Just Another Thing

Tekwan is one of Indonesian traditional food. It is originally from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Besides Pempek, there is Tekwan that we can meet or order at the Palembang food stall.  Tekwan is made from tapioca and fish that shaped round like meatball, we call it fish meatball. It is served with vermicelli, jicama, mushroom, fried onion, green onion, celery and shrimp broth. Tekwan is one of indonesian favorite food. Everyone can eat it because of the taste fits for everyone's taste. The history said that this food is an acculturation culinary between Tionghoa (Chinese People) and Palembang culture. At that time, Tionghoa stayed in Palembang and introduced that food to Palembang people. Then that food was adopted by Palembang people. They changed the taste to be local flavor. The name of Tekwan comes from "bekotek samo kawan", which means "talk to friends", and shortened to be "tekwan". But some people say that Tekwan comes from English, Take

Here is another Indonesian food or snack is made from cassava, it's called Misro. Misro is short for aMis dijeRo. Amis dijero is Sundanese language, which means sweet inside. This snack originally is from Bandung, West Java.  The shape of this food is round and flat. The texture is tender and a bit chewy. The taste is tasty and sweet. Since this food is traditional food or snack, so we only can find it in certain fried food seller on the street.  Yet, when we want to eat this food everyday or whenever we want to, it is very easy to make. The ingredients we need are: Cassava Coconut Palm sugar Salt Cooking Oil How to make: Grate the cassava and coconut. Mix them and add it salt. Mix them altogether. Slice the palm sugar. Take the dough (number 2), flatten it and fill it with palm sugar, cover it with another dough on top. Round it up and flatten it.  Fry it with medium heat until the color of Misro is brownish. Misro is ready to serve.

In some western countries have salad, in Indonesia has Asinan. There are two kinds of Asinan; Asinan Buah or Fruit Asinan and Asinan Sayur or Vegetable Asinan. But Asinan that I want to tell you is Asinan Sayur. Just like salad, the main ingredients of Asinan Sayur is vegetables. The thing that make it a bit different is the dressing or the sauce.  The word Asinan comes from asin, which means salty. It relates to how this food made. According to the history about the dish is the process of making it through salting the vegetables with salt or pickling one the vegetables with vinegar.  It is very easy to make Asinan Sayur. We only need some vegetables, such as: cucumber, carrot, bean sprouts, cabbage, and lettuce. And for the complementary we need fried peanut, tofu, yellow noodle, and kerupuk (Indonesian traditional chip). For the sauce we need peanut, palm sugar, tamarind, salt, chili, and water.

Kue Klepon is one of Indonesian traditional food that made from sticky rice flour. But some people make this food using sweet potato as the main ingredient.  Kue Klepon has a round shape, the color is light green, and the taste is sweet and tasty because there are palm sugar inside and grated coconut outside. Once you eat and bite it, don't open your mouth when Klepon is inside your mouth. Because the palm sugar will melt in your mouth shortly.  Kue Klepon has already been around Indonesia in 1950s and is still around until now. We can find it on traditional market or the street in the night.  To make Kue Klepon is very easy. It's not hard to find the ingredients for making it. We only need: Sticky rice flour Palm sugar Grated coconut Pandan leave or Pandan pasta Salt Or we can make it using the other ingredient. Just change the sticky rice flour to sweet potato and add some tapioca. By using sweet potato, the texture more tender and softer than using sticky rice flour. But don

Kue Cucur or Cucur cake is one of Indonesian traditional foods that can be found throughout traditional marketplaces in Indonesia. However the popular version is from Betawi, Jakarta. The main ingredients of this food are rice flour and palm sugar. The shape of this food is round, it's thick in the middle and thin at the edges. It tastes sweet and delicious. Kue Cucur was a famous food in Jakarta and surroundings areas, including my city, Bekasi, West Java. I used to eat this for my breakfast almost every day and be of one my favorite traditional food. I bought it from cake seller who sells the the traditional cakes walks around my place. A long time ago we still can find Kue Cucur easily. Nowadays, we just can find it in a certain traditional market. But since I know how to make it, I can eat this food whenever I want. It's easy to make but a bit tricky.  Here is the video how to make Kue Cucur