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...
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.
Green Chicken
This is Beb Vuyk’s recipe for green chicken, or ajam bumbu hidjau from Padang. The ‘green’ in the chicken is...
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...
Rosehip Soup
The rosehip bushes are now full of fruit. What a great spectacle and it makes me hungry too. I love...
Lotek
This is lotek; an Indonesian salad with a dressing of peanut sauce. The combination of the crunchy vegetables and the...
Pickled Pineapple
Sweet and sour pickled pineapple with chili peppers; that sounds so nice. I know a snack from Vietnam consists of...
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...
Dodol
Toko Lo is a delicious Dutch catering company owned by Lola van Ruler. She is a professional baker with Indonesian...
Colo-Colo sauce with eggplant and zucchini
A friend of ours with Moluccan roots always talks about colo-colo sauce. I learn online that there are all kinds...
Raw eggplant is not dangerous to eat
When I place a Beb salad with raw eggplant online, I get a lot of reactions that eating raw eggplant...
Sambal Goreng Udang Pete with Snow Peas
Earlier I made this sambal goreng udang pete, with coconut milk and soybeans. This time I omit the coconut and...
Pepesan – steamed fish parcels
Pepesan is a classic Indonesian recipe. Pepesan are fish packets filled with herbs and steamed in a rice steamer or...
Omelette with tofu (Wonosobo)
This is a delicious vegetarian recipe from Central Java (Wonosobo). This omelette with tofu has simple ingredients, but as so...
Sambal Goreng Hati (liver)
I love liver. That doesn’t apply to everyone, but this recipe for sambal goreng hati is truly ‘finger-licking’ delicious. The...
Sayur Ulih
Sayur dishes are Indonesian vegetable dishes. If you omit the shrimp paste (trassi) from this recipe, this sayur ulih is...
Sambal Goreng Leek
This sambal goreng leek is one of those basic recipes that you can make with any vegetable. It’s vegan too!...
Sambal goreng Tempeh
Tempeh are fermented soy bean blocks and easy to get at an Asian food store or at the vegan/vegetarian section...
Lontong ketan
There are many ways of preparing rice, such as this lontong with ketan (sticky rice). Beb has 14 recipes for...
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....
Korean Spare Ribs
Since our trip to Korea (2 years ago) I still reminisce about the delicious food we had there. The distinct...
