Happy Summer

Hi..everyone, how are you doing ? Happy Summer to you. I'm so sorry didn't upload a new picture or recipe lately. Summer is here, I've been busy take care of the little one every day for her's summer camp , been busy sewing some summer clothes for her, for me , preparing for a summer trip in 2 more weeks :) but the other reason is weather just great. So, I choose to spend a lot of time for outdoor activity. Mostly after put my kid at school bus , back to home to taking care of my little veggie garden.. oh well, get tan more and more i think :)

Anyway, just want to share Rujak recipe one of Indonesian dish, rujak is a traditional fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly find in Asian Country. So many type of rujak in Indonesia. This time I made Rujak Serut or Shredded Rujak, which is all the fruits must to shredded into a roughly grated consistency. This is typical dessert every time I throw party at home during summer time.

RUJAK SERUT

2 ripped mangoes, shredded
2 medium carrot, shredded carrots
2 medium cucumber , shredded
1 jicama , shredded

1 green apple, shredded

1/2 part of grape fruit, peel

300ml water
3 tbs Javanese-palm sugar (or Jagerry)
Pinch of shrimp paste (optional)
3 bird chilli (less if you can’t handle the hot spice )
Salt to taste

Direction :
Boil the water in a pot together with palm sugar sugar
Pound the chili, salt and shrimp paste with mortar, add into the boiling water stir well until all are blended and continue to boil for little while.
Let it cool to a completely room temperature . add in all the shredded fresh fruits. Refrigerated and serve chill

Happy Summer !!

Karedok - Sundanese Vegetables Salad

Karedok is one of kind raw vegetables salad from Indonesia *my country*, So famous and very easy to find in every vendor street. In our country mostly we eat this salad for lunch with rice and off course the famous homemade crackers ever, Kerupuk ... !!

Mostly I make this salad for my self , my husband can't eat bird chilli. So I always make a different kind of salad for him.

Ingredients :
100 gr bean sprouts
100 gr cabbage, thinly shredded
100 gr long beans (snake beans), cut into 1/4 inches

1 English cucumber cut into small cubes
bunch of lemon basil, just the leaves

1 - 2 carrot, cut julienne

Wash and cut all veggies and try to have the cut veggies in uniforms.


Parboil beansprout and long beans.


In large bowl, combine all the veggies and add the peanut sauce just before you are about to serve.


Peanut Sauces:


3 - 4 tbsp peanut butter
6 bird's eye chillies
3 cloves garlic, saute for 2 minutes
2 tsp zoriander powder (kencur)
1 tbsp fried shallot
3 tbsp palm sugar
1/2 tsp shrimp paste, saute 1 - 2 minutes
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
150 ml hot water


In food processor combine everything, pulse it into a thick sauce. The texture shouldn't be too smooth. Adjust the taste and serve.