Lumpia Pisang & Pare

Nah loh, jangan salah sangka dengan judulnya ya. Kirain lumpia isinya pisang campur pare hihihihi... kek gimana tu rasanya. Nggak kok, lumpianya isi pisang doang. Pare-nya ya pare doang bukan di-lumpia-in.

Kali ini daku ngabisin libur akhir taun di rumah doang gak spt taun2 sebelumnya yg uda pasti aku ber-backpaking di akhir tahun *sigh*. Sebenernya uda direncanain backpacking lagih, uda survey bbrp lokasi buat target berdua2an ama yayang. Tapi begitulah... rencana uda mateng banget, keputusan finalnya teteup bukan kuasa kita. Ya wis enjoy aja melupakan liburan sambil cari2 kegiatan. Aku nyempetin ngurus pajak tahunan kendaraan ama bikin NPWP *jiper kena fiskal 3x lipat kalu gak punya NPWP hihihi...*, silaturrahim nyambut kedatangan kk pulang haji, jalan2 ke museum Sampoerna *aseli ini salah satu tempat hangout favorit yg gak perna bikin aku bosen* dan buddhist temple di Kenjeran *keyen, thai style*. Sisanya... bengong nganggur di rumah nonton pelem sampe bosen hiahahahahaha...

Loh critanya makin ngga nyambung ama judulnya yak. Okeh okeh... begini, di sela2 nonton pelem, uda diniatin ngga masak krn niat sehari itu makan raw food. Isengnya kumat, pengen jajalin makan pare mentah *yaiks*. Iris2 pare, gigit dikit & kunyah penuh penghayatan untuk coba melawan pahitnya. Lohhhh... ternyata malah gak gitu pait, jauh lebih ngga pait daripada digaremin sampe layu duluan. Buruan ambil nasi anget, makan pare mentah sambil ditaburin sejumput sea salt *baca: garem krosok* dikit biar gak hambar ama 2-3 colek sambel. Ohhh sedaaapppp sampe nambah2. Rasanya pengen pasang spanduk di depan rumah untuk ngumumin kalo aku berani makan pare mentah huahahahaha.... gimana nggak, lha ternyata dimakan mentah malah ngga pait je...


Trus sorenya, ujan2 adem bikin naga2 di perut berontak keras nggak mau dikasi makanan mentah lagih. Si yayang sih aman, aku kemarennya bikin rawon sepanci as per request khusus buat blio hari itu. Tengok2 kulkas ada bbrp lembar kulit lumpia, sisa ganache dan bbrp biji pisang raja, plus keju yg memang penghuni setia di kulkas. Tariikkk... bungkus mang! Abis dibungkus, digoreng bentar trus balik lagi ke singgasana bawa sepiring lumpia pisang ma lanjutin nnton pelem. Walah, yg ngabisin malah si yayang padahal konon kabarnya blio kurang demen coklat dan keju :))


Resepnyaaa.... kagak pake resep lah ya. Apa aja yg ada di kulkas yg cocok buat nemenin pisang, bungkus ajah deh ma kulit lumpia trus digoreng pake api sedeng sampe kering renyah. Yg kupake disini seh pisang raja, kiju, semprotan sisa ganache. Kadang ditambah kismis dan SKM, kadang ama kacang sangrai cincang.

Poto2 museum sampoerna & buddhist temple yang di kenjeran *namanya apa ya, orang2 sana nyebutnya sih cuma daerah Dewi Kwan Im* nyusul ye...

Selamat Tahun Baru

Kukisnya Haley, Tehnya Irma

Dari kemaren2 aku rencana wiken ini istirohat gak klayapan kemana2. Biasanya wiken jalan2 ma hubby ato ngumpul ama komunitas2 yang kuikutin ato klelep di dapur bikin setoran precooked untuk seminggu kedepan. Tapi wiken ini aku pengen totally free, ngga bikin jadwal apapun. Maunya tadi baking tapi gak jadi, males ribet2 hehehe... masak juga males, belanjaan dari pasar langsung lempar kulkas begitu aja.
Sambil baca koran dan dengerin lagu, mendadak keingetan bbrp benda yg kuterima dalam satu minggu ini. Aaahhhh.... rasanya perfect banget nemenin sabtuku yang cerah *eh rada mendung plus gerimis haluuus sih tapi nyaman banget udaranya*.



Beberapa waktu lalu aku sempet nanya beberapa orang tentang resep kukis dari tepung beras. Haley balesin dg resep kukis tepung beras andelannya, eh tak kuduga juga ngirim kukisnya sekalian hihihi.... kayaknya perlu sering2 nanya resep ke Haley wakakakkaka...
Kukisnya beneran enak, gue banget deh. Manisnya pas, garing renyah khas kukis dari tepung beras. Ituh labelnya made in Haley loh, yang pengen silakan order ke Haley ;)

Trus si Irma juga pas lagi mudik, sempet2in maen ke Surabaya jalan bareng ma aku & Monica. Walah, kelar jalan dia bawain "goodie bag" isi cem-macem. Ada herbs, essences, teh dan buku ttg quick cooking *tau ajah Irma kalo gue lagi keracunan quick cooking hihihi...*


Thanx bangeeeet yah girls atas perhatiannya yang manis banget. Moga kita bisa sering ketemu lagi yah, very nice to know you :) Semoga Tuhan memberkati kalian & keluarga, amiin...
Owiyah, teh-nya Irma asoygeboy, aroma dan rasanya unik berupa racikan dari apel, kulit jeruk, bunga rosella dan entah apalagi. Kalu mo liat penampakannya ada disini ;)

My Life is Like Crytallized Mango

Crystallized Mango, you can find it easily in sweet stall in the market or store.
In fact you cant say it's sweet cos it's sour indeed. Either you cant say it's sour with lots of sugar evenly coat it.

Sometimes it's sour
then i think life is sore

Sometimes it's sweet
too much will give me a beat

Truly i need it two
My life wants it too

Sweet wouldn't dare to beat
And sour wouldn't be that sore
Let them both meet
Have them enrich me more

Chicken Cordon Bleu in Javanese Sauce

Big thanx to Ellen for awarding me as "Rockin' Girl Blogger", kinda surprise to me as I dont think my blog is as rockin' as Ellen's and Riana's (Hi Ri, you're the one I suppose to pass this award to, but it's too late huh... Ellen already picked you up :D )
Well here I try to make a fusion dish, chicken cordon bleu steak served with very special sauce. I adopt javanese style sauce combine with fermented soybean paste as a hint of chinese cuisine, so I have European, Indonesian (javanese) and Chinese infusion within this dish. Hope this will be rockin' enough to celebrate my award :)
Now let me pass this award to my rockin' friends:
- Estherlita
- Monica
- Peni Respati
- Stella
- Vania

Go start your rockin' creation, girls!

CHICKEN CORDON BLEU in JAVANESE SAUCE
By: Lia, Dapurgue
Ingredients:
1 package (500gr) frozen chicken cordon bleu (or use your homemade one)
Potato Chips

Sauted Vegetables:
150 gr carrot, cut into sticks 4cm length, boiled & drain
100 gr buncis, cut into 4cm length, boiled & drain
10 stalks chinese chives, cut into 4cm length
50 gr onion, coarsely chopped
1.5 tbs margarine or salted butter
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp finely chopped celery
Method:
Heat margarine in a frying pan, saute onion for one minute.
Add vegetables, saute for 2 minutes. Add celery, stir well, turn off the heat. Set aside.

Javanese Sauce:
1 onion, coarsely chopped
1/2 tbs margarine
250 ml chicken/beef stock
4 tbs tomato sauce
4 tbs sweet soy sauce
3 tbs fermented soybean paste
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbs sugar
2-3 drops vinegar & 2 tsp corn starch, dissolved in 3-4 tbs water
Method:
Combine fermented soybean paste, 150ml stock, tomato sauce, sweet soy sauce, garlic powder and sugar, process in electric blender for several seconds.
Heat margarine in a frying pan, saute onion for one minute, pour blended sauce.
Add remaining stock, bring to a full boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Thicken with corn starch mixture, let it come to a full boil again, remove from heat.

Finishing:
Deep fry chicken cordon bleu until golden brown, cut into bit size.
Place sauted vegetables, potato chips and chicken cordon bleu in serving plate, pour the sauce over chicken cordon bleu. Serve immediately.


CHICKEN CORDON BLEU dengan SAUS ALA JAWA
By: Lia, Dapurgue
Bahan:
1 pak (500gr) frozen chicken cordon bleu siap pakai (ato bikin sendiri)
Kripik kentang siap pakai

Tumis Sayuran:
150 gr wortel, iris kotak panjang 4cm, rebus & tiriskan
100 gr buncis, iris 4cm, rebus & tiriskan
10 batang bunga bawang, iris 4cm
50 gr bawang bombay, iris kasar
1.5 sdm margarin
1 sdt bawang putih bubuk
2 sdt daun seledri iris halus
Cara:
Panasin margarin, tumis bawang bombay 1 menit, tambahkan sayuran, tumis 2 menit.
Tambahkan daun seledri, aduk sebentar, angkat.

Saus Jawa:
1 buah bawang bombay ukuran sedang, iris kasar
1/2 sdm margarin
250 ml air kaldu (ayam ato sapi)
4 sdm saus tomat
4 sdm kecap manis
3 sdm tauco
2 sdt bawang putih bubuk
1 sdm gula pasir (optional)
2-3 tetes cuka & 2 sdt maizena larutkan dengan 3-4 sdm air
Cara:
Satukan tauco, 150ml air kaldu, saus tomat, kecap manis, bawang putih bubuk dan gula, blender hingga halus.
Panasin margarin, tumis bawang bombay 1 menit, tuangi blenderan saus.
Tambahkan sisa air kaldu, didihkan dengan api kecil 5 menit.
Kentalkan dengan campuran maizena, didihkan sekali lagi & angkat.

Penyelesaian:
Goreng chicken cordon bleu hingga kuning keemasan, potong2.
Atur sauted vegetables, kripik kentang dan chicken cordon bleu di piring saji.
Tuang saus diatas chicken cordon bleu, sajikan segera.

Alya's Kitchen on Miss Universe event in Surabaya

Another Breakthru of Alya's kitchen.
-click on the pictures fo detail image-

One day Lydia Santoso (an online buddy) dropped me an email, it was just a simple question, "Hi Lia, do you make cakes for order? I need many boxes on early August."
Then there I was, on a fantastic challange she offered me. She asked me to supply some snacks for a prestigious beauty event in Surabaya, sponsored by Shiseido (where Lydia works for), with a world famous sensational guest star: Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007...! Ommi.... :)
The first plan was a snack buffet with free flow coffee and tea. I hadnt had experience in professional buffet service, yet it challanged me to prepare an elegant buffet. I quickly looking for partners for coffee service and serving equipments including some waitress, and I got. I also had prepare the buffet scheme.
But the plan was changed due to room capacity limitation, they decided to order snack boxes instead of snack buffet. The next and BIG challange was: the box MUST be in red with unique and exclusive design. I took a long and almost neverending search to find the right box that suit to their criteria, the right red, right dimension, right material, right design, and right price :)) I contacted many printing services all over Surabaya, nearly hopeless since they ALL said that minimum orders for new design printing should be FIVE THOUSAND box-sheets! Yet the order was only 300 :(( They could make my order actually, but you know how much it would cost me, for making 350 sheets with the same machine and processing for five thousand sheets, the box price would be four or five times than normal price!
"Never give up, Baby uh yeah... you're a tough girl, and only the tough will going through" I keep singing it myself. Alhamdulillah, my toughness really found me the way. I got the perfect box with perfect price, a beautiful madame -Yovita- who owned a renowned printing business helped me to make the box. Believe me, she was soooo... gracious, she made the new print for TEN THOUSANDS only to fill my 350 boxes order...!! I could get the boxes with nomal price!! Subhanallah, it was really like a daydreaming. She told me that she could sell any beautiful design boxes easily, that was why she didnt cost me too much. See the boxes in the pictures, it's beautiful isn't it? It's deep red with gold ivy printed on top and gold strips on bottom.
Well back to the event. Lydia couldnt come to Surabaya as she was ill and took bedrest for a couple days in hospital :( (Hi Darling how are you, get well soon yah! Hope to see you again in more relax situation).

I dropped the boxes on 08AM (the snack was: Fruit Taart, Steamed Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Dusting, Strawberry Brownies, Smoked Beef Cup Bread and Cheese Cup Bread). Unfortunately, I couldn't meet the World-Famous Miss as her schedule was on the afternoon. Lydia said there would be some famous celebrities and press on the spot, but I couldn't stay any longer for some urgent reason.

Above of all, this event just made me learned some new experiences to make me bigger from my home-kitchen business :) I noted two things:
- learned to organize a professional buffet service
- new experience of being "tukang kardus" (box seller) hahahaha....!! surely I will make this as my new business ;)

And the greatest lesson I learned is: Don't Give Up...! You could do anyhing beyond your capability only if you wanted it really happened to you!

Special thanks to Lydia Santoso who has brought Alya's Kitchen to another milestone :)

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Satu hari salah satu temen onlen gue, Lydia Santoso, ngirim imel singkat, "Lia, trima orderan kue? Aku perlu jumlah besar awal Agustus".
Jadilah, gue dapet tantangan fantastis dari Lydia. Dia nawarin gue menyuplai snack untuk satu acara prestisius yang diselenggarain Shiseido (kantor Lydia) dengan mengundang bintang tamu: Miss Universe 2007!! Ommigod...!
Rencana awal adalah snack buffet dengan konsep elegan lengkap dengan teh dan kopi. Gue belum ada experience untuk jasa buffet profesional (palingan buffet acara2 kantor/rumahan yang standar2 aja). gue segera cari partner termasuk penyedia layanan kopi free-flow (tau kan, yang pake tangki stenlis guede), alat2 serving dll. Gue juga nyiapin skema buffetnya tar mo gimana.
Tapi rencana ini terpaksa berubah karena keterbatasan kapasitas ruangan, jadinya pake snackbox aja. Snackbox pun bukannya tanpa tantangan, tantangan terbesar adalah: kotaknya HARUS warna merah dengan disain unik dan elegan. Gue berkelana seantero Surabaya cari percetakan yang bisa menyediakan box yang sesuai (sesuai jenis merahnya, dimensinya, ketebalan bahannya, disainnya, dan tentu aja sesuai harganya hehehe...).
Too bad, hampir semua percetakan di Sby menolak order gue dengan alasan minimum order adalah LIMARIBU lembar, sementara order gue cuma 350 lembar! Kalo mau sih bisa aja, tapi tentu harganya jadi sangat mahal bisa sampe 4-5 kali dari harga normal karena meski cuma bikin 350 lembar tapi mesin dan prosesnya adalah untuk kapasitas limaribu lembar. Rasanya nyaris hopeless deh... :(

"Never give up, Baby uh yeah... you're a tough girl, and only the tough will going through" gue nyanyi2 menghibur diri. Alhamdulillah akhirnya dapet jalan juga. Seorang Ibu cantik pemilik percetakan besar dan terkenal bersedia membantu gue bikin box yang gue maksud. Gue sangat terharu dengn Ibu Yovita yang sangat cantik ini, blio rela bikin SEPULUH RIBU lembar (ini angka mati blio untuk sekali cetak) hanya sekedar untuk melayani order gue yang cuma 350 doang. Ternyata, blio bilang ngga kesulitan menjual box2 dengan disain cantik jadi blio ngga keberatan dengan orderan gue (kebayang sih, customer blio nih katering2 besar di Sby, party organizer dan cake shop beken2 bahkan airlines juga). Jadi, meski cuma 350 lembar gue dapet harga normal loh...! Subhanallah, rasanya kayak mimpi gue bisa dapet box ini karena gue udah nyaris hopeless merasa smuanya gagal hanya karena gak nemu box yang tepat :D
Balik ke acara. Lydia ngga bisa dateng karna dia lagi sakit & opname di rumahsakit (Hai say, cepet sembuh ya... pengen ketemu kamu sambil nyantei2 gituh). Box dianter jam 8 pagi, isinya: Fruit Taart, Steamed Chocolate Cake, Strawberry Brownies, Smoked Beef Cup Bread dan Cheese Cup Bread. Sayang gue ada kepentingan lain yang urgent jadi gue gak sempet liyat si mbakyu Miss Universe 2007 (lha jadwalnya jam 12 siang jek!). Padahal Lydia bilang bakal ada bebrapa seleb dan banyak wartawan yang dateng *sapatau Alya's Kitchen dimuat di koran hahaha...*
Secara keseluruhan gue dapet beberapa pengalaman baru untuk perkembangan ome-kitchen business gue :D setidaknya ada dua hal:
- belajar mengorganisir professional buffet service
- pengalaman baru sebagai "Tukang Kardus" huahahahaha.... pasti nih gue jadiin bisnis baru gue ;)
Dan satu pelajaran paling berharga: Jangan Menyerah! Kita bisa melakukan apapun yang kita pikir diluar kapasitas kita, hanya bila kita benar2 menginginkannya terjadi!

Special thanks buat Lydia Santoso yang membawa Alya's Kitchen ke satu milestone baru :)

Bali Tahu Telor

Ada banyak variasi isian Bumbu Bali ini. Yang umum antara lain bandeng goreng, daging, tahu tempe dan telor. Kebetulan lagi banyak stok tahu di rumah, ya wis gue bikin aja Bali Tahu Telor ini. Enak buat sarapan mopun lunch box ke kantor :D

BALI TAHU TELOR
Bahan:
6 butir telur rebus kupas
10 buah tahu goreng /secukupnya (enaknya digoreng kering)
250 ml air kaldu
4 sdm minyak sayur
Bumbu halus:
100 gr cabe merah >> takaran cabe bisa dikurangin/ditambah sesue slera
4 siung bawang putih
2 sdt jahe cincang
1 buah tomat matang, potong2 & goreng setengah mateng
1 sdt garam /secukupnya
2 sdt gula merah /secukupnya
Cara:
Panasin minyak, tumis bumbu halus sampe wangi & matang.
Masukin telur & tahu, tuangi air kaldu. Masak tertutup dengan api kecil sampe kuah menyusut & kental.
Angkat, siap disajikan.
Tips :
Selain telor & tahu, alternatif isian lainnya : tempe goreng, irisan daging sapi rebus ato potongan bandeng goreng.
Enak disajikan sebagei pendamping nasi pecel dan nasi rawon.