New Necklaces Collection

Finally, I made them. When I could not do normal houseworks last week, I decided to make as many necklaces as I could. And those days were really fun for me.

Created by using Scrapbook Flair software and background.
Photos by me.

The necklace in the center is so special, most of materials are in silver (fine, sterling) and silver plated copper wire. Love the fossil coral pendant too!

You can visit all necklaces in here.

Simple Salmon Dish

Thank's to my friend, Eva, who told me what to do with one kilo of salmon that I had in my congelator...

She informed me that I only needed to put 4 spices for this delicious dish which were:

• Garlic
• Salt
• Galangal
• Ginger

But then, I added some coriandre. In the photo, the chilli and the basilic are only for decoration :)

Ikan Asam-asam (Fish Soup in Lemon)

I missed Asam-asam restaurant in Cikarang, not far from my previous office. My fav dish was sour 'patin' fish soup. It was sour and a little bit hot, but so so yummy. Especially if it was accompanied with a big glass of young coconut drink. Ooh...

Then couple days ago I tried to make sour fish soup. To add the taste of sour, usually Indonesian people use bilimbi. But I did not have it here. So I put lemon.

Ingredients:

• 3 pieces of Colin fish
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 red chillies, chopped
• 1 green paprika, chopped
• 2 slices of lemon
• 2 tbsp of lemon juice for marinade the fish
• 1 tbsp of lemon juice for sauce
• 1 salam leave
• 1-2 tsp sweet soya sauce
• salt, pepper
• cooking oil
• water

How to make it:

• Rub the fish with some salt and lemon juice, let them for 10-15 minutes before cooking
• Fry the chopped onion with little oil until it becomes browny
• Add paprika, fry until it is half cooked
• Add the fish, cook well with some water
• Add the chillies, slices of lemon, lemon juice, salam leave, sweet soya sauce, salt and pepper
• Taste it, add more salt and/or pepper if needed
• Serve with rice

I have been thinking to try with salmon. The taste must be better.

Opor Ayam (Chicken with Coconut Milk)

The original recipe was given by Rita and Mbak Dewi, but it was actually for Spicy Chicken which was fried and crispy. Then someone told me that the recipe also could be used for Opor Ayam, one of the favorite dish during Idul Fitri (Eid) celebration in Indonesia. So, I cooked this dish for my family, of course for celebrating Eid.


Ingredients:

200 ml thick coconut milk
1.5 l water
4 full chicken leg and thigh (as a whole part)
1 tbsp galangal
4 fresh garlics
5 fresh shallots
1 tbsp salt
3 tsp sugar
2 fresh lemon grass, crushed
2 salam leaves
2 tsp turmeric

How to cook:

• Chop the shallots and garlics into raw pieces, put in a blender or a traditional grinder. Grind well.
• Boil the chicken with water and coconut milk in a pan with low heat
• Add the mixed of shallots and garlics, salam leave, lemon grass, turmeric and galangal.
• Cook until the chicken is well-done.
• Serve with rice cake and fried shallots.

Note.
- If you prefer, you can add some boiled eggs into the opor ayam.