Last weekend I found and bought a bunch of Genjer (Limnocharis Flava), a tropical vegetable, in Carrefour Supermarket. Genjer is an Indonesian local name for a tropical vegetable which grow a lot on a silty soil. You probably feel a bit difficult to find it on local markets nowadays. It always remind me of one of my mother’s traditional cooking. I tried to spice it up as what is always in my imagination. And it finally tasted as what I want, savory, crunchy & sweet that you never got from the other vegetables.

Ingredients
a bunch of Genjer, cut the young stalk into 5cm length and discard the lower hard stalk
10 medium prawns, skin-off
1 shallots, sliced
3 garlic cloves, sliced
1 red chilli, sliced
1 salam/bay leaf
2 cm length of fresh lengkuas/galangal
1/2 tbsp yellow bean sauce
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp sweet soy sauce
a pinch of sugar
3 tbsp vegetable oil

Method
1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large heavy pan and fry the shallots, garlic, chilli, salam leaf, lengkuas and stir-fry for 2 minutes or soft.
2. Add the prawns and stir well until the prawns are colored.
3. Season with the salt, sweet soy sauce, sugar & yellow bean sauce.
4. Stir in the Genjer into the pan and continue to stir fry for about 2 minute or until a bit watery. Do not cook to long, otherwise the Genjer will be overcooked.Best served with warm white-rice.

2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp castor sugar
150 gr flour
100-150 cc milk
3 tbsp butter(melted)
50 gr cheddar cheese (optional)
any jams or fresh fruits (optional)

Beat the eggs until solved. Mix flour, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl. Make hole in this mixture and put in the eggs batter. Mix it slowly until getting smooth & thick batter. Put in the melted butter and any optional ingredients (cheese or raisins).

Heat a flat pan with a bit butter or oil on it. Pour in three tablespoon of the batter or more if you want bigger size of pancake. Cook it until golden brown on both sides. Serve warm with your favourit (butter, jams, fresh fruits, cream or ice cream)

*serve for 2 people

Ternyata bumbunya ga susah en bisa kok mirip rasa dan aromanya…cuma perlu latihan nih kya nya. Resep untuk dagingnya sperti di bawah ini:

Ingredients

Chicken/Lamb/Beef : the winner is Lamb!

* 1 tablespoon ground cumin (jinten)
* 1 tablespoon ground coriander (ketumbar)
* 1 tablespoon garlic powder (bw.putih)
* 1/2 tablespoon paprika (paprika)
* 1 teaspoon turmeric powder (kunyit)
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (cengkih)
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (berhubung susah diganti pake cabe giling)
* 1 teaspoon ground ginger (jahe)
* 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (lada hitam)
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (kayu manis)

Directions

* If you have whole spices and the time, dry roast the cumin and coriander seeds in a frying pan for several minutes, let them cool and grind as fine as possible
* Mix all the spices and the ground/sliced beef, lamb or chicken, add 1 tablespoon oil and lemon juice, add salt to taste, mix and leave for a few hours or overnight.

* If you like add some chopped onion, crushed garlic, chopped chili pepper and a chopped sweet pepper to the meat mix.

* Fry or grill this until done.

* Serve in a wrap or pita bread with a mayonnaise sauce/Tzatziki/Chilli sauce, iceberg sla and cucumber if you like.

(optional)

Mayonnaise sauce:
Mixed mayonnaise, plain yoghurt, parsley, finely chopped garlic.

Chili sauce:
Mixed chopped tomatoes, red pepper powder, tomato sauce, a bit of lemon/lime squash, if you like add chopped basil leaves.