Sunday, November 30, 2025

Burnt Basque Cheesecake

 https://spanishsabores.com/burnt-basque-cheesecake-recipe/#recipe

This is a modified version of above recipe. Halved for home consumption of 4 people with much less sugar.

Ingredients:

3 packages of Philadelphia / cream cheese @200grm

4 eggs

125 grm sugar

1 tbsp flour

120 ml heavy cream


Make sure everything is room temperature. Mix it all together. Pour it on a pan lined with parchment paper. Bake in the highest setting (230 degree celcius on mine) around 25 mins. It will be jiggly when you take it out.

Leave it to cool, cut, and enjoy!

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Sup sapi devina hermawan

 https://youtu.be/wpO2qn_D_nY?si=O-jZhWGLY0WU5CRF

Bahan:

1,5 kg iga sapi

1 sdt garam

3 lembar daun salam

1 liter air

4 cm jahe


Bahan lainnya:

5 siung bawang putih

5 siung bawang merah

3 cm jahe

½ sdt lada putih

¾ butir pala

4 butir cengkih

3 butir kapulaga

3,3 liter air

1 ½ sdm garam

1 sdm kaldu jamur / penyedap

1 sdt gula pasir

1 sdt kaldu sapi bubuk

1 batang daun bawang, potong

5 batang seledri, potong

1 buah tomat merah


Langkah:

1. Didihkan air, masukan iga sapi, jahe, daun salam, dan garam kedalam presto. Masak di api besar selama 10 menit, lalu kecilkan api masak selama 20 menit. Diamkan daging dalam presto tanpa membuka tutup

2. Geprek bawang putih, jahe, dan bawang merah. Potong besar kentang dan wortel. 

3. Didihkan kembali air di panci yang berbeda. 

4. Masukan iga, bawang putih, jahe, bawang merah dan tomat, cengkih, pala, kapulaga, merica, garam, kaldu jamur, gula pasir, dan kaldu sapi bubuk. 

5. Masukan kentang dan wortel. Masak selama 20 menit

6. Masukkan daun bawang, seledri dan bawang merah goreng ke dalam sup. Masak selama 1-2 menit

7. Sup iga sapi siap disajikan 

Monday, June 9, 2025

Biryani instant pot + instant spices

1 pack of instant biryani spices ( best brand is Laziza, but National brand is more available here)

1 small tub greek yoghurt 

3 onions thinly sliced

5 small tomatoes, diced

1 tsp ginger powder

4 cloves garlic, sliced

4 chicken leg fillet

2.5 cups basmati rice, rinsed

1 cup water (I'll try half next time)


In saute mode brown the onions with oil / butter, then add garlic, add water as needed to help browning the onions gently. 

Sautee ginger powder and biryani spices until fragrant, then add chicken fillets. until their colour changed. 

Add yoghurt and tomatoes.

Stir, make sure no burnt bottoms.

Add rice on top. and add water until the rice is covered.

Set on manual for 8 minutes, release after 10 minutes.