I seem to be in a fried rice frenzy these days. Largely due to the influence of Uncle Roger storming thru social media. Haiya! If you do not know who Uncle Roger is, you are clearly missing out a lot. Like a lot! Secondly, after my kimchi fried rice, I began falling in love with fried rice even tho I am not a fan of rice. Yes, I am saying that out loud. I am considered a black sheep for disliking rice in my family, cos dogma has it that Asians need to have rice in their diet.After Lunar New Year, we will tend to have loads of bak kwa remaining. My grandma just whipped up this fried rice one day, using bak kwa leftovers and a very unique sauce. Her secret ingredient is the black fermented shrimp paste. It has that sweet umami bomb that elevates the whole dish. You can of cos use bacon or even Prosciutto. If you want your bacon or Prosciutto to be crispy, you can precook them before stir-frying into the fried rice. In closing, I hope you will give this recipe a try and I hope Uncle Roger will approve.

Have I told you that my Grandma is a mix of Indonesian and Portuguese? So, imagine her food is like a mixture of Indonesian and Portuguese cultures fusing together. That sounds awesome, right? Well, the fact of the matter is not really a fusion, but dishes are done right and properly. She has authenticity in her own unique style & way of cooking.As much as I can remember, she would cook stews of sambal with various ingredients, served them over rice and that would be dinner. Well, as you lovely people know that I dislike rice. I took an unorthodox route with fried Vietnamese rice paper instead. I also poached an egg in the sambal stew; I mean 1 TBSP of egg white is used to marinate the shrimps, why not cook the whole egg too?

I travel to Bali often and enjoy the street food there. My Balinese friend makes a great sambal so I always ask her to make one which is very dry and very very hot which allows me to easily carry it home and add more ingredients and oil before canning it. So I do advise, this is not the original recipe for sambal, this explains what I do to it after I get it home.I like to roast/grill the peppers and take the skin off. The taste is really much better.Once you have finished extending your sambal (at step 7) you can put it in the fridge for immediate use or proceed to preserve it for storage as I did in this case.For canning: If your sambal has any low acid content ingredients it needs to be pressure canned. Otherwise boiling water bath will be ok.My next trip to Bali, my friend has promised to show me how to cook her sambal. I hope I can master this teriffic recipe and share with you. There are many other good similar recipes on this site for you to try. Just search for sambal.

This recipe is made here without having to buy anything. Because of its natural wealth, CENTRAL KALIMANTAN people always use the harvest of their own gardens and surrounding waters.Shrimp are commonly caught in the river by using TANGUK (a tool to catch prawns traditional).

I was craving for the Sambal Bilis Puff at Dome Restaurant, but due to lockdown, I've decided to Google the recipes and make them myself. It turns out amazing, crunchy and yummy! The baked puff is still crunchy when I leave it outside overnight.

This is a dish from Central Kalimantan which I got from one of my friends who migrated to Samarinda .The recipe is not that complicated though takes some time .

BRAMBANG ASAM/ASEM is a typical food Central Java, particularly Solo and Semarang. Keep in mind "Brambang" the Java language of onion, and Asem mean tamarind. Brambang asem indeed typical food in the culinary treasures Soloraya.This dish is actually simple, just made of sweet potato leaves or JEGLOR-so Solo citizens used to call it. Although jeglor is a major part of this refined, yet distinctive taste of this Soloraya actually located on sambal Brambang Asam. Basic ingredients of chili is what determines the success of this refined alluring tongue. Lately, Brambang asem including food categories that are difficult to find, even in Soloraya once.As the name implies, Brambang asem has an aroma typical Brambang (onion) in a marinade mixed with chilli paste and of course to add a spicy flavor. How to make "sambal Brambang asem" same as making "Rujak - salad sauce" or other condiment, the difference is Brambang (onion) and paste burned first before use. Brambang taste of tamarind itself is a blend between taste spicy, sour, salty and sweet --- depending on the tastes of the maker.Brambang asem recipes are practical, as it uses a simple seasoning with sambal Brambang which is usually served with boiled vegetables (usually wear Jeglor / sweet potato leaves, but can be replaced with kale or spinach). Sweet potato leaf texture a little unique because after boiling will be slippery when held and crispy if eaten. This culinary menu of dishes usually found in the city of Solo to Madiun.Brambang Asem may be quite unfamiliar to most people. Especially for living in West Java or in the outer islands may be somewhat surprised by this dish, because it's usually sweet potato leaves to feed the livestock. But it is precisely in these sweet potato leaves characteristic of Brambang asem, if there is no sweet potato leaves will not be complete --- even not Brambang asem name. Complementary to accompany this culinary usually is GEMBUS BACEM and TOFU STARCH.Gembus bacem I made yesterday, by placing it on top of the filter ricecooker. This is done to make it more practical and spices to infuse, but do not do it for too long (more than 2 days) because it will make tempeh gembus too soft texture and taste slightly sour.Vegetables I used to make stuffing know is carrots, cabbage and leeks.

SANGGARA Peppe in Bugis (Sulawesi) means, fried bananas (Sanggara) and pressed (Peppe).This cuisine uses banana kepok as the main ingredient. Banana Kepok has another name, such as :FILIPHINA : Saba, Sab-a, CardabaBALI : Biu gedang sabaMALAYSIA : Pisang Nipah atau Pisang AbuILOCANO : DippigTHAI : Kluai HinHAWAII : Opu-’ulu, Dippig (from Ilocano)On the other designations (Banana Widow) for this cuisine, is less clear why so named. Some say it's because the first one that made and sold it was a widow; because bananas are cultivated young and fried (without extra flour or whatever); because it was accompanied with a SPICY sauce; and because it's fried 2x (you certainly know what that means).Other than that, the taste of this cuisine is guaranteed to be addictive. Because the savory flavor of fried bananas and spicy sauce, is perfect to be enjoyed with sweet tea while relaxing in the afternoon (especially while enjoying beautiful views of the beach or the garden). Hmm...

If you only have a little spare time to cook. Try these recipes, simple recipes that are quick to serve. Spicy taste will increase your appetite.

I'm trying to make a healthier sambal sauce but I cannot avoid the oil in order to 'fry' the chilli paste. Or else the sambal won't be delicious and there's a distinct smell which makes it taste a bit funny to my liking. For now i'm just using olive oil.Hit me up if you have other style of cooking healthier sambal!

This is the very first Malaysian dish that I learned.If you don't like spicy food, serve it with some mayonnaise. It goes well as a side for nasi lemak. Recipe by ichimai

“BLACAN SAMBAL” is one of the typical dishes from Jambi province. Belacan is also called Terasi, which is basically made of fish, small shrimp, or a mixture of both. Because of the different basic ingredients, there is Terasi shrimp and Terasi fish. The ingredients are fermented, and formed into a kind of 'dough.' It's blackish brown, yet sometimes also given a color to make it look more attractive.How to make sambal with it is quite easy and practical, can be tried right away at home. Use Belacan/shrimp paste with excellent quality. Make sure it smells fresh and doesn’t sting.