Lumpia

I love lumpur but have never learned to make it even though Tante Bertie gave me her secret recipe. Another dish my mother makes that I love is sambal goreng telor. It's a very simple dish with whole boiled eggs. I don't know how to make it but because of that dish I will often throw in a boiled egg in my soup.

There are so many favorites I have. One other thing my mother made was peanut soup. She used raw peanuts, spinach and tiny corns and used a sour base (I can't remember the spice). It's one of my favorite and when I'm in a vegetarian mood that particular dish is on the top of my list.

Regards,
Inge

As Indonesian descendents, we should be very proud of our culinary heritage and take advantage of its complex roots. Since the dutch spice trade we have the most " diverse" line of spices .We have a wide variation of pungent capsicum (sambal) not to mention we also have a wide variety of aromatic herbs. A lot of people compare our food to Thai not so... Thai only has two spice mixes that they use in there cooking one being green and thee other red. Indonesian, it's early settlement were diverse in culture and so added a lot of
variations in or culinary palette. When I was in culinary school, I was the only person who knew how to combine spices and capsicum
Thanks to my Mom and Oma . So you all have an advantage !!! hay... why not Flaunt it :0)

I think you all remember my mum's cooking...well luckily I inherited those cooking genes as well ;).
At work I am known for my pansit and loempia's and my tendency to cook entire ''rijsttafels'' for friends, family, colleagues at celebrations.
I love cooking for a large group - it is soo therapeutic. I have such a busy job, that spending time in the ktichen definitely makes me de-stress. My favourite indo dish? Lemper and Pastei and so fun to make and like Jil I love fried tahoe with salt and the same goes for fried timpe. Babi Ketjap is also my kids favourite and Edwin loves Sambal Goreng Telor and Pepesan. I of course have my Indo cooking bible to stand me by, which I do not know if it was published in English. However there is a great site called Kokkie Blanda. www.kokkieblanda.nl/ . where there are literally 3000 indo recipes.! I love cooking all sorts of asian food, a favourite is Thai and Indian. A good cooking book I can recommend that is also in English is the cooking books from Charmaine Soloman. All great asian dishes in one book and declicious! She is definitely the queen of asian food! Like most cooks I do not work with exact amounts, it really just is a matter of feeling and taste - I encourage my fellow family members to just get in the kitchen, fire up your wok and CREATE! Sigrid