This Indonesian salad with peanut sauce, or known as Pecel, is a traditional meal originated from Madiun, a city in East Java, Indonesia. It is a vegetarian dish, and you can also make it vegan by not adding egg in it, that is healthy because the sweet-spicy peanut sauce is light but flavorful. Also, this
Ketoprak is another Indonesian salad recipe that tastes just as delicious as the infamous Gado-gado. So, what is Ketoprak? It is basically a vegetarian meal that consists of vermicelli, steamed rice cubes (ketupat or lontong), tofu, cucumber, bean sprout that tops off with peanut dressing, sweet soy sauce, fried shallot and chips/crackers. Ketoprak are mainly
Thai-inspired meal that is quick, easy, and very delicious ‘salad’ that can brighten up your palate. This Thai-style pork larb basil lettuce wrap is actually some types of meat salad. In this dish, the minced meat is used – I find it best to use either chicken or pork. However, since I only had ground
This creamy albacore tuna cucumber tomato salad is one of my favorites summer recipes. Though it is creamy, it is quite light, very fresh and refreshing especially during the hot summer weather. Easy to make and does not require any cooking in front of the stove. You can make this salad in a big batch
It’s gonna be healthy meal day, so why not having this Simple Spinach Tomato Salad. Yesterday, we are having a big feast kind of day due to the big game, Super Bowl. Well, we did not really catch on the watching bug, but more like the ‘finger-food’ bug. Yup, my family is the rare one
Gado-Gado (Indonesian Salad with Peanut Dressing) is another popular Indonesian meal that you cannot miss when you visit the country. You can think of it as an Indonesian version of salad with peanut sauce dressing. “Gado” itself means “to mix”. So, the proper way to eat gado-gado is to have all the vegetables mixed and
