Ichi's Fusion Recipes

Tofu in dark sauce - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy Finally, the rain is falling! So, what should I cook on a rainy day? Well, I chose to cook tofu, Called it Semur Tahu , or you can call it Tofu in Dark Soy Sauce .  This is a familiar menu for the Indonesian family. And I wanted to cook it. Maybe you can find another recipe with different spicy. Yes, there are many spices to cook this menu. So, this is my recipe from my kitchen Seasoning: 6-7 cloves of shallot 4-6 cloves of garlic 6 green chilies (add chili if you like it) 1 ttsp coriander (add coriander if you like it) 6 candlenuts Mash all of these seasonings! Additional seasoning: 2-3 bay leaf 3 cm ginger 3-4 cm galangal 3 tsp sweet dark soy sauce add salt as you like 1 ttsp white pepper powder 1 stick cinnamon Ingredients: 200-gram white tofu (cut in half) 7-8 dried tofu (cut in half) butter to saute seasoning 1-liter water Th...

Mango Squid Sambal - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy Good day everyone…Today I would love to share with you something special menu. I cooked it a few days ago. I call it “Mango Squid Sambal”. This is really nice menu, and I like it. Then, this is the recipe from my kitchen recipe. Check it out! Seasoning : 6 cloves of shallot 3 cloves of garlic 1 ttsp coriander 1/2 candlenut 3 chilies (add chili as you like) 1-2 cm ginger 1-2 cm yellow ginger Mash all of these seasoning! Additional seasoning : Salt (add salt as you like) 2 bay leaves Ingredients: 300-gram squid enough sunflower/ canola oil to fry squid 1/4 of the mango ( I use apple mango) – mango diced Mango - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy little a bit butter ( to fry seasoning) 2 tsp dark soy sauce These are what you do: Cleaned and washed squid Heat the oil on medium flame. Fry squid until the colour change Dra...

Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy Hi…all of you… Long-time no see. Today I would love to share with you Fried Red Grouper that I cooked a few days ago. It’s a really nice fish, and tasty. Do you want to try it? Great, this is the recipe from my kitchen. Let’s rock! Seasoning : 6 cloves of shallot 2-3 cloves of garlic 1 ttsp coriander 1-2 cm yellow ginger 1/2 of candlenut Mash all of these seasoning! Additional seasoning : Salt (add as you like) 2 cm ginger (cut in slices) or you can mash it with another seasoning Ingredient: 1 small red grouper, and enough sunflower oil to fry this fish These are what you do : Cleaned and washed red grouper Place it on the plate or something else Coat the red grouper with spices that you mashed. Add salt around it. Then place a slice of ginger on the fish and inside the body fish Place the fish in the fridge, about 30 minutes or 1 hour After 1 hour get your fish...

Mangut - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy What kind of food is this??… This is one of the traditional food from Central Java guys… I’ve never cooked it before. And yesterday, I cooked this menu. It’s great and tasty food. Believe me!! And this is Mangut recipe from my kitchen. Check this out Seasoning : 6-8 cloves of shallot 3 cloves of garlic 1 ttsp coriander Small chili or red chili padi or bird chili (add chili if you like hot and spicy) 2 cm bulb of sand ginger 3 cm bulb of ginger Mash all of these seasoning! Additional seasoning : 3 cm bulb of galangal 3 lime leaves Salt (add salt as you like) 3 big red chilies. Cut it 2 or 3 big green chilies, Cut them Ingredient : 300-400 gram catfish (cut them) 200-300 ml coconut cream 1-liter water Little a bit butter ( to saute seasoning) 1 big lemon (squeezing it) These are what you do guys… place catfish in a bowl. Pour them with lemo...

Rica-rica - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy Rica-rica…?? What is that food? Yeah…today I’d love to share with you about Indonesian traditional food again. We called it, “Rica-rica”. Rica-rica comes from Sulawesi island, North Sulawesi, East Indonesia. I’ve never cooked this menu before. But I love to cooked something different, especially traditional food. This is Rica-rica recipe from my kitchen. Let’s rock! Seasoning : 6-8 cloves of shallot 3 cloves of garlic 2-4 big of red chilies 2-4 big of green chilies 2-3 cm bulb of ginger Mash all of these seasoning! Additional seasoning : 4 lime leaves 3-4 stalks of lemongrass (each about 5 cm) Some of thai basil leaves – it would be great rica-rica if you can find lemon basil Add salt as you like Ingredient : 250-gram chicken fillet (cut them) Enough canola oil (to fry chicken fillet) 2 tsp canola oil or butter to saute seasoning These are what you do.. ...

Botok - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy What kind of food is this? Well, this is one of the traditional Indonesian food. I like it very much. It’s great and tasty for me. I hope for you too guys… and I’d love to share with you how to cook this food. Let’s check it out Seasoning : 6 cloves of shallot 3 cloves of garlic 2 cm bulb of sand ginger 1 ttsp coriander Chili (add chili if you like hot and spicy) Mash all of these seasoning! Additional seasoning: salt, add salt as you like Ingredient : 250 gr grated coconut 4 tsp anchovy 50-75 gram cooked silverfish 2 small pack tempeh (cut in dice) 1 white tofu (cut in dice) Banana leaf Bamboo skewer These are what you do… Place a bowl, add grated coconut, anchovy, cooked silverfish, tempeh, tofu, salt, and add seasoning that you mashed. Stir them well Take a banana leaf (wipe it before), put on the middle of banana leaf 2-4 tsp mixture Wrap mix...

Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy These are simple recipes guys… In Indonesia, you can find these foods on the street, especially the evening market. We called these foods as “Gorengan”. And yes, I love these foods too! Fried tempeh and fried tofu. And yeah, you can make them yourself at home.  Let’s check out my recipe from my kitchen Seasoning : 4-6 cloves of shallot 2-3 cloves of garlic 1 ttsp coriander (if you like coriander) 3-4 cm bulb of yellow ginger Mash all of these seasoning! Additional seasoning , add salt as you like Ingredient : 15 spoon of flour 3 small pack tempeh. Cut as you like (if you want to make fried tempeh) 4 white tofu, cut as you like (if you want to make fried tofu) spring onion/ onion leaves Water canola oil (deep-fry tempeh or tofu) These are what you do.. Place flour in a bowl. Add seasoning that you mashed, salt, and spring onion/ onion leaves Pour water to make the...