Lamb Curry (Gulai Kambing)

Ingredients: 1 lb. lamb meat 6 small shallots 3 cloves garlic 1 cm turmeric 6 cnadlenuts 4 lime leaves 1 stalk lemongrass 4 salam leaves 2 liter coconut milk Salt to taste Pepper to taste Vegetables oil as needed Instructions: Cut lamb meat into some parts. Grind shallots. garlic, candlenuts and turmeric to form a paste. Stir fry lamb meat in a large pan with 2 Tbs. vegetables...

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Mud Cakes (Kue Lumpur)

Ingredients: 75 gram margarine/butter 250 ml water 150 gram flour, sifted 100 gram sugar ¼ tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla 6 eggs 450 ml thick santan from 1 coconut 100 gram raisins ½ of a young coconut, the flesh scraped out in thin slivers Instructions: Melt the margarine/butter in the water, add the flour and blend it until smooth.  Add the sugar, salt and vanilla.  ...

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Shrimp and Beansprout Fritters (Bakwan)

Ingredients: 1 cup flour ¼ tsp. baking soda 1 egg beaten 150 ml water 1 cup beansprouts 1 cup small shrimps, peeled vegetable oil Instructions: Mix the flour with the baking soda and add the beaten eggs.  Stir continuously while adding water bit by bit, so that the flour will not be lumpy.  Add the salt, pepper, beansprouts and shrimps. Heat the oil in a wok...

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Sweet Coconut Rice Balls (Klepon)

Ingredients: 1½ cups glutinous powder ¾ cup lukewarm water 2-3 drops green food coloring 8 tsp. grated Java dark brown sugar 1 cup fresh-grated coconut, mixed with ½ tsp. salt Instructions: Mix the rice powder with the lukewarm water and green food coloring into a firm but flexible dough. Pull off one full teaspoon of the dough and shape it into a ball with approximately...

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Deep Fried Beef and Vegetables Wrap (Martabak Telor)

Filling Ingredients:8 Tbs. oil 4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 1½ lbs. minced or ground beef 2 medium-sized shallots, minced 1 medium-sized onion, halved and sliced 2 Tbs. chopped Chinese celery leaves 1 Tbs. curry powder 4 eggs 1 stalk green onion, finely sliced Salt and white pepper to taste Dough Ingredients:2 cups white flour (unbleached preferred) 3 Tbs. oil ¾ cup water Pinch of salt Instructions:Prepare...

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