fresh from the stove

Today's dinner menu was Japanese Hamburger Steak with rice... and of couse I cook it just like I want. (I made a hambaagaa rice last July, yet it's different!)

This menu required me to make four dishes before served it as one. It took a while to cook because I only have an electric stove and a teflon pan.

Rice
I used medium small grained rice for this menu. The rice was brought by my dad when he came to Bali recently. It is an organic rice harvested from my dad's friend's backyard in Central Java. It's growth for personal consumption only and not for sale.

Hamburger Patty
This patty was made overnight premade). I made it with (approx) 100g lean ground beef, 1 medium size shiitake and some onion leaves chopped finely, 2 tbsp of cornstrach, 1 tsp of soy sauce, salt (to taste), and freshly ground blackpepper. The whole things were mixed and shaped into balls then pressed with my hands. It's about 1cm thick. I pan seared it with olive oil until it got really done (dark brown). As I put cornstrach in it, it will be tender no matter how long it being cooked (corn strach can be substituted with all purpose flour or bread crumbs).

Sauteed Vegetables
I'm running of vegetables and need to stock more of it tomorrow. So, I just take whatever left on my fridge. The sauteed vegetables side made of chopped baby long bean (abt 3 cm) and about 5 mm chopped onion leaves, celery stick, shiitake mushroom, and garlic. All of the ingredients were sauteed in teflon with a tsp of olive oil, in high heat. I added about a tsp of oyster sauce, soysauce, and freshly grounded blackpepper. Mixed it thoroughly and set aside.

 Hambaaga Sauce/Gravy
Onion is the main ingredients of this part. Finely chopped onion (both red and white) was sauteed with olive oil. I waited it until it got brown (caramelized). After that, I added some finely chopped garlic and shiitake mushroom and mixed it. Next, I put about 1 tbsp of corn starch and let the corn starch cooked. Longan honey, oyster sauce, and soy sauce were poured into the pan and mixed with the other ingredients. Finally I added some water and freshly grounded blackpepper. I stirred the ingredients and made sure no corn starch was mixed well and let it simmer. I poured the sauce all over the other sides and the Hambaagaa rice is ready to be enjoyed. 

Since I like it hot, I sprinkled some gochugaru (chili powder) on my set. Oishii!

sprinkled chili powder over the hambaagaa rice

Setelah pulang kerja kemarin, Ai Tjen ngajakin aku bikin something di dapur lagi. Last week was the delicious home made pizza.... And yesterday.... bikin roti~~~~~~~~~ nyam!

Lain dengan minggu lalu yang aku ikut mengayak tepung, dll... Kemarin aku benar2 seperti bermain. I was just shape, fill, re-shape, and then put it on the tray... I don't even put it in the oven on my own, Tante Tjen did all the other things by herself!
Oh, btw, i did 1 more thing... I did grate the kraft cheddar and mix it with 3,5 tea spoonful of condensed milk.... :D

Filling rotinya bermacam-macam. Ada keju, keju susu, pisang, pisang keju, pisang keju susu, ham, ham keju, sosis, sosis keju, salami, salami keju, dan ada 1 khusus punyaku yg isinya ham+keju susu. Aneh y? keju susu kok dicampur ham... Biarin, yg penting ane doyan. Tapi kok sekarang ga bisa nemu tuh roti dimana y... Jangan2 udah dimakan ma yg laen? o.O

Ini beberapa roti yg aku bentuk sendiri sebelum di-glaze... Punyaku ukurannya mini.. *unyil*
Memang sengaja aku hanya memakai 20 s/d 30gr saja.


Setelah dipanggang selama kurang lebih 12 menit... voila!


Coba bandingkan dengan punya Tante Tjen yg bentuknya lebih besar (60gr adonan) dan rapi.

eh, ada yg udah dicuil separo tuh rotiny.. huehehehe....

soal rasa jangan ditanya... Uenak pol! Maknyuuuuuus dah...
Resepnya pake resep kuno, susunya... susu sapi murni, dan tanpa bahan pengawet. Rotinya coklat keemasan karena di-glaze dengan kuning telur.

Thanks, tante.....
Next time aku diajakin bikin2 yg lain y.. :)

I have a low blood pressure, very low,, dan kadang-kadang denyut nadiku tidak terdeteksi (kata si chiyo sih denyutnya lemah.) Alhasil, seringkali aku merasa pusing atau mengantuk. Beberapa dokter yang pernah memeriksaku mengatakan supaya menjaga asupan makanan dan tidur teratur (kuakui makan dan tidurku itu tidak teratur.)

Ngomong-ngomong soal tidur, i just heard a shocking news from my dad. Salah satu OB kantor ayahku tidak bisa tidur dengan layak. Dia tidur di sebidang tanah (anda membaca dengan benar, sebidang tanah! bukan lantai yang sudah berkeramik atau diplester,) berukuran kira2 100 x 60 cm (kakinya aja ga bisa selonjor... duh!) yang hanya dialasi oleh selembar plastik. Menurut saya, ini benar-benar tidak manusiawi. Bukan maksud mengejek atau apapun, tetapi... anjing peliharaan saya tidur jauh lebih layak dari OB kantor ini.

Kok bisa, OB ini sudah kerja di kantor cukup lama tapi kami baru tahu beberapa menit y/l? Ini karena bapak OB yang satu ini sakit terus-menerus dan nggak sembuh-sembuh. Makanya ayah saya dan beberapa karyawan kantor pergi menengok bapak ini. Kalau memang harus di-rumah-sakit-kan ya di-rumah-sakit-kan saja. Si bapak sempat bilang ke ayah saya "ngenteni kenthong titir wae." (: tunggu mati saja) Ayah saya menanggapi "Ojo ngomong ngono, ora apik. Nek meh mati tak'rabi'ke sek." (:jangan begitu, kalau mau mati tunggu saya nikahkan dahulu.)
(note: OB ini memang sudah berumur tetapi belum menikah)

Akhirnya, diantar oleh salah satu karyawan kantor, OB ini diantar ke dokter. Ayah saya memberikah sejumlah uang. Kalau kurang nanti minta ganti di kantor, kalau lebih.. yo wes. Untuk rumahnya yang juga kamarnya yang mungil itu, kalau tidak salah tadi ayah saya sempat mengatakan akan dirombak dan direnovasi supaya layak untuk ditinggali.

Semoga lekas sembuh, Pak...

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This story is so sad for me. How come a person can't sleep properly. Imagine you sleep everyday in a small place, on the ground, on a sheet of plastic as your bed. You could not even stretched your leg forward in supine position, you could only crouch i supposed. No wonder he's so sick...

Moral: be grateful on what I have, esp. on my cozy soft bed in my air-conditioned bedroom.

Duck and Mushroom Rice
ingridients:
olive oil, onion, duck leg (cut into pieces), carrot, celery, garlic, mushroom (white mushroom and portobello), rice (white long-grain), chicken stock, water, pepper, black pepper, chicken bouillon.
tools: a cutting board, a knife, a skillet, and a spatula

nyum~

Today's creation with Mpok..
Chili Tuna Fusili

Ingredients:
Tuna in Chili Oil - 1 can (we use Ayam Brand's)
Onion - 50gr, sliced
Celery - 1 stick, cut 1cm long
White Mushroom (Button Mushroom) - 2pc, sliced
Portobello Mushroom - 2pc, sliced
Gouda cheese - 50gr, diced
fusili (or rotini) - 250gr
olive oil - 2 tbsp
salt - 1 tsp
chicken bouillon - to taste
black pepper - to taste

So, we cooked the pasta first into the boiled water with olive oil and salt. In the skillet, we cooked the tuna altogether with onion, mushrooms, and celery. We added some water and chicken bouillon.
Meanwhile, we dried the cooked pasta then put it in the skillet immediately. We don't want to eat a mushy pasta, so we make sure the pasta is not boiled too long.
After, we added the gouda cheese, chicken bouillion, and black pepper. We stirred it until it all mixed together, taste it. Then we served it (to be eaten by ourself.. lol).

here's the picture.
the chili tuna fusili in the skillet...

in my plate.. :D

it's yummy~

we couldn;t finish the whole thing. lol
some of it sit in the refrigerator now. I'll reheat then it eat tomorrow. (: (maybe for breakfast? if i could get up in the morning.. hahaha)

I was starved and really need to feed. I run to the kitchen and found there is rice in the rice cooker. Sweet! My flatmate cook for me too... Then, I open my refrigerator.. not much there, but i have kimchi, dried shrimp (the tiny one), and pork sausages... Ok, that's all enough to cook a portion (my portion) of kimchi fried rice. So I chopped a bit of garlic and onion, sauteed in medium heat it with the diced sausages and dried shrimp, add the rice, stirred it, add the kimchi and chicken bouillon, stirred it again... Voila.. the fried rice kimchi is ready.. :)

i<3kimchi.. :D

In the middle of reading Parodi by Samuel Mulia, I got an IM from Mpok... It popped up in my screen and roughly said "We still have a chunk of pork, what we gonna do with it? Stewed it with sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)?"
Hmm... I think that's gonna be nice since i haven't eat Babi Kecap (stewed pork with sweet soy sauce) for a year.
But by the time the pork ready to cook, we changed our mind. Since we have packages of instant seasoning that really really ready to use, we just pick rendang (Indonesian chili and coconut sauce) to compliment the pork. Also, we add shiitake mushroom inside the pan (so the mushroom wouldn't sit too long in the fridge, waiting to be cooked).
After about 3/4hr, the pork rendang is ready to eat... :)

About the rice, it's 3.xx yuan per 500gr (bought at Carefour). It's the best deal we could find as we like the long-grain white rice (and it's Thai, since we can't find Indonesian one). But, I'll check again.. not so sure about it. Maybe there are cheaper Thai long-grain white rice. Who knows...

Last Night

Dinner
As I called my fellow Indonesian friends, and found out that they already have dinner, I planned to take a long steamy hot shower and eat my dinner later on. After I washed some clothes (undies and socks) and took the long steamy hot shower, i felt kinda lazy to go out. So, the plan of "going out" and "take-away dish" was aborted... :D and i just ate a cup of instant noodle (90g) and a orion choco-marshmallow pie.. :D

Roommate
As time goes by, I get closer with my roommate. She's a kind girl. I think I'm pretty lucky to have her as a roommate. I gotta knw that she is allergic to pets (dogs, cat). She has a sis (18), and her sis often calls her just asking when she'll b back to korea. Also, her bf calls everyday! or.. everynight? XD yea.. anything.. her mom too.. I think she's showered w/ love n attention.. that's great, but also not that good in the other hand, coz she'd feel kinda homesick.... >.<>

Vera Caroline
wrote at 4:26pm - yesterday

chi...py kbre? kangen aq!!! haahahahaha...how's everything

Me:
wrote at 2:03pm - today

hey... aq makan ndirian td.. XDD
diajakin mkn d resto korea, tp aq ms kelas...
yasu.. aq blg cr makan dewe.. abis itu ad temen ank2 indo jg ngajakin makan d resto korea yg sama... yah.. males lha aq ksana.. XD aq slm d shanghai ini dah 2x makan dsn.. y ms banyak t4 yg blm kujamah.. jd i decide to go by myself.. abis klo gantungin ma org laen trz kpn aq
makan yg aq pengen? XDDD
it's very cold here... nasty...angin'e jahat... T.T
kmu pa kabar??topi ijo x seems cute... :D
kpn k SH? let's go shopping!!!!!

again... it's in indonesian... hahaha... yea... i'm too lazy too translate it.. lol

And after that....I planned to have dinner w/ my roommate, but it failed bcoz i have to go for visiting the fa su class (chinese paintings and caligraphy).. I gotta tell my roommate soon, or else.. it's gonna be bad... lol

xoxo,
me~~