Desperate situation calls for desperate measures. I guess those saying is actually real for me and Fang today. We are desperately want to eat a good meal from back home which we couldn't find in Perth, so we decided to make one just like it. You see, my parents came from Tegal... I grew up speaking Javanese and ate their kind of food. Fang came from Purwokerto which is near Tegal, so basically we came from the same cultural background.
Today, we decided to make Nasi Lengko. It's one of the traditional cuisine from Tegal/Purwokerto which consists of fried tofu, tempe, beansprout and cucumber. Then we add peanut sauce, the 'kerupuk mie' (somekind of crackers) and sweet soya sauce on top. We served them with rice (some sort of gado gado mixed with rice, i guess...)
So our small 'adventure' began from Kongs Oriental Supermarket where we bought the ingredients. Somehow we couldn't find cucumbers in that store. So we walked to Coles which is right across the street... but the things is.. I forgot my wallet at home and Fang didn't have any cash in hers. Therefore, we decided to do it without cucumber (sigh)
The first thing that we have to do to make Lengko is to make the peanut sauce. We have to crushed together chilli and garlic until they blended. But... due to the shortage of our mortal and pestal ability (yeap, we're not that talented) Fang managed to find a very creative way to crushed them... with a wrench.So this is what she did... she put the garlic and chilli in a plastic, and beat them up with the wrench! A bit brutal, but she managed to do it. Well done, Fang!
So after that, we prepared all the ingredients for Nasi Lengko. We create the peanut sauce, fried the tahu and tempe, fried the kerupuk and boil the beansprouts.
After everything is ready, then we start on the fun part. Putting it all together! :) So basically you just put the rice together with everything, and it came out like this...
VOILA!!!
And now the time we were waiting for... eating it! Fang and I were really pleased with the result we couldn't stop eating. We actually thinking of getting a second round if we're hungry again later on. Oops!
Happy Ya Ya Ya... Happy Ye Ye Ye... Aku senang jadi anak Tegal :P
6 thoughts:
Leng koleng koleng....Ko lengko lengko...nyammmm...we should try other food next time tas!!! Yeay!!!
-Fang2-
Woww!! Looks yummy!!
I like the beating part, now I know how to make minced garlic since I don't have ulekan.. what a McGyver's brilliant method! hahahaha..
hehehe. desperate time calls for desperate measures, fen! hehehe :P don't u know fang's full name? Fang 'McGyver' Fang. HAHAHA, maksa abiss :)
Hi Beautiful! Wow, so you can cook! The question is.. when are you cooking for us? HA!HA! and yup, when all else fails, use a spanner! I really like that.
We should spend some time chatting just you and me sometime soon, I think we have a lot in common. See you Sunday Bud!
I've never heard nor tasted Nasi Lengko before but from your description, it sounds like a close cousin of gado-gado. It must be super yummy!
Anything with peanut sauce is yummy!
Is the kerupuk mie like the Malaysian shrimp crackers?
well to think of it.. it's a bit like gado2, only without the rice cake and potato (with those being substituted by rice, i guess) and it tastes like heaveeeennn.
the kerupuk mie is not like the malaysian shrimp cracker. Kerupuk mie is mostly cracker which has texture and color like noodles. only it's been overlayed together in a round-kinda-shape.
but you know, u can always substitute the kerupuk mie with the malaysian shrimp cracker.. works for me! :)
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