Acar Campur – Indonesian Pickles
This acar campur originates from a fantastic chapter called pickled dishes (acar) in Beb Vuyk’s Indonesian cookbook. This acar is...
Category: All dishes
I remake, translate, photograph and review authentic Indonesian recipes from the Dutch-Indonesian cookbook by Beb Vuyk (Groot Indonesisch Kookboek – 1973). This cookbook is packed with tasty, healthy and classic Indonesian dishes.
Wajik – Sticky rice Snack with Gula Jawa
This is wajik; a super-sweet sticky rice snack made with coconut milk and Javanese sugar (gula Jawa). Wajik is a...
Asian Wild Mushroom Soup
Grandma lives in the woods in the biggest nature reserve of the Netherlands: the Veluwe. It’s the best time of...
Omelet with Coconut
An omelet with grated coconut; this extremely simple omelet is delicious and crispy because of the crunchy coconut shavings. I...
Rudjak
Rudjak is a mix of vegetables and fruits with a sweet, savory and spicy sauce. Rudjak is delicious with Indonesian food....
Mackerel in Kecap Sauce
This Beb Vuyk recipe of roasted mackerel in kecap sauce appeals to me immediately because it reminds me of the...
Vegan Bapao
I’ve made many types of bapao already; savory and sweet, with meat or vegan, but never with my own tofu...
Kaber Kebertu (omelet)
Kaber Kebertu is a remarkable name for an omelet recipe in Beb Vuyk’s chapter “egg dishes”. Kaber Kebertu is a...
Wingko Babat – Sticky Rice Snack
This is wingko babat; a gluten-free rice snack from the north coast of Java, I learn online (here is nice...
Sambal Goang with Kencur
I adore to explore and test as many sambal recipes as I can. I have over 25 different Indonesian chili...
Lontong in Banana Leaf
Lontong is an Indonesian rice cake made -traditionally- in a banana leaf. I sometimes buy lontong rice in plastic bags,...
Sambal Korek
A sambal korek is an Indonesian raw chili salsa that is poured over with boiling hot oil. The tomatoes make...
Chicken Meatballs (Perkedel Ajam)
Chicken meatballs: crispy from the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. This perkedel ajam is not difficult to...
Pangsit dough
Pangsit is basically the Indonesian name for wonton or dumplings. I love pangsit. My uncle used to make them fried...
Mango Pie in Rice Cooker
An electric rice cooker is super convenient for making rice, but you can also bake a cake in it. Nice...
Indonesian Barbecue Recipes
It promises to be extraordinarily tropical this week; the temperature in the Netherlands rises to 40+ degrees Celsius. That never...
Gluten-free Coconut Custard Pie
You don’t have to bake a bottom for this coconut custard pie with rose flavor. It is also not necessary...
Indonesian Chili Salsa 25+ Recipes
More than 25 homemade Indonesian chili salsa recipes are on this blog now! I never buy Indonesian ‘sambal’ anymore in...
6 best Indonesian Summer Salads
Temperatures are rising in Holland and I always think about food with this kind of weather. It is better to eat...
Urapan with endive and watercress
Vegetarian friends love this urapan salad. It’s endive the Indonesian way; mixed with lettuce like watercress or lamb’s lettuce a...
