September 23, 2008
Ingredients
- medium-sized can pineapple chunks
- riped papaya, peeled and chopped
- green apples, peeled and chopped
- small cucumber, peeled and sliced
- unripe mango, sliced
- jicama (bengkuang), sliced
- 100 g fried/roasted peanuts
- 200 g brown sugar
- 3 tbsp fried garlic
- 2 tbsp tamarind juice
- bird eye's chilies ( as many as you like)
- 1/4 tsp dried shrimp paste
- salt as desired
- water
direction:
- Add brown sugar, add a small amount of water at the time and increase until reaching the desired consistency.
- Add garlic and peanuts, until the process of doing (not the process of peanut soft, but some people might like the soft version). If the sauce is too thick, add water.
- Serve with sliced fruits
Prambanan temple has three main temples in the main courtyard, namely Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva temples. The three temples are symbols of the Trimurti in the Hindu beliefs. All of them face east.
Very attractive accompanying Garuda temple is the temple which is located near the temple of Vishnu. This temple keeps a history of half-bird man named Garuda. Garuda is a mythical bird in Hindu mythology. The figure is golden body, white face, red wings, with the beak and wings of the eagle-like. It is assumed that the figure is the adaptation of Hindu Bennu (meaning 'rising' or 'shining') that is associated with the god of the sun. Garuda managed to save his mother from the curse of Aruna (Garuda's brother disabled) for stealing Tirta Amerta (the sacred water of the gods). Their ability to save her mother made many people admire the present time and is used for various purposes. Indonesia uses the bird as a symbol of the country. Another country using the same symbol is Thailand with the same reason, but another form of adaptation and appearance.
You can discover many more things in Prambanan. If you feel tired to enjoy the relief, you can take a break in the beautiful garden in the complex. Since the September 18, 2006, you can enter the zone 1 zone Prambanan temple. The damage caused by the earthquake on May 27, 2006 is being rebuilt.
The process is followed by color the fabric. The pattern of fabric with which it crosses in a bucket full of colorful agent. This process seems simple, but it is actually difficult, on the other hand, if batik color should be more than doubled. Batik Many artisans still use natural colors of some natural materials, but there are many players who use synthetic dyes.
After color depth, the process is followed by the death of the wax, or the removal of the wax linked to the canvas. Initially, prepare the boiling water mixed with soda ash, and finally crossing the cloth is to remove all the wax. If there is still connected wax, should be cleaned after the death process.
The last step is washing. When using the natural coloring agent, washing can not be done through the use of detergent can harm the color. After being washed, the cloth is dried in the sun indirect avoid discoloration. After this drying process, you can see the difference in color with batik natural coloring agent, the color tends to be less bright.
Yogyakarta batik courses in professional instructors to provide you competent, though with only a short course. Some places also have instructors speaking foreign languages, especially English, to help understand the lesson.
Borobudur was built as a ten-building terraces. The height, before it was restored to 42 meters and 34.5 meters after the renovation because the lowest level was used as a base of support. The first six terraces are in the form of squares, two terraces above are circular in shape, and the upper terrace of them is the statue of Buddha that faces west. Each terrace symbolizes the stage of human life. In line with the Mahayana Buddha, anyone who intends to reach the level of Buddha must go through each stage of life.
September 22, 2008
Shadow puppet show is performed by the puppeteer who is also the narrator who is possibly the best artist in the world. All night, he plays all the characters of the puppets of leather that form the human characters from buffalo skin decorated on the occasion of the proceeds of leather carving. He has to change the character voice, change the pitch, the production of humor and even sing. In order to live the atmosphere, the narrator is assisted by the musicians who play gamelan - a traditional Javanese musical instruments - and the woman called sinden singers who sing songs Javanese. The leather puppet show begins when the dalang pulls out a puppet in the form of a mountain called Gunungan.
September 19, 2008
In Indonesia, when Ramadhan comes, we can find the traditional desserts from around the world, especially street vendors. They sell the variation of sweet before Iftar. This type of dessert known as jajanan pasar, jajanan means to buy some food from street vendors, pasar means market), because normally the food they sell in the market instead of street. Today, I will going to make some of Indonesian traditional food, they called this food as KOLAK PISANG.
Ingredients:
1 pandan leaf (screwpine leaf)
2 big cubes of Palm Sugar
1 can of Toddy Palm Fruit
15 bananas
5 large sweet potato
1 can of coconut milk, add 2 cup of water
1 1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Directions:
- Peel skin from sweet potato, wash clean, cut into small cubes, place in a boiling pan
- Peel the banana skin, make small cuts and place in the boiling pan along with sweet potato
- Cut half each toddy palm fruit if desire, if not, leave it as its natural round, put into the boiling pan as well (without the water)
- Tie knot the screwpine leaf and add it into the pan
- Add sugar, salt, palm sugar, coconut milk, and the water into the pan
- Bring to boil everything inside the pan until sweet potato become tender, taste the soup if its sweet enough for you, turn off the stove.
- serve warm or cold is desired
September 18, 2008
Batik means wax writing. It is a form of decoration cloth covering part of it with a layer of wax and then dye the fabric. The waxed area retains its original color and when the wax is removed the contrast between dyed and undyed area makes the pattern.
Ingredients:
1. 1 3/4 Lb Lamb, fresh
2. 2 onion
3. 3 thai chile
4. 3/4" knob ginger, fresh
5. 1/2" knob lemon grass
6. 1 lemon grass, stem
7. 2 garlic clove
8. 8 macadamia nut
9. 2 tomato, ripe
10. 1/3 c oil
11. 1/2 td cardamom, groud
12. 1/2 ts cumin powder
13. 1/2 ts turmeric
11. 1/4 fennel powder
12. 1 cinnamon stick; 2 "
13. 4 cloves, whole
14. salt, pepper, back; to taste
15. 4 c coconut milk
Direction:
1. Cut the lamb into bite-size pieces
2. Chop the onion, chilies, ginger, lemon grass root and lemon
3. Crush the garlic and crushed macadamia nuts
4. Skin tomatoes and cut the flesh into small dice
5. Heat the oil in a large pan, add onions, chilies and garlic and saute until the onion becomes transparent
6. Then add the lamb, ginger, lemon root, lemon grass and tomato and cook for another three minutes, stirring frequently
7. Add the spice powder, cinnamon and cloves rajita and season to taste with salt and pepper
8. Pour in coconut milk and bring to boil, stirring constantly, then lower heat and allow to cook over a low heat until the meat is very tender, about 45 minutes.
9. Serve immediately with cooked rice
2. water as required
3. 1/2 tsp slaked lime water
4. 100 gr rice flour mixied with 25 gr corn starch
5. vegetable oil for frying
spice paste:
1. 4 candlenuts
2. 1 clove garlic
3. 1 tsp coriander seeds
4. 1/4 tsp tumeric pow
5. salt to taste
6. 1 cm fresh kencur
direction:
1. Slice the tempe in thin 3½ x 5 cm squares. Set aside.
2. Mix the spice-paste together with the water and slaked lime water. Add the rice flour and cornstarch and blend till smooth.
3.Heat the oil in a wok, dip the tempe in the batter and deep-fry until it is golden brown and crisp.
Note: Make sure that the oil is not to hot, otherwise the batter and the tempe will not be done at the same time.
September 17, 2008
It's good to talk a bit about the language of a country you're visiting or at least understand the term commonly used or greetings - this will allow you to get a better game, with people and culture. It also helps to speak a little of the language when negotiating memories in the tourist areas, as a little knowledge goes a long way to get a better price!
Here are some common expressions be able to use:
Selamat datang ----> welcome
Apa kabar? --------> how are you ?
Selamat pagi -------> good morning
Selamat siang ------> good may
Selamat sore -------> good afternoon
Selamat malam ----> good evening
Selamat makan ----> have a nice meal
Selamat jalan ------> have a nice trip / goodbye (if someone is leaving)
Selamat tinggal ----> goodbye (if you are leaving)
Terima kasih ------> thank you
Sama sama --------> don't mention it
Tidak terimah kasih ---> no, thanks
Berapa harganya? -----> how much does it cost / what's the price?
Mahal! -------------> expensive!
Murah! ------------> cheap
Boleh tawar? ------ > can I bargain
Harga pas ---------> fixed price
Gado Gado is traditionally Indonesian salad, mixed vegetables with peanut sauce dressing. They are sold widely in Indonesia and or can easily find a restaurant to a market seller. The flavor is sweet in the eastern part of Java and salted in western Java. The traditional way of doing Gado Gado millstone was used to prepare the peanut sauce. The peanut sauce poured on top of vegetables served before.
Lettuces
A small bunch of long beans
Young cabbage
1 cucumber
Tofu
100 gr soyabean cake
2 eggs
5 pieces of red chili pepper
5 pieces of small chili pepper (jalapeno or scotch bonnet)
3 pieces of shallots
100 gr peanuts
lemon
brown sugar and salt
Direction:
1. Fry an egg and soyabean cake
2. Cut into small pieces
3. Boil one egg and slice it
4. Boil young cabbage, long beans, and slice them
Peanut sauce:
1. Fry peanuts
2. Slice shallots, and brown with chili peppers
3. Mix and grind all these with brown sugar, lemon, salt and pepper, and boil with a little bit of water.
(Use this sauce with satay as well)
Customs
At the entrance to Indonesia, each adult is allowed to carry duty-free up to one liter of alcoholic beverages and 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 100 grams of snuff.
Cameras, video cameras, portable radios, cassette recorders, binoculars and sports equipment are allowed provided they are taken outside the country to exit. They must be declared to Customs. They are prohibited firearms, narcotics, pornography, printing and Chinese medicines, transmitters and cordless phones. The films, pre-recorded video tapes and laser discs should be supervised by the censor board.
There is no restriction on the movement of foreign currency or travellers cheques inside and outside the country. However, the import and export of hard currency Indonesian exceeding Rp. 5 million is prohibited.
The Department of Justice and Human Rights has officially determined that from February 1, 2004:
1. The Free Visa Facility (length of stay max. 30 days) will be issued to citizens of the following countries: Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macao, Morocco, Chile, Peru.
2. The Visa-on-arrival facility (the length of stay max. 30 days) will be issued to citizens of the following countries: Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy , Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States.
3. Citizens of countries not mentioned above are required to apply for a visa at the Embassy or Consulate of Indonesia in their country of domicile.
Airport Tax and Transport
Passengers departing on international and domestic flights have to pay Rp. And 50,000 rupees. 11,000 airport taxes, respectively.
Measured taxis are available only at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. In other major airports in Indonesia, taxis operating with a fixed interest rate.
From the airport in Jakarta, all taxi costs include a surcharge of Rp. 2,300 and a highway toll of at least Rp. 4,000, depending on the destination. The surcharge does not apply to travel to the airport, although the toll motorway ago. In both directions, airport taxis offer a 25 percent discount on the fare toll.
Currency
Exchange facilities of the main foreign currencies are available at authorized banks or moneychangers in major cities throughout Indonesia. Rupiah comes in denominations of 100.000, 50.000, 20.000, 10.000, 5.000 and 1.000 in banknotes, and 1.000, 500, and 100 coins
Indonesia [chapter 1]: a necklace of equatorial emeralds
0 comments Posted by ... at Wednesday, September 17, 2008Indonesia is often referred to as the world's largest archipelago, a name reflecting his aptly 17000, or islands covering over 5000 km (about 3200 miles) east of Sabang, in northern Sumatra to Merauke in Irian Jaya. If you superimpose a map of Indonesia over one of Europe, you will find that stretches from Ireland to Iran; compared with the United States, which covers the area from California to Bermuda.
Lovers of the mountain is much to enjoy in Indonesia. A large chain of volcanoes, the Bukit Barisan, runs the entire length of Sumatra. In the west coast, the mountains fall abruptly to the sea, while the east to ease gradually to the plains in a wide coastal strip of mangroves. Vegetation volcanoes dresses also dramatically increased in the Banda Sea, Ternate and Maki. Many of the volcanoes are still active, constantly latent and sometimes violent eruption, although geological stations continually track assets and give notice if they are not safe to climb. Mount Merapi in Central Java is the favorite for climbers, despite being one of the most active in the archipelago.
Mountain Lakes are also abundant in many dormant craters of volcanoes, the most famous of these objectives is Lake Toba in the mountains north of Sumatra. This mountain lake covers an area four times the size of Singapore. In Kalimantan, the water moves freight and passengers up and down the major rivers: Mahakam, Barito, Kapuas and Kahayan. The mountainous island of Flores is famous for its many colored volcanic lakes, known as Keli Mutu. The three lakes are located in a narrow range of group and dark red to turquoise.
Located between two bio-geographical groups - Asia and Australia - the flora and fauna of the archipelago is also highly idiosyncratic. Species that are found nowhere else on earth have flourished in certain areas, including the famous Komodo dragon on the island of the same name. Also in abundance are rare flowers, including exotic orchids, unusual insects, birds of paradise and many indigenous spices such as cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace and many more.
September 16, 2008
Tempe (fermented soya beans), traditional Indonesian food rich in protein and calcium. want to know more about tempe click http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Tempeh
One of my favorite tempe was mendoan, fry tempe coated with flour
1. 250 grams tempeh, slice wide and thin
2. 100 grams all purpose flour
3. 1 tsp garlic paste
4. 2 crushed candle nuts
5. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
6. salt
7. water as required
8. spring onion
9. oil for frying
instruction:
Mix water and flour to make thick batter, add all ingiderent and stir well. Coat tempeh into batter and deep fry until golden colour. Serve while still hot with hot chilli sauce.
100 grams tapioca starch
1 tbsp all purpose flour
75 ml water
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1 tsp salt
1 garlic clove, pasted
30 grams soya beans, soak in water until tender
1 stick of spring onion, finely chopped.
We could also give the contents inside before being fried with chicken, sausage, cheese, and/ other
Bali, the most popular tourist destination in Indonesia, has remained almost unreal in the current changing world. The island is divided by a series of impressive volcanoes almost running through the center of the island believe that the local population to be the home of the gods. Bathed in mystery and magic, which extend into the sky and majestic splendor can be seen in almost all parts of the island. The Hindu Bali religion permeates daily life of people. Shrines and temples, as well as the terraced rice fields dominate the landscape.
Water sports also have gained in popularity and in Bali can boast excellent surfing, windsurfing, sailing, diving and rafting.
The island of Lombok, just east of Bali has existed in the shadow of its more famous neighbor, but is becoming a popular destination in its own right. The powerful Rinjani volcano dominates the island and offers magnificent panoramic views of hundreds of miles. Unalterable white pristine beaches are typical in Lombok, where the motto is "you can see Bali in Lombok, but not Lombok in Bali." The island of Sumbawa, east of Lombok is also dominated by a huge volcano, called Tambora, which last erupted in 1815, killing an estimated 92000 people.
Further east, lie the islands of East Nusa Tenggara, formed by the power and strength of a huge chain of mountains and volcanoes which begins in northern Sumatra and lying to the east across Java. The province consists of over 550 islands, but is dominated by three main islands of Flores, Sumba and Timor.
It occupies a unique position across the entire line of Wallace, is one of the most dynamic and exotic marine environments with almost all species of corals and tropical fish represented. In contrast, the arid landscape of eastern and southeastern Nusa Tenggara is the result of hot, dry winds blowing from the Australian continent and indeed in many coastal areas not a drop of rain falls during most of the year.
Karedok is the Sundanese salad (another Bandung food). Not to be confused with the ubiquitous Gado-Gado (Indonesian salad with peanut dressing), Karedok is the Sundanese take on the salad with peanut dressing. The main difference is, vegetables in Gado-Gado is cooked, but in Karedok, is raw. Moreover, Karedok has more bite to it and definitely more spicy. Here is the original recipe:
ingredients:
Vegetables
* 100 g cucumber,
* 100 g bean sprouts
* 3 cabbage leaves
* 100 g string beans
* 25 g basil leaves
Sauce
* 2 red chilies
* 1 cloves garlic
* 5 small chilies
* 1/2 tsp kencur
* 200 g peanuts, roast
* 1 tbs tamarind juice
* 1 tbs palm sugar (or brown sugar)
* 1 tsp salt
* 1/2 tsp shrimp paste
* 1-2 tbs vinegar
* 150 cc hot water
Garnish
* fried emping chips or kerupuk
Directions:
1. Parboil beansprouts and string beans.
2. Slice cucumber, cut string beans into 3cm pieces, and chop cabbage leaves into
pieces.
3. Grind red chilies, garlic, small chilies, kencur, peanuts, palm sugar, salt shrimp
paste and vinegar in a blender.
4. Add tamarind juice and hot water into 3 and mix until smooth.
5. Mix all the vegetables and Serves with fried emping or krupuk on top.
Gudeg (green jackfruit stew) is a dish very sweet young jackfruit, cooked with palm sugar and seasoning until it becomes dark brown and can not be distinguished from cassava leaves, boiled together with it, and red beans, ingredients that are optional.
This food is easy to make although a bit time consuming. But it's definitely worth the time and effort.
- 5 shallot
- 10 candlenut
- 10 garlic cloves
- 4 Indian bay leaves
- ½ lb. (250 g) jackfruit
- 2½ tsp. (12 g) coriander seeds
- 1¼ tsp. (6 g) cumin
- ¼ cup (62 ml) coconut sugar
- 2 cup (500 ml) coconut milk
- 2 tsp. (30 g ) tamarind
- 2 lb. (1 kg) chicken (cut into small pieces with bone)
- 5 cups (1.25 l) water
- 2 inches bruised galanga
- Cut jackfruit into one-inch-thick pieces and wash.
- Boil until tender.
- Grind shallots, candle nuts, sauté paste, salam leaves, and galanga until fragrant, then add chicken pieces.
- Stir-fry until chicken changes color.
- Pour 4 cups of water and coconut sugar onto chicken and bring to a boil.
- Add jackfruit and simmer until chicken and vegetables are tender.
- Add coconut milk 5 minutes before it's done; bring back to a boil.
- Serve hot with rice.
This dish is sweet and usually served with shrimp crackers.
Although Yogyakarta is a small city surrounded by Mountain Merapi volcano, Mount Merbabu, Dieng Javanese and Indian Ocean, there are so many places we visit. You can choose whether they want or go to the beach or find fresh air in Kaliurang. Parangtritis beach is a very famous, known also by things ritual special night. From there, if you want to find another beach, on a trial Baron, Depok, or even farther, Congot. But if you just want to have fun with little things like handicrafts, hand, batik, silver, jewelry, etc. You can easily find in the city centre.
U If you feel that you lose, do not be afraid to ask for help. People in Yogyakarta is very friendly and pleasant. Just do not forget to say terima kasih which means thanks!
Batagor is a real invention of Bandung and one of the most popular as well. The base of the recipe is a 'golden oldie' call baso tahu siomay fish and / tahu (tofu) meatballs in a tasty broth. Indonesians driven innovation to modify this dish of boiling balls instead of frying. This marked the birth of ba-ta-gor: baso tahu goreng, literally 'tahu (tofu) fried meatballs. "
The base consists of fried snapper fillet tahu mixed with flour and tapioca. It is then coated in kulit pangsit (dumpling wrappers) which equates to roll the leaves of spring. They are presented in two different varieties. It can be served either dry or in a broth. The dry version is prepared with a bowl of spicy peanut sauce, sweet soy sauce and a sprinkle of lemon juice. The version is bathed in a thick broth sambal soup and soy sauce. Both versions are equally yummy and two constrasting too. The tasty broth and peanut sauce is so addictive that you'll find yourself craving more.
September 15, 2008
In Bandung, try to see the Wayang Golek wooden puppet show and hear the Angklung bamboo orchestra, as well as the classical Sundanese gamelan and dance.
There are short drives up the mountain and Lembang Observatory Bossche, and above the volcanic crater of Tangkuban Perahu, the only crater in Java accessible by car across the road as far as its edge. This is an impressive sight of sulphur fumes emanating. Decline in all 12 craters of volcanoes is only possible with the help of an experienced guide, due to the presence of Asphyxiating in certain installations.
