Sate / Satay

In Indonesian cuisine, there's a unique presentation form of food named Sate. Made from Meat ( Beef,chicken,or lamb) that is flavored and arraged onto a stick (u sually made from bamboo skewer) . And then roasted till get burned. We can find this Type of cuisine in almost every event held in Indonesia. And also a favourite dish on the table for the family.

Here's a simple recipe of Indonesian Sate, traditional Indonesian Food

Ingredients :

For the Sate's :

500g of Beef, lamb or Chicken


For the marinade :

1 Onion
1 clove, Garlic
30 ml Kecap Manis
1 teaspoonful Coriander powder
1 teaspoonful Cummin powder
1 stalk Lemon Grass,crushed
1 teaspoonful Sambal Ulek

30 ml water


Method :

Cut the meat in to 2 cm square cubes and put onto bamboo skewers (about 4 per stick)

Combine all the marinade ingredients (except the lemon grass) into a food processor and make into a smooth paste.
Poor this over the prepared sate's, add the lemon grass, and leave to marinade for at least 2 hours.

Cook the sate's on the barbecue or under the grill for about 5 to 10 min or till done

Serve with Sate dip or hot Peanut Sauce


Check my other Indonesian Recipe :

• Nasi Goreng

Nasi Goreng / Fried Rice

Indonesia is wellknown with the diversity of the ethnics. Hundreds of ethnics live together in Indonesia. Every ethnic has their own typical traditional cuisine.

Indonesian food is heavily based on Nasi ( Rice ) with vegetables, fish, and sometimes meat and egg as supplementent. Nasi can be made as a basic material for another recipe of food or that can be eaten as what it is.

The following recipe is based on rice that is easily made and very popular in indonesia. Nasi Goreng / Fried Rice
This Rice Recipe is very easy to make and won't take more than 20 min to prepare. so... "Selamat Makan"
enjoy this easy recipes for your family dishes

Ingredients :

350g Long Grain Rice
2 Tablespoonful Vegetable Oil
3 whole Eggs
1 Onion, chopped
2 Green Chillis, Sambal Ulek or Sambal Badjak.
1 clove, Garlic
1 Leek
1 teaspoonful Ground Coriander
1 teaspoonful Ground Cumin
250g Chicken meat
250g Shelled Prawns
3 Tablespoonful Kecap Manis (soy bean sauce)

Method :

The dish is best made from cold leftover rice, but you calso cook a fresh batch and leave it to cool for about 4 hours

Beat the eggs and make into an omelette. Slice into strips and set aside.

Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan till almost smoke. Add the chopped onions, leek, garlic and the chillis.
Fry till the onion is soft and smell good. Add the Coriander and Cumin. Slice Chicken into strips and add with the prawns to the onion mixture and cook well.
Stirring occasionally till they are well combined. Add the rice, soy bean sauce and the omelette strips and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Decorate with some of the leftover leek
serve hot


Check my other Indonesian Recipe :

• Sate