Senin, 29 September 2014

Tahu Tempe Bacem

Tahu tempe bacem, a sweet taste traditional food which is very easy to make.
 
Tahu and Tempe

Onion, garlic, coriander, sweet  soy sauce, Indonesian bay leaf (Syzygium polyanthum) and palm sugar. Must not forget: salt.

 Ingredients:
200 g tempe, chopped
500 g tahu / tofu
3 bay leaves
100 g palm sugar
1 tsp salt
30 ml sweet soy sauce
1000 ml water
Cooking oil
5 cloves red onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp coriander seeds

 'Cobek', a traditional terracotta grinding tool.

Grind red onion, garlic and coriander.

Put tofu, tempe, grounded ingredients, bay leaves and palm sugar into a cooking pan.

Add water until it cover the ingredient's surface.
 Boil tofu and tempe with water, palm sugar, soy sweet soy sauce, bay leaves, salt, and grounded ingredient, until tofu and tempeh are cooked and liquid has reduced about to dry.

Tahu Tempe Bacem can be served directly or be fried first.
Heat oil in a wok. Fry tofu and tempe until golden brown.
Tempe Bacem: hmmmm.... yummy.... :)

Rabu, 24 September 2014

Harvesting Tomato



Reise, Red Pear and Black Krim Tomatoes

Black Krim impressed me most

Ini adalah pertama kalinya saya  panen tomat: Reise, Red Pear dan Black Krim. Saya menanam mereka dari benih. 
Saya ingin menanam Black Black  Krim dari Ruth. Dia senang menanam Black Krim . Reise dan Pear merah memiliki bentuk yang menarik tapi Black Krim  yang paling mengesankan saya  dari ukuran, warna dan rasa. Saya pikir saya suka menanam tomat dan ingin menanam lebih banyak lagi varietas.

These are my first time ever tomato harvest: Reise, Red Pear and Black Krim. I grow them from seed. I desire to grow Black Krim  from Ruth. She loves to grow Black Krim. 
Reise and Red Pear have attractive shape but the Black Krim impressed me most from its size, color and taste. I think I love to grow tomatoes and want to grow more varieties. 

Sabtu, 20 September 2014

Garden Update: September




Ini dia kebun kecil saya di bulan September. Terdapat beberapa seedling sayuran dan bunga, pohon dahlia yang saya tanam dari cuttings, ramuan serta tomat yang sudah berbuah.

Here it is my little garden in September. There are a few seedlings of vegetables and flowers, dahlias  grown from cutting, herbs and  tomatoes which are setting fruits.
  
Broccoli










 
 Lettuce, parsley and aster.


 
Custuloto Tomato and Gypsophylla Monarrch

 
Chard Bright

Early Purple Sproute Broccoli






Japanese Cucumber

Aster, lettuce, parsley and cosmos
Parsley Aphrodite


Mint
Ranunculus grown from seed


Dahlia from cutting

Tomato's flower

Red Pear Tomato

Reise Tomato

Broken stalk Black Krim Tomato



Black Krim Tomato






Senin, 15 September 2014

Flowering Cilantro









Bukankah itu  indah? Saya juga menikmati bunga tanaman ramuan, mereka juga terlihat cantik. :) Sebenarnya, saya mempunyai sedikit masalah dengan tanaman ini. Nama Latin untuk tanaman ini adalah Coriandrum sativum. Daun dan batang tanaman yang disebut sebagai "cilantro," sementara benih dirujuk sebagai "ketumbar." Bagaimana dengan bunganya?

Isn't it just beautiful? I also enjoy herb's flower, they also look beautiful. :)

Actually, I have a little problem with this plant. The Latin name for this herb  is Coriandrum sativum. The leaves and stalks of the plant are referred to as “cilantro,” while the seeds are referred to as “coriander.” How about the flowers?

Minggu, 14 September 2014

Which one is cilantro and celery?


Dari gambar di atas, manakah seledri dan manakah pohon ketumbar?
From the photo above, which one is cilantro and which one is celery?

Seledri dan ketumbar termasuk dalam famili Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae). 
Apiaceae (atau Umbelliferae), umumnya dikenal sebagai seledri, wortel atau keluarga peterseli, adalah keluarga sebagian besar tanaman aromatik dengan batang berongga. Yang termasuk dalam keluarga ini adalah tanaman terkenal: angelica, adas manis, arracacha, asafoetida, jintan, wortel, seledri, pegagan, seledri, cicely, daun ketumbar, culantro, jinten, dill, adas, hemlock, lovage, Queen Anne's lace, peterseli, ubi, holly laut, dan silphium sekarang telah punah.
 
Celery and coriander belongs in the family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae). 
The Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae), commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, are a family of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems.  Included in this family are the well-known plants: angelica, anise, arracacha, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, Centella asiatica, chervil, cicely, coriander (cilantro), culantro, cumin, dill, fennel, hemlock, lovage, Queen Anne's lace, parsley, parsnip, sea holly, and the now extinct silphium.

  Seledri (Apium graveolens)


Cilantro (Coriander sativum)

References: Wikipedia