Hungarian Cuisine: Goulash

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Cooked on July 26th, 2012

Ask for the recipe? Simply open this link: http://cookpad.com/recipe/955344 😀

Well, finally I write the translation here. Since this recipe was quite new for me, I didn’t do significant improvement in recipe. Just go along with the instruction. Indonesian people used to cook this kind of food (it is called “rendang“) with coconut milk, which can also be substituted by fresh milk, but yeah.. it has risk for cholesterol. So, this goulash should be more healthy :wink:.

★　Point to remember ★

It takes time to cook!!! Haha. For this typical food, either rendang or goulash, the fire must be very small and the more cooking time the tastier cuisine will be. Rendang in average is cooked for eight hours!

★　How to ★

Prepare:
(1) Boneless beef 200g
(2) Mix of Salt, pepper, wheat flour to taste
(3) Garlic 1/2 ~ 1 clove
(4) Onion 1/4 clove
(5) Tomato 1 can, chopped
(6) Caraway powder 1 tablespoon
(7) Paprika powder 1 tablespoon
(8) Salt 1/2 ~ 1 tablespoon
(9) Vegetable oil 2 tablespoon
(10) Olive oil 1 tablespoon
(11) A little bit of cream for finishing
Note: I skipped the red wine..it’s not halal for us 😛

Execute:
#1. Cut the beef into 2~3 cm, then sprinkle it with (2)
#2. Heat (9), then stir-fry beef on #1 until it changes color
#3. As you moved the beef into the pot (pot will be used for boiling), heat (10) over the low heat, add (3),(4) until golden brown
#4. Add #3 to the pot, add tomato, then cook for two hours over the low heat
#5. A couple of minutes before cooking finished, add (6), (7), (8)
#6. Serve with (11)

 

April Missions: Visa Extension and Driving License

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Today we had double missions: to extend Ega’s visa, then to submit Aisar’s driving license application stuffs. Since Aisar already took absence from his office, which is a rare moment, before sleeping at night, we suddenly wanted to add another plan: visit Tsukiji, that is the most well-known fish market at Japan. So, it should have been triple missions though, but finally we gave up for Tsukiji. Not because overslept, but we could’t meet taxi to go to station (4.55 AM), while a couple minutes late to station means no hope for getting entrance ticket if we’d like to watch the tuna auction (maximum 6.45 AM). Yes, here nearby Kamiooka station, the earliest train runs about 30-60 minutes before the bus operates. Taxi is the answer. That’s what we remembered at that time. Too bad to realize later on: why didn’t we think about riding the bike? 😦

Back to the main missions.. I’ll tell you one by one. Continue reading →

Ayam Padang Bumbu Hijau

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★ Bahan, disesuaikan dengan kondisi di Jepang (baca: ketersediaan bahan :razz:)

  1. 5 potong ayam
    chicken 5 pcs
  2. 1/4 buah bawang merah –> diganti bawang bombay merah
    onion 1/4
  3. 3 siung bawang putih
    garlic 3
  4. 4 buah cabai hijau
    green chili 4
  5. garam, gula, merica, ketumbar (by feeling)
    salt, sugar, pepper, coriander
  6. 1/2 buah tomat hijau –> paprika hijau ukuran kecil
    green tomato 1/2
  7. 1/4 buah tomat merah
    red tomato 1/4
  8. 1/2 cm lengkuas (bawa dari tanah air tentu saja :D) -> optional
    galangal 1/2 cm or you can skip this one

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Homemade Pizza

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In my first half-year living in Japan, before meeting Aisar and being responsible for myself, I purchased a microwave-oven for only 500 yen from senior, which drove me to do some experiments in my leisure time then.

At that time, I realized that most Japanese like Italian foods and those that sold in Japan are likely safe to be eaten by Muslim (note: vegetarian or meat-free variant). Italian restaurant is easily found everywhere. That is why I, who was necessarily once a year going to Pizza Hut at past, then make frequent entries in Italian restaurant during in Japan. It made me want to make pizza as one of my experiments with the new oven. Continue reading →