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Balinese Flavours

The difference between Balinese cuisine and other Indonesian cuisines is in the two basic spice pastes.Base megenep(base genep) and base wangenan.Prepared by pounding different herbs and spices on a flat mortar and mixing the together afterwards.both originally intended to mask and neutralise the trong flavours of pork,duck and goat meat also fish & seafood. Gradually,they become an integral part of Balinese cooking.The most typical ingredients are;shallots,ginger,pepper,garlic,candlenuts,galagal,lemongrass,chillies(rawit&lombok),shrimp paste,lime,tumeric,palm/coconut sugar,tamarind,coriander,nutmeg,cinnamon,cloves and salt. Another item particular to Balinese cuisine is the flavour of kecap manis, a sweet and syrupy soy sauce.



Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Pindang Siap

chicken with pindang sauce
1lt water
7 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
2 lemongrass
1 chicken
150g basa gede (see 'makin balinese spice' post)
salt
-Bring the water to the boil in a pan. Add the lime leaves and simmer gently until the water turn green.
-Trim the lemongrass, bruise the stalk and tie leaves together in a knot. cut the chicken into eight peaces
-Add the base gede,chicken pieces and lemongrass to the water and simmer for about 35 minutes until the chicken is cooked.
-Serve with rice. ♥

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