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 / Sambals (Indonesian chili salsa) / Vegetarian/Vegan

Vegan Sambal Peteh

This is my vegan sambal peteh. This is sambal with petai beans. This time no Beb Vuyk recipe, but one...

All dishes / Pickled dishes (Acar) / Vegetarian/Vegan

Pickled green beans | Acar buncis

You probably know acar from a jar you can buy at the supermarket (also great by the way) or the...

All dishes / Noodles and other Chinese dishes / Other recipes and food hacks / Vegetarian/Vegan

Vegan Bapao

I’ve made many types of bapao already; savory and sweet, with meat or vegan, but never with my own tofu...

All dishes / Christmas recipes / Meat dishes

Magadip – Lamb in Christmas Sauce

This recipe definitely breaths Christmas. This is called magadip (and has nothing to do with Donald Trump). Magadip is beef, goat...

All dishes / Sayur and Soup

Sayur Oblok Oblok

The name alone is fun already. This sayur oblok oblok is a vegetable soup with tempeh and my favorite: petai beans....

All dishes / Sambals (Indonesian chili salsa)

Sambel inspired by restaurant Harum Manis JKT

They serve an amazingly tasty and spicy sambel at restaurant Harum Manis in Jakarta. It was a mix of red...

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...