Food, Food And More Food

What a weekend. With Deepavali, my parent's wedding anniversary and Hari Raya Puasa all within a day or two of each other, it has been an almost endless feasting of seafood, red meat, deep fried food and curries made with coconut milk. These are just the main meals, I am not even counting those chocolate cakes, egg rolls and other irresistible pastries that we are munching on the rest of the times. Even the dog participated in the fats and cholesterol binge by devouring a couple of marrow bones and roast chicken.

Organizing the recipes and photographs will take a day or two. Meanwhile, here are some Indonesian dishes that Yulia had cooked for Hari Raya Puasa: (clockwise from right) Opor Nangka which is a curry using unripe jackfruit, Lepet which is glutinous rice with grated coconut wrapped in coconut leaves and Rendang Daging, a spiced mutton stir fry.

Comments

[Seattle Bon Vivant]

What a pretty pic! The Lepet is gorgeous. Where did you find colored cooking string like that? I'm afraid of using anything but plain kitchen string after reading/watching about "Bridget Jones's Blue Soup". ;-D

[fish fish]

Hey ST, oh~ lepet (it looks so much like a ketupat to me), kari, rendang... U r really making me homesick now. Btw, the Hari Raya started on 14 Nov this year? Waiting for ur Hari Raya posts. Wish I m in Kuching now.

[MrsTweety]

Too yummy looking.. !! I'm homesick too.. *cry*

[Reid]

Hi ST,

The jackfruit curry looks wonderful as does the rendang and the lepet. It's unfortunate that I'm unable to get this type of food here. =(

[julia]

wow, looks like your domestic helper is a wonderful cook too, ST!

[Mik]

all looks so yumilicious..love the Lepet and Rendang Daging (but will give the jackfruit a miss).I missed visiting my Malay friends during Hari Raya Puasa..used to do that when I'm in Singapore..I like to see the whole 'gang' of them wearing their festive clothing..some even colour co-ordinated their clothes that you can tell they belong to the same family..

[ST]

Hi Viv, we call those raffia string made from some plasticky material and comes in a variety of colours. More multi purpose string than kitchen string. The only kitchen use I can think of is to secure leaf wrapped dumplings. Don't think direct contact with food using raffia string ala Bridget Jones is a good idea.

Hi fish fish and tweety, as someone who had been in your position before, I feel your pain.

Hi Reid, I am sure you can make these dishes yourself, wonderful cook that you are.

Hi Julia, we are indeed very lucky to have Yulia who is such a good cook.

Hi Mik, I love their colour coordinated clothes and made from the same fabrics too.