January 2014: What's Cooking in the Kitchen?

bethk wrote:

Imelda HL wrote:delicious foods.. beautiful food pictures and interesting conversations..   

I just came back from a small gathering with some friends at a friend's house.. I volunteered to the main course.. my friends brought some foods too.. I want to share the picture of the foods I cooked

here is yellow rice, usually for celebrating birthdays.. today we celebrated 4 birthdays in January

yellow rice, Indonesian spicy beef aka Rendang, spicy peanuts and potatoes ( I used frozen hash brown), spicy eggs.. originally it has more side dishes but I did not cook them all..

Goodness, Imelda - what a spread of amazing foods!

I'm curious about the spicy peanuts and potatoes.....please tell us more about that dish.  Also, are your spicy eggs hard boiled eggs dipped in your chili paste?  It all looks so interesting.

a bit information about spicy peanuts + potatoes

I used frozen hash brown.. thawed, then spread on a baking tray and baked them until they were half cooked, then I deep fried until they were cooked and crunchy.. set aside.. I separately deep fried peanuts.. set aside too.. for the chili sauce, I used my ready chili sauce.. I added some oil in a clean wok, added chili sauce, vinegar, sugar, I stirred them until the vinegar and juice have evaporated, lastly  I added fried peanuts and potatoes, mixed them well... for the crunchiness and freshness I store them in an air tight container.. they are so good.. either for side dish or snacking   

for the eggs.. I hard boiled the eggs.. let them cool.. then I pan fried them ( only to brown them a bit)  in a pan.. carefully shook the pan to let them cook evenly.. set them aside.. then I cut them in halves

for the chili sauce... I used ground shallots, garlic, chili peppers, candle nuts, .. I cooked them in a bit of oil until they were fragrant and the water/liquid has evaporated, also added some lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves.. then I topped them on my eggs..

Barbara101 wrote:

I should have grilled something.72` today.But I found some foil wrapped surprises lol turned out to be Ziti..That will do...  

bethk wrote:Is that sausage in there?

Barbara101 wrote:soup looks great..

Barbara101 wrote:


did you eat with those chopsticks? I can not get them to work lol.  

bethk wrote: Imelda.

I hope you have pics of yesterday's beef foot meal.  I think your cuisine is so interesting!

I've had beef broccoli on my mind since the last time Barb made it and put in her pics.  Good stuff to eat!

at your service    Beth   

here is the clear soup.. I added some potatoes and carrots, nutmeg and cloves



here is the one ( beside nutmeg and cloves ) added with ground shallots, garlic, candle nuts and turmeric.. it's Indonesian style soup.. I added some tomatoes and shredded cabbage

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Tina made the chicken.
I couldn't eat it.
Too wet. Well cooked, but she made a gravy from stock, and it made it too juicy for me.
 
Here it is, and I don't want to have it like that ever again.