Deep Fried Mix Vegetables Fritter

Bakwan or Bala-Bala! This is kind of fried item, a light meal or snack. It’s probably known as vegetable fritter. The dominant ingredients uses for vegetable fritter are cabbage, carrots, leek, bean sprouts flour, eggs and seasoning. In Asian country, vegetable fritter is very popular food. In Japan they call it tempura. That’s a frying item. Wow!~

Ingredients:

• 200 gm long beans sprouts
• 1 carrots, peeled cut into julienne
• 3 leeks, thinly sliced
• 200 gm all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons rice flour
• Peres 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 / 3 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 egg
• 150 ml of water
• Vegetable oil for frying

How to make:

1. Combine flour, rice flour and all spices.
2. Pour a little water; stir the flour with using a whisk to mix.
3. Add the eggs, mix well. Finally add the vegetables. Let stand briefly (about 15 minutes).
4. Vegetable fritter mixture is ready for frying. Fried dough slightly as the tester, taste is a sense of seasoning is ok or not.

Serve as light meal during party or as main course accompaniment.

Vegetable “Bakwan Sayur” Fritters

Vegetable "Bakwan Sayur" Fritter is light food and very popular in Indonesia. Its can be eaten directly as snacks or as main course accompaniment. There are many kinds of Bakwan but the basic ingredient is slightly solid dough mixed with various vegetables, chicken, fish, shrimp, corn and others. Bakwan is usually eaten with peanut sauce or small green chili.


Ingredients:

• 1 ea. Carrots, julienne cut
• 1/4 Round white cabbage, shredded
• 250 gm beans sprout
• 1 ea. Eggs
• 200 g Flour
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 2 Tbs Chicken powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• A bit of water
• Cooking oil to fry

Cooking Methods:

1. First gather all the ingredients and cut according sizes and then mix all the vegetables into a medium mixing bowl. Knead the vegetables to be not rigid.
2. After that, add in the flour into mixture and stir it well as add water and stir to become slightly solid dough [enable to be scooped by spoon and make into thin medallions] .which previously adding in eggs and blend.
3. Form into 2.5 inches diameter after frying pan has been set in medium oil temperatures. The Bakwan Sayur or Vegetable Fritter should be golden in color when removing from frying.

Biscuit "NASTAR" Balls - Kue Nastar Bola

The word Nastar is abbreviation nenas and tart in Indonesian language which means pineapple and tart. This biscuit is similar with pineapple crumble with the main ingredient are flour, butter, cheese and eggs. The different is only in their shape. This biscuit is widely served during Hari Raya or Eid Mubarak in most of household, but it also can be found in local market during off season.

Ingredients:

• 100 gm Bread Flour
• 80 gm Butter or Margarine
• 2 Tbs Icing Sugar
• 20 gm Kraft Cheese, grated
• 2 ea. Egg Yolk
• 100 gm Pineapple Jam

Cooking Method:

1. Soften butter in room temperature. Combine Flour, sugar, soft butter and cheese in a medium mixing bowl.Using spatula, mix all mixture into crumble, add 1 ea. egg yolk and mix well.
2. Weight the dough 1/2 ounce each or as your desire and flatten and fill up with 1 tsp of pineapple jam, wrap and form into ball, oval, rectangle are other shape you like.
3. Arrange biscuits on a greasy baking pan and brush with egg yolk before baking.
4. Preheat oven at 160 degree, bake it for 15 to 20 minutes or until biscuit golden brown.
5. Remove from oven and cool in room temperature.

After cool keep in a jar or sealed container.

Chocolate Chips Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
225 gram butter, softened
90 gram granulated sugar


90 gram packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
225 gram chocolate chips

Directions/Cooking Methods:

• Preheat oven to 375° F.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
• Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Put dough into meduim ungreased baking dish/sauce dish, bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 24 each.