Kepiting Saus Padang (Chili Crab)

Di rumah yang doyan banget sama kepiting cuman saya. Si Papin, suka tapi gak suka suka amat *nah loh*. Jadinya suka males masak kepiting, karena nantinya yang makan saya aja. Ini karena udah gak tahan banget pengen makan kepiting saus padang, akhirnya saya nekad beli, bodo deh tuh saya abisin sendiri :D.

Bikinnya gak susah kok. Gak sesangar namanya yang bawa-bawa embel-embel saus padang, jadi kesannya ribet banget. Padahal bumbunya simpel banget.

Kepiting Saus Padang (Indonesian Style Chili Crab)

Ingredients :
1 kg crabs
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
4 ginger, thinly sliced
garlic, coarsely chopped
red onion, coarsely chopped
onion, coarsely chopped
chilies, sliced
ginger, coarsely chopped
3 tbs oyster sauce
2 tbs fish sauce
1 cup water
5 tbs tomato sauce
8 tbs chili sauce
1 Egg, beaten
1 tsp corn flour
salt, pepper and black pepper to taste



Directions :
1. Bring water to boil, add garlic, ginger and crabs. Cook for 30 minutes until the crabs turns red. Let it cool. Cut the crabs as you like. Set aside.
2. Heat cooking oil, saute garlic, onion, red onion and ginger until fragrant. Add the crabs.
3. Mix it with oyster sauce, fish sauce, sliced chilies, tomato sauce, 1/2 cup of water and chili sauce. Season with salt, pepper/black pepper.
4. Add beaten egg, mix thoroughly.
5. Mix 1/2 cup of water with 1 tsp of corn flour. Pour it to the cooked crab and let it stand for couple of minutes, then remove from heat.
6. Serve with warm rice.

Eggless Ontbijtkoek

As I promised you, this is the other recipe of Ontbijtkoek which doesn't use any eggs. No mixer is needed! You'll love the recipe :).



I made this cake as a cupcake so my kids could easily eat it. The texture of the cake was dense (pretty similar with muffin) but moist. It's because the usage of honey.

Eggless Ontbijtkoek
source : Eat Dutch

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients:
9 oz / 250 g self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
4 oz / 100 g brown sugar
4 oz / 100 g honey
6 fl oz / 175 ml milk



Directions :
Preheat the oven to 320 degrees F / 160 degrees C.

Mix the flour, salt and spices together in a bowl. Add the sugar, milk and honey and beat until smooth. Add a little more milk if the mixture is too thick.

Lightly grease an 8 in x 4 in / 20 cm x 10 cm bread tin and pour the cake mix into it.

Put on the floor of the oven and bake for an hour. The cake is done when a knife inserted into it comes out clean. If it comes out moist, cook for a further 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and turn out onto a cooling rack.

Serve warm from the oven on its own, or spread with butter. The cake’s delicate sweetness also makes it a great accompaniment to cheese.



If there’s any left over, wrap it in aluminium foil to keep moist.

SHF-Spice Up Your Life : Favourite Boiled Fruit Cake

I still remember very well when I was a kid, my grandma always made delicious fruit cake for Idul Fitri. But I never knew the recipe until now.

And a couple of weeks ago, my KBB friend, Lina, was asking the recipe of English Fruit Cake on the mailing list. Ine Sena recommended us the famous Rea's recipe. I was so curious and dared everybody in the klub to make this cake ;).

And ta raaaa I've made it.....Girls, you must try this recipe! Enjoy my fruit cake!! I love it. Thanks Rea. I just couldn't stop myself for a second bite ;). This one is as scrumptious as my grandma's.



As you know me, I'm Dita I'm a spice girl :D, so with a lil' reworked from me, I added some kind of spices (the original recipe doesn't use anykind of spices).

And it's been a long time since I participated on the last SHF event. Now, I'm going to bring this cake to Sugar High Friday - Spice Up Your Life hosted by Anita of Dessert First.

Favourite Boiled Fruit Cake
adapted from Kue Bali by Rea

Ingredients :
375g sultana, chopped
250g raisins, chopped
250g currant
75g mixed peel
75g glazed cherry, halved (dita - I couldn't find glazed cherry, so I skipped it)
75g dried pineapple, chopped
50g dried apricot, chopped
250g butter
200g dark brown sugar
125ml brandy (dita - I used pineapple juice, another juice will do. You can even use milk)
100ml water
6 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tbsp honey
2 tsp orange zest
1 tsp lemon zest
250g cake flour (dita - I use all purpose flour)
50g self-raising flour
½ tsp baking soda
(dita) 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
(dita) 1/2 tsp ground ginger
(dita) 1/4 tsp ground clove
(dita) 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
(dita) 1/4 cup cashew nuts for the topping



Directions:
Mix fruits, butter, brown sugar, brandy and water altogether in a large pan. Cook without boiling until sugar has dissolved. Stir frequently. Bring to boil in low heat (put the fire only bit above the minimum level) with closed lid for +/- 10 minutes. Remove from stove. Set aside and cool (dita - I let it cool overnight).

Grease and double lined a 20x20cm or Ø24cm cake tin including its all sides. Let about 5cm extra of parchment paper out from the tin level.
Add eggs, honey, lemon zest and orange zest to boiled fruit mixture, combine well. Add sifted dry ingredients. Pour in to the prepared cake tin. If you like, you could make ornaments using nuts and glazed cherry on top. Bake at 150°C for 2 ½ hours (dita - my cake only took 1 1/2 hour, depend on the pan that you use). Wrap cake with aluminium foil, let it cool.



Note : wrap around the pan with parchment paper or newspaper during baking.



Spice Up Your Life with these recipes!

Spices : LOOMI

Many Kuwaiti dishes (just like Chicken Mechbous which I made couple of months ago) call for loomi. Loomi is dried and blackened lime. Its flavor is strong and unique. Grated lime peel is suggested as a substitute for loomi but the taste will a bit different.

Loomi made from ripe limes which are boiled in salt water and sun-dried until their interior turns dark. This spice is often used to impart a distinct citrus odour and a sour tang to legumes and meat dishes.

In Iran powdered loomi is also used to flavour basmati rice. Also called leimoon Basra, leimoon aswad and leimoon omani. Dried limes can be used in powdered form or whole (usually pierced).