Martabak Telor

Ingredients:
450g plain flour
175cc water
1/2 tsp salt
120cc oil
4 cloves garlic
750g minced beef
2 shallots
1 onion
2 tbs chopped chinese celery leaves
1 tbs curry powder
4 eggs
1 leek, halved lengthwise and sliced
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Method:
1. Mix all the dough ingredients and knead them into an oily elastic dough.
2. Cover in a plastic wrap and leave in room temperature for 2 hours.
3. Divide the dough into four and roll each piece into a ball. Roll them out with lightly oiled rolling pin to make a large thin circle.
4. Heat the oil, fry garlic and shallot until fragrant, add minced beef and saute over high heat until the meat browns..
5. Add onion, celery leaf and curry powder stirring until well mixed.
6. Put aside to cool it.
7. Add 3 eggs, leek and pepper to 3 and mixed thoroughly.
8. Heat 2 tbs oil, spread one rolled dough, put 1/4 of filling on the center of the dough circle and, fold in the sides and ends to comletely enclose the filling.
9. Fry until browns, flip and fry the other side.
10. Cut into pieces and serve.

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Pindang Bandeng

Ingredients:
3 sliced Shallots
3 slices Garlic cloves
2 tsp. (10g) Tamarind (soaked in 1/4 cup hot water)
2 cups (500g) Water
1 bruised Lemon grass
2 tbsp. (30g) Oil
salt (as needed)
1/4 cup (62ml) Sweet soy sauce
1 Salam leaf
3 Holland red peppers (cut into 1/4" rings)
10 birdseye chilis
1/2 inch Galangal
3 lbs. Milk fish (or 2 whole)


Instructions:
1. Cut each fish into 2 crosswise.
2. Rub each piece with salt and some tamarind juice and let them marinate for 15 minutes.
3. Heat in a wide saucepot, add oil. Saute shallots and garlic until shallots are softened.
4. Add birdseye chilis, Holland red peppers, lemon grass, salam leaf, and galangal.
5. Stir for a minute then add water, sweet soy sauce, tamarind juice, and milk fish pieces.
6. Simmer until fish pieces are cooked and tender.
7. Serve hot with rice.

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Ayam Panggang Bumbu Kuning

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken, cut up into 2-4 pieces
500 cc thick coconut milk
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 cloves
2 cardamom, bruised
1 Tbs. tamarind juice
3 Tbs. vegetable oil

Spice Paste Ingredients:
3 cloves garlic
8 small shallots
5 candlenuts, dryly fried
3 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. aniseeds
½ tsp. cumin seeds
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ Tbs. galangal
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. ground turmeric
1 Tbs. salt

Instructions:
- Stir fry the spice paste over medium heat with 3 Tbs. vegetable oil for a minute or two and then add the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, cloves and cardamom until fragrant.
- Add the chicken pieces and stir well until the chicken is half done.
- Pour in the coconut milk and tamarind juice.
- Cook it until the chicken is almost done and the sauce is thickened, remove.
- On a barbeque grill or in an oven over moderate heat, grill the chicken until done while brushing it with the spices.
- Ready to serve.
- Makes 3-4 servings.

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