manado Inspired : Ayam Masak Manado, Tumis Bunga Pepaya & Perkedel Jagung

Ayam Masak Manado : grilled chicken cooked with vegetable and chili.
The uniqueness of this dish is the use of daun leilem (leilem leaf) which originated from Minahasa. Outside Minahasa, it's difficult to get the leaf (we purposely planted the leilem tree at home so we can use the leaves for cooking).  Melinjo leaf can be used as substitute.

This is inspired by Manado's dish, Ayam Isi Dibuluh.  The original recipe requires the chicken to be cooked inside a bamboo, thus the name ("buluh" means bamboo).

Tumis Bunga Pepaya : papaya flower stir-fry
This is also not the authentic Manado version.  We use the salty anchovy to cut the bitter taste of papaya flower.

Bakwan Jagung - corn fritters

 

Rendang and Gulai Daun Singkong

 

Rendang

Rendang is a dish which originated from the Minangkabau ethnic group of Indonesia. It is made from beef (or occasionally beef liver, chicken, duck, or vegetables like jackfruit or cassava) slowly cooked in coconut milk, spices for several hours until almost all the liquid is gone, allowing the meat to absorb the spicy condiments.
 

Gulai Daun Singkong

Gulai is Indonesian curry soup characterised with yellow colour from turmeric and coconut milk.  It can be made with meat or vegetable.  Above photo is gulai made with cassava leaves.

You can find above two dishes in any Padang Restaurant.