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.

All dishes / Rice

Fried rice with bacon and soybeans

This is my simple version of a nasi goreng (fried rice). I make my fried rice with bacon and soybeans....

All dishes / Sweet dishes / Vegetarian/Vegan

Kue lapis cupcakes

Great! By popular demand, here is my recipe for kue lapis cupcakes. Kue lapis is a steam cake made of...

All dishes / Easter

5 Best Asian Easter Recipes

I’ve selected 5 easy Asian Easter recipes I love to make during spring. Eggs are of course a favorite ingredient....

All dishes / Sweet dishes

Banana Cake – Kue Pisang

I love cakes that are super easy to make and are gorgeous in flavor. I make cake a lot in...

All dishes / Easter / Meat dishes / Sayur and Soup

Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

This soto ayam is fresh, salty and with that typical smell like in grandma’s kitchen. Truly delicious. In the video I’ve...

All dishes / Other recipes and food hacks / Sweet dishes

Rosette Cookies Indonesian Style (glutenfree)

Aren’t they cool ?! These are rosette cookies, or waffle cookies, or in Indonesian: Kembang Goyang. Which means something like...

All dishes / Meat dishes / Sayur and Soup

Soto Kedu

It feels like spring today in the Netherlands: the sun is warm, but the occasional cumulus clouds cools the air...

All dishes / Indonesian salads and other vegetables / Meat dishes

Orak Arik – Vegetables with minced Meat

Orak Arik is a quick dish with vegetables, egg and minced meat. Add rice or potatoes as a side dish...

All dishes / Other recipes and food hacks / Tofu and tempeh dishes / Vegetarian/Vegan

Vegan Tofu Shiitake Springrolls

These are tofu shiitake spring rolls. Usually spring rolls (lumpia) are filled with meat and vegetables, but today I make...

All dishes / Indonesian salads and other vegetables / Other recipes and food hacks

Stir-fry Spicy Kale – Sambal Goreng Tumis Kale

I think kale Indonesian style is the best solution for this cabbage. I am not fond of Dutch stamppot, except...

All dishes / Chicken and Duck dishes

Devilish chicken

The days are already much shorter and next week the temperatures in the Netherlands will drop. Time for a devilish...

All dishes / Rice / Vegetarian/Vegan

Lontong sticky rice in bananaleaf

Making Lontong ketan yourself, not in a bag but in banana leaf, is not difficult at all. This recipe for...

All dishes / Chicken and Duck dishes

Green Chicken

This is Beb Vuyk’s recipe for green chicken, or ajam bumbu hidjau from Padang. The ‘green’ in the chicken is...

All dishes / Egg dishes / Vegetarian/Vegan

Omelet with grated potatoes

This vegetarian omelet with grated potatoes is wonderfully airy and crunchy. I’m using sweet potato today. I use 1 egg...

All dishes / Other recipes and food hacks / Sayur and Soup / Sweet dishes

Rosehip Soup

The rosehip bushes are now full of fruit. What a great spectacle and it makes me hungry too. I love...

All dishes / BBQ / Indonesian salads and other vegetables / Vegetarian/Vegan

Lotek

This is lotek; an Indonesian salad with a dressing of peanut sauce. The combination of the crunchy vegetables and the...

All dishes / Vegetarian/Vegan

Pickled Pineapple

Sweet and sour pickled pineapple with chili peppers; that sounds so nice. I know a snack from Vietnam consists of...

All dishes / Chicken and Duck dishes / Meat dishes

Ajam Pangeh -Chicken in Coconut sauce

This is Ajam Pangeh: chicken in coconut sauce from Bantam, a province in West Java. The dish sounds delicious to...