Corn Rice (Nasi Jagung)

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups (300 g) uncooked rice, washed thoroughly and drained
• 1 ½ cups (360 g) sweet corn kernels, cut from fresh cobs, or one 15 oz (425 g) can sweet corn kernels, drained
• 3 ½ cups (875 mL) water

Directions:

1. Bring all the ingredients to a boil in a pot. If using canned sweet corn, do not add at this stage. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the water has almost dried up, 5 to 7 minutes. If using canned sweet corn, add the corn to the rice now
2. Reduce the heat to low and continue cooking the rice for 10 more minutes, stirring from time to time to prevent burning, until the rice is dry and fluffy. Remove from the heat, stir well and serve hot

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When Siti came over to my house with some Nagasari cakes (steamed banana rice cakes), I was pleasantly surprised how yummy it was. Creamy on the outside with a white puddingy texture and sweet in the inside, it makes a wonderful snack anytime of the day. Made only from flour, coconut milk, sugar and bananas, and wrapped in banana leaves - it's a wonder how the simple ingredients can produce such a delicious dessert! And the best part is, it takes only 10 minutes to prepare. Try it, I'm sure you're going to enjoy this traditional Indonesian dessert. Thank you Siti for the Nagasari recipe.

Ingredients:

• 6 ripe bananas (suitable for steaming such as pisang raja, pisang nangka, etc)
• 3 cups rice flour
• 3 cups coconut milk, squeezed from 1 grated coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Banana leaves, for wrapping

Directions:
1. Slice bananas lengthwise into half. 2. Combine flour, coconut milk, sugar and salt in a pot. Cook over medium heat, constantly stirring until mixture is thick. 3. Spoon approximately 1-2 tablespoons of mixture onto banana leaf. Place a slice of banana on mixture, and cover banana with another 1-2 tablespoons of mixture. 4. Wrap mixture with banana leaves neatly. 5. Steam for 25 minutes or until cooked. Serve warm or cold.

*There are no special ways of wrapping the rice cakes in banana leaves. Wrap it in any style you like.

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Wedang Ronde ( Glutinous Balls in Ginger Water )

Ingredients:

• 50 gr peanut,roast, and grind coarsely.
• 50 gr sugar
• 150 gr glutineous rice fluor
• 1,5 teaspoon tapioca starch
• salt
• about 150ml warm water.
• green & red food coloring

The ginger water:

• 300cc water
• 10 cm ginger, crushed
• 2 stalks lemon grass
• 2 pandan ( screwpine )leaves
• 300 gr sugar

Directions:
1. Mix ground peanut with sugar. Set aside. 2. In a bowl, mix glutineous rice fluor + tapioca starch + salt. (or sugar according to Ben) 3.Add warm water little by little until mixture is pliant. 4. Devide the mixture into three. One for red, one green, and one plain. Form litlle balls about the size of a marble. Fill with the peanut mixture. 5.Cook the balls in hot boiling water until floating. Remove and set aside. 6. Boil all the ginger water ingredients. 7.Lower the heat.Keep cooking for another 15 minutes for the spiciness and aroma to infuse. 8. Serve warm/hot with the glutineous balls.

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