Friday, July 24, 2009

Homemade Nasi Impit

after being cooked... voila!
before cook...
the rice level should be slightly below
the diagonal line


Assalamu'alaykum again...

Are all of you in the pink of health today? Alhamdulillah, in whatever state of health we are now, we should not fail from thanking and be grateful to ALlah s.w.t for His great advantages and very pleasing gifts to each of everyone of us...By remembering Him then the heart will be in the calmness, for sure....


My entry this time is to share with all the readers here on how to make the homemade 'Nasi Impit'..Do you guys know what is nasi impit? Nasi impit is a compressed or compact form of rice. We normally cook the rice in a holey thermal plastic (plastik tahan panas) in a large quantity of water...Soon, when the rice is cooked, then it will become compressed and compact.

How to cook :
Prepare;
a few pieces of thermal plastic
some rice

Put the rice in the plastic and hold diagonally (pic above). The rice level should be slightly lower than the diagonal line. Then, you must staple the opening and make holes on it by using satay stick, toothpick or any sharp object. Place it in a pot with a suitable amount of water and cook. Once it cooked, drain the water and let it cool. Then you can cut it into cubes....

(I ensure you, once you try this one out, you'll love its tender and soft texture of nasi impit. It is much better than the ready-made one...so, no more buying that one (+ wasting money)... make your own...k! So you guys can have this nasi impit with my previous entry (Lodeh Bandung & Kuah Kacang) together.......!)

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Lodeh Bandung & Kuah Kacang.... + nasi impit

Lodeh Bandung

I do feel the flu is coming this morning...yez indeed, it makes me weak physically & emotionally, but despite that uncomfortable feeling...and of course with the help from my maid, I still force myself to cook these dishes especially for my mom-in-law who is now staying with us during the week days. I noticed that she lost her appetite lately so I decided to cook this kind of menu today. I hope she will enjoy it....

After sending my 2nd son to school for his UPSR trial (actually he is still in MC due to his right humerus fractured) & chatting with Nina and Kak Inah at the school canteen, I started my 'journey' today to find all the ingredients needed. So, here it is.........


Lodeh Bandung
500 gm daging/udang
(daging direbus dgn pressure cooker terlebih dahulu)

3 ulas bawang merah
5 ulas bawang putih
1 biji bawang besar
1/2 inci halia
1/2 inci lengkuas
1 biji tomato
2-3 biji cili merah
2 biji buah keras
cekur (optional)
(semua bahan di atas dikisar halus)

3 sudu besar cili kering kisar

bunga kobis (dipotong kecil)
carrot (didadu)
ubi kentang (didadu)
kacang panjang (dipotong kecil)
(kuantiti sayur2an terpulang kpd masing2)

sedikit santan (~200ml)
air (~1 liter)



Cara membuat :


-Tumis bahan2 kisar sehingga naik bau
-Masukkan cili kering kisar

-Masukkan air, kentang dan karot diikuti dgn daging dan air rebusannya
-Masukkan bunga kobis dan kacang panjang
-Akhir sekali, masukkan santan...sesuaikan rasa dengan garam & gula secukupnya
-....dah siap dan boleh diangkat

**masak sayur2an jgn jadi terlampau lembut
**dinasihatkan oleh pakar2 pemakanan..(ewahh), supaya tidak dicampurkan daging ayam/lembu dengan makanan laut (seafood)...


(I specially created this name of 'Lodeh Bandung' because I got the idea from the dish that we ate when we had our family trip to Bandung in 2007...the morning we left Hotel Bukit Indah, Puncak, Bogor that day....we had our breakfast and one of the dishes that I love very much that particular morning is this menu...I asked my bibik what kind of broth is that...It was just so nice, lots of veges mixed with beef and served with a light coconut milk gravy (because it's hard to find coconut over there)...so, once reached home here, I decided to make that kind and it was so delighted to see that my family loves it very much...it is a kind of lontong or masak lodeh actually, but none of our family members like it...but, this lodeh is actually up to our taste and also the kids...)