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Bamboo Shoot Spring Roll (Lumpia Semarang)
Lumpia Semarang is a hawker street food dish which is originally come from Semarang, a capital city of Central Java province. It can also be found in other cities' hawker street stalls or in food courts around Indonesia.
Lumpia term derived from Lunpia or popiah, a chinese pastry from Fujian, China. Lumpia originally made by Chinese immigrant who migrated to Indonesia. This dish was quickly accepted by locals and modified using Indonesian's local ingredients.
Lumpia has a different filling compared to Lunpia or popiah. This Indonesian's version of Lunpia has some young bamboo shoots filing whilst Lunpia has bean sprouts, scrambled eggs, or turnip filling as a main ingredients. The Indonesian version of Lumpia are also have 2 variety of Lumpia: the wet one with white colour (the original wrapper colour is white and this is the steamed version of Lumpia) and the crunchy deep fried Lumpia with golden colour.
Biting into this crunchy deep fried golden pastry and you will find sweetness of finely shredded young bamboo shoots then soon these small salty dried shrimps will find out its way into your taste buds. This spring rolls has a main ingredient of young bamboo shoots and shrimps, mixed with these garlic, leek and some bean sprouts then cooked with sweet soy bean sauce. Its accompanying tauco sauce is also famously sweet with a bit tangy of garlicky taste.
Bamboo Shoot Spring Rolls (Recipe From : Rudy Hadiwidjojo)
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Friday, June 3, 2011
"Kway Teow" aka "Shahe fen" aka "ricecake strips" aka kuetiau
Wide shahe fen stir-fried with soy sauceShahe fen noodles are white in color, broad, and somewhat slippery. Their texture is elastic and a bit chewy. They do not freeze or dry well and are thus generally (where available) purchased fresh, in strips or sheets that may be cut to the desired width. Where fresh noodles are not available, they may also be purchased packaged in dried form, in various widths.
Shahe fen noodles are very similar to Vietnamese bánh phở noodles, which are likely derived from their Chinese counterpart. Although the phở noodles used in soups may vary in width, wide phở noodles are also common in stir fried dishes. The popular Thai dishes pad see ew and drunken noodles are also made with similar noodles.
With a little bit of Indonesian touch, below is my interpretation for the Kway Teow for Teras Bali.
For : 1 Portion
Prep Time : 5 minutes
1 cup Flat Rice Noodle
2 tbs Oils
1 tbs Basic Paste*
1 tsp Shrimp Paste dried
1 pc Egg
1 tbs Onion, Chopped
1/2 tbs Garlic, chopped
3 tbs Chicken, diced
3 pcs Prawns, sliced
1 pcs Lap Chong, sliced (Chinese dried sausages)
3 pcs Mussels (cleaned)
1/4 cup Cabbage, shredded
1/4 cup Carrots, matchstick
1/4 cup Choy Sum, sliced
4 pcs Mushrooms,wedges
4 pcs Tomatoes, wedges
1/4 cup Bean sprouts
1 tbs Leeks, sliced
1 tbs Fish Sauce
2 tbs Kecap Manis
1 tbs Hondasi
Salt as you like
Pepper as you like
1. Heat the oil on the wok, add egg in, stir it immediately, add the basic paste and shrimp paste.
2. Add onions and keep stir the wok until the aroma come up, add chickens, mussels, prawns and Lap Chong.
3. Add the vegetables, tossed it well until half cooked, add the kway teow, tossed and stir it well. Add the sauce and season according to your like.
Tips:
make sure the wok is really hot, all of the cooking process is taking less than 3 minutes, otherwise the noodle and veggies will be lumpy.
*The Basic Paste
1st
1 pc Onion, chopped
3 cloves Garlic, chopped
3 pc Chili, seeded
1 pc Tomatoes, large, cut into wedges
3 pc Candle Nuts, roasted
1 tbs Shrimp Paste (dry or roasted)
2nd
3 tbs Oils
1 pc Lemongrass
1 slices Ginger
3 pc Lime Leaf
1 tbs salt
1/2 tbs pepper
1 sugar
method:
1. Roast all the 1st items in the oven at 165oC for 10 minutes.
2. Blend the roasted ingredients using the mixer.
3. Heat the oil, add the mixture in, add the 2nd items and cook it on slow fire until the aroma comes up.
alternatively, the 1st items can be sauteed.