Sambal Kerecek: Buffalo Skin Crackers in Coconut Milk and Chilli Marinade

Sambal Kerecek

Sambal kerecek is a typical Yogyakarta dan Central Java dish. Kerecek is a kind of crackers made from the inner skin layer of buffalo. In this savory dish,  the kerecek is soaked with spices, chili and coconut milk marinade. The krecek will absorb all the spices, and you might want to add more salt, terasi (fermented prawn)  and pepper  during the cooking process. Sambal kerecek is frequently served with gudeg (jackfruit stew) and opor- and it's surely a delicious one. If you like spicy food, I think you should give sambal kerecek a try. Please  excuse my translation of sambal kerecek, I couldn't find a better one.^^

Lidah Sambal Hijau (Lidah Lado Mudo): Beef Tongue in Green Chilli Marinade

Lidah Sambal Hijau/Lidah Lado Mudo: Beef Tongue in Green Chilli Marinade

Grow up in a Minang neighborhood make me have a sweet spot of Minang culinary. I love the savory Nasi Padang and enjoy the sweet bubur sampiun thoroughly. However, beef ongue (lidah) is one of my favorite Padang dishes. Some people are feeling reluctant to cook tongue because cleaning the whitish upper layer of the tongue (mucous layer) can be time consuming. But here I will explain how I clean it easily.

The cooking consists of two steps: processing the beef tongue and make the sambal hijau (lado mudo in Minang language)

SEMUR AYAM- Chicken in sweet soy marinade

Semur Ayam

Hello! I created this recipe posting because my friend, Kate, a good friend of mine frequently asked me how to cook Indonesian dishes. We met each other during one of surgery workshop in France. During that cold moment and feeling tired after work in our lab, we went to Indonesia restaurant and she fell in love with the food ever since. I never actually type my recipes until she asked me to email her, then I realized I already collect more than 20 recipes!!
Anyway, I decide to archive these recipes here in this little blog. Most of the recipes is from my family, some experiment from internet etc. Please link back to me if you want to use my recipes in your blog. My photography skill is sort of limited and perhaps you would find my English is not that well-understood, but I still use original bahasa Indonesia terms in the recipes. Enjoy!