How to make Fried Jackfruit ( Nangka Goreng )

Jackfruit is one of my favorite fruit. This is an enormous and sticky fruit that's look like durian but it's larger, can easily be found in some traditional markets in my hometown and other places in Indonesia. It has very sweet taste and smell. We can find the jackfruit in Southeast Asia, South Asia or in Brazil. Sometime I am very lazy to prepare the jackfruit because it's very resinous and sticky , so I must lubricate my hand with the vegetable oil before reaching its yellow flesh of jackfruit. 

The jackfruit can be eaten as fresh fruit or mixed with other ingredients as traditional dishes or making as chip jackfruit. You can also cook raw jackfruit with coconut milk that its texture and taste look like chicken's meat (For Vegan, recommended as substitute of meat , if they want to eat chicken's curry).

Do not throw away the pits of the jackfruit because its taste is savory like chestnut, but we must boil it first until soft. 

Recently, my sister in law brought me a big ripe jackfruit from her own garden . I was very happy because she also share a yummy new recipe, named  fried jackfruit.

WET PAPAYA SWEET ( Manisan Pepaya Basah )

Some papayas in my backyard has already a half ripe and sometime I just let them rotten , "ooo"... really feel guilty , I waste free papaya in my home easily while in other places or even other country the papaya's price is expensive , beside that the papaya contains of high levels of  antioxidant nutrients such as Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Based on the numerous research studies,  the vitamin C from Papaya is 48 times more than apple, the papaya also very good to maintain our skin , so that's why some cosmetic's product using papaya as its ingredient.

Since I am getting bored with the fresh ripen papaya, recently, I just made one of my favorite dessert in my childhood, Papaya Sweet. This kind of sweet, used to be found from food vendor who dropped by my Elementary School. Then, I browsed some recipe how to make the Papaya Sweet. Here, I prefer to make wet  Papaya Sweet  to dry  papaya Sweet due to lacking of sunshine in this rainy season. And  its taste, close to what I wish.

Eggplant-smoked tuna and Tofu in Coconut Milk( Lodeh Terong, Tongkol dan Tahu )

Eggplant-smoked tuna and tofu in coconut milk

This is one of traditional menus from my grandmother. She used to cook it at the clay crock on wood stove. Sometimes, I really miss the traditional atmosphere when anything run with patience and off course so naturally. This  menu just bring my mind to the atmosphere of my childhood, over past 30 years a go. I don't know, whether I will get it this menu or not for my future. Today I am very lucky, because my mother asked me to help her making this menu again. Since I don't want to loose the recepe, I decide to put it down and record it with my camera step by step how to make it.

Here we prefer using small green eggplant because its taste is little bit bitter but getting fused in our tongue. Well, I think it depend on the taste, if you dislike it, you can use another various of eggplant ( purple eggplant or big green eggplant ). In my hometown, the eggplant is very cheap, it's about $50 sen per one kg. Let's start cooking now...

Trying various 'Corba' ( Soup ) from Bosna..

When I visited Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2010, I noticed some people had has prepared corba ( soup ) before going  to the main dish. It stole my attention due to less common served in my country . Some people in Indonesia only prepare main dishes for their daily meal. This kinds of soup could be eaten with rice and that's all !, more simply than in Bosnia or any other country such as in Europe or USA. We don't have appetizer, soup and/or salad  and the last dessert. Alhamdullillah, I am kind of  woman who are easily get adaptable with many kinds of different foods from any other countries, off course as long as halal  ( allowed by my religion, cause I'm muslim ) food. 

My journey to some other cities or countries  can be used for learning how to know more the local food. It may be very new, strange and different for our tongue but it would be very interested experience knowing something different from ours. This kinds of soups supposed to be my  main dish because my stomach's capacity is smaller than Bosnian people. Since they are taller and bigger than me, this soup is only for the appetizer and after it, usually followed by main dishes and dessert. Hmmm.... preparing for daily meals is more complicated than in Indonesia. But, soon and later I must learn to get used to it, as my hubby is Bosnian and now Bosnia becoming my second home.

Well, I  took some pictures during visiting to some friends who had has served some various soups as my references. 

Here they are the various soups that I ever had during my visiting to some friends in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Most of them, were prepared for my Iftar ( Breaking fast ) in Ramadhan 2010. 

1. This is the first soup that I ate in Trebinje, it's prepared by Khatidza fatihagic. She is very nice woman and very expert cooking Bosnian's food. I hope someday, I had chance seeing her again and learning how to make Bosnian food from her, InsaAllah. I forget asking Hatidza the recipe of this soup and its ingredients.

 I guess this soup mixture with meat, carrot and noodles.

Original Fried Tempeh ( Tempe Goreng biasa )

Talking about Tempeh ( in Bahasa Indonesia/ Javanese called  témpé  ) , It's very popular and cheap food in Indonesia. But don't get it wrong, it's not cheapen food due to it has very high protein, dietary fiber and vitamins. Tempeh is a traditional food which  originated  from Indonesia particularly in Java Island. It made from fermented soybean and If you are vegetarian, is highly recommended because it consider as meat analogue. Well, since I am very beginner in culinary world , I'd like to share the simplest menu for today, it's called Tempe goreng ( Fried Tempe ). 

Ingredients :

- 6 blocks  / 1 package Tempeh( if it's wrapped by plastic. Here I am using Tempeh which is wrapped by banana leaves and its size is little bit thin ) 

- 3 cloves garlic

- 1tsp coriander

-1 1/2 tsp salt

-water

-oil for frying