Chiken Balls Soup with Broccoli and Chinese Radish (Sup Bola Ayam Lobak)

On the weekend, we went to A.G. Farmer's Market and we spotted a Chinese Radish. I have no idea, what I have to cook with this. I talked with my friend, Myen, at chat room, and she said this is very good for soup. Her mom cooked for her, but she's never tried to cook this.

Okay, it's time to explore and experiment to cook it. I made a soup and served this for dinner.

It's turn out so good. Actually, this vegetable doesn't give you any taste for the soup, so the soup it self should be tasty.

I made easy chicken meatballs instead of just sliced the chicken.

No hurt to try, and I wish I can give you some idea.

More information about Chinese Radish or Daikon Radish, click this link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon

Here, I will share the recipe with you and maybe give you some ideas.

Please don't hesitate to drop me any comments or questions regarding this recipe, I need it to improve my cooking in the future. Thank you :-)

Source : my creation

What you need :

Meatballs :

- 1 piece chicken thigh, finely chopped

- 1/3 cup shredded carrot

- 1 stalk green onions, thinly slice

- 2 cloves garlic, shredded

- 2 tablespoon tapioca flour

- 1/3 teaspoon salt

- 1/2 teaspoon sugar

- ground pepper

Soup :

- 3 cup chicken broth

- 2 cloves garlic, thinly slice

- 1/3 cup diced onion

- salt, pepper

- 1 cup sliced Chinese Radish

- broccoli or baby bok choy

- a stalk green onion, sliced

Note : 1 US cup = 236.588237 ml

Make it :

1. Combine meatballs ingredients in large bowl. Mix thoroughly. Shape into 1-inch balls. Set aside.

2. Meanwhile, in a pot, bring broth to boil. Add garlic and onion. Let it cook for approximately 3 minutes. Add shaped balls into boiling hot water until it float.

3. Add sliced Chinese radish, let it cook until tender.

4. Add salt and pepper and don't forget to taste. Add bok choy or any vegetables, let it simmer for another 2 minutes.

5. Transfer to serving bowl. Serve hot and add chili sauce as you wish. :-)

Preparation : 10 minutes

Cooking : 20 minutes

Servings : 2 servings

Fresh Strawberry Pancake

I made this pancake with Trader Joe's Gluten Free Pancake Mix. This pancake served as brunch on the weekend. We prepared this dish with team work effort, I made the pancake and my husband made the fresh strawberry sauce.

Sometimes we would like to get breakfast at some restaurant on the weekend. But mostly, we eat breakfast at home, because I have had problem with the portion of the food around here.

If we dine out in the morning, we don't eat anything in whole day because our stomach still felt full.

I'm so happy when I found gluten free pancake mix was available in store. My husband has had Celiac disease, so he supposed to be didn't eat any kind of wheat product.

Source : My husband made this sauce.

What you need :

- Trader Joe's Gluten Free Pancake mix

- 2 cups sliced strawberries, cut a strawberry into 4 pieces

- 100 ml water

- 1 sachet 

Make it :

1. For the pancake mix, please read the instruction on the box.

2. In a small pot, mixed water, sliced strawberries, cook with medium low heat.

3. Stir gradually until strawberry soft, then add sugar. Stir for about 1 minute, remove from the heat.

4. Pour the strawberry sauce into the pancake. Enjoy.

Preparation : 2 minutes

Cooking : 10 minutes

Black Pepper Beef with Serranos Pepper

It's been long time I have never cooked this dish. Mostly we cook the meat to do BBQ. 

This is one of famous Chinese dish, and you can find at Chinese Restaurant. I like to made by my self, because when I bought it, it's so greasy. If you cooked by yourself you can choose the better oil to fried the marinated meat.

I made some improvement from the original recipe and actually I've posted this recipe a couple times.

You can find the complete recipe from this link : http://d3sydailydishes.blogspot.com/2009/01/black-pepper-beef-cooked-with-green.html

I used Serranos pepper instead of paprika, and you can substitute with bell pepper or jalapeno.

Source : Chinese Food by Mary Winata, Gramedia Publisher modified by me

Javanese Spiced Fried Beef ( Empal Daging Manis )

Wat do you thinking after you've seen this picture. No idea huh!

Maybe next time, I have to make a nice picture of this. But if you tried this, I guarantee you'll love it.

This is one of Javanese food, Java is part of Indonesia. We like to serve this for daily dish.

How was the taste? Definitely this it tasty, you can check from the ingredients that used to cook this.

Sweet, salty and little bit taste from tamarind, then the other spices make it have a wonderful smell.

I ate this with steamed rice, steamed vegetables like broccoli , and chili sauce, I've never forget about this.

Here, I will share the recipe with you and maybe give you some ideas.

Please don't hesitate to drop me any comments or questions regarding this recipe, I need it to improve my cooking in the future. Thank you :-)

Source : my mom recipe modified by me

What you need :

- 1/2 lb beef, sliced

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Make it :

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