Who needs a holiday when food can bring right back to your favourite travel destinations? Ok, just kidding, I do, I need a holiday. But this dish still brought me back to Lombok, even if it was just for 5%. What’s in the sauce? At least 20 long red chilis…
Indonesian
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Continue ReadingLast week I made jackfruit roti, this week jackfruit rendang and it also works beautifully! I’m still a big fan of chicken or beef rendang but this is a geeat option if you’d like to keep it vegan. The meaty structure of the jackfruit holds together well even if you…
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Continue ReadingSambal Badjak is an Indonesian condiment: sweet, savoury, spicy, and packed with flavour. Everybody needs a bit of spice in their life now and then. In my opinion, the Indonesians are the best at making sambals (chili pastes). Why else would they call a whole Island ‘Lombok’, which means chili…
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Continue ReadingWe’re having dinner at Robs’ dad tonight and he made nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice). If I can I always love to bring something along and Indonesian food is one of my all time favourites (you might have noticed it come by on my page a lot) This dish is…
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Continue ReadingSometimes you just need 1 ingredient to come up with a whole meal and today it was the sambal bilis (ansjovis sambal) we still had in the fridge from the Nasi Lemak from 2 weeks ago. We first had saté lilit when we were on Nusa Penida, near Bali. It’s…
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Continue ReadingMalaysian Nasi Lemak with Sambal Ikan Bilis (Anchovies sambal) and Sambal Tumis Sotong (squid sambal) is a classic Malaysian dish. It brings me straight back to our trips to Malaysia, especially to our breakfasts in Georgetown on Penang island. Yes you read that right: breakfast. Back home in Amsterdam we’re…
