Bakpia Basah Isi Kacang Merah

Jam 11 an Jum'at siang, di parkiran sekolah aku sedang menunggu Iban dan Erin. Tiba-tiba, Rachel (yang seharusnya pulang setelah Jum'atan) mengetuk jendela. Setelah kubuka, dia berkata, 'Mama, aku lapar'... Ha?... 'Bekal empat pia tadi memang kurang ya Kak?' tanyaku. 'Aku cuma makan satu Ma, yang tiga diminta teman-temanku. Mereka suka pia bikinan Mama'.... Lah...

Pagi itu, Iban request pengen bawa roti untuk bekalnya. 'Yah...mana sempat Ban, sekarang sudah jam setengah lima?" Jawabku. 'Ayolah Ma...' Aku pun jadi ingat resep bakpia basahnya mba diah didi yang sampai sekarang belum sempet-sempet juga dicoba. Sepertinya bisa nih, kan mirip-mirip tuh bakpia basah dengan roti. Mudah-mudahan Iban suka.

Bismillah...singsingkan lengan baju...

Gluten-Free Chocolate Pancake and Crepes

Last night, my daughter Erin has already told me what she wanted to have for her snack box today. But I forget, did she say pancake or crepes? Since I bookmarked this gluten-free pancake from tabloid Saji for such a long time, I decided to try it. Hope that it was a pancake that she wanted.

This recipe uses glutinous flour and rice flour instead of wheat flour, that's what catches my eyes at the first time. Then, the red kidney beans as the filling made me more willing to try. Because I still had soy milk in the fridge, I then used soy milk instead of cow milk. And because I didn't have baking powder, I just omitted it. Then, because I am not a sweet tooth, I reduced the sugar amount into only 25 gr. 

How's the result? The sweetness, for me, was just fine. But if you like sweet things please feel free not to reduce it. The cocoa was so strong, tend to a bit bitter, but could cover the taste of the flours, the soy milk, and the red kidney beans completely. However, the texture was not fluffy. 

When Erin came down the kitchen, she asked me, 'what are you making mommy?'. 'Pancake', I replied. 'But, mommy, I said I wanted crepes', she said. 'Oh, really?' I replied. Oke then, I'll make another batch'... I added the soy milk into 200 ml to make the crepes batter and reduced the cocoa a little bit. This crepes was soft but turned crispier if we cook it a bit longer. The sweetness and chocolate taste was just fine. 

My children liked both the pancake and the crepes...And, sssst....they never know that the filling had red kidney bean inside. They thought it was just chocolate paste...

Donat kacang merah (Red kidney bean doughnut)

This month theme at masak bareng yuuk is kacang-kacangan (nut and bean).  This is easy actually, because peanut, almond, cashew, mung bean, red kidney bean and others are like a staple ingredients that we always keep in our kitchen. In fact, I made this red kidney bean doughnut last month, right after this challenge was published. Sorry for the late submission... 

Because this was my first attempt in making red kidney bean doughnut, I only made a small batches. The dough was soft but not that sticky, so it was easy to be handled. When it came fresh from the frying pan that morning, the doughnut was so soft. The taste of kidney bean was subtle. Event my children could not trace it, only that Rachel asked me what 'secret ingredients' in there that make spots in the doughnut... ah, she knows me so well, I always try to sneak 'something' in their foods...lol.

As usual I packed some of them to school and left these 7 doughnuts for the photo session. When I took these pictures at 11 o'clock, the doughnut was less soft and surprisingly the flavor of kidney bean was stronger than before. It was still good but I could say, this doughnut was best eaten warm. However, in the afternoon, the snack boxes came home empty. Rachel, Iban and Erin said they shared them with their friends. All said the doughnuts were delicious. Even Erin said that her friend requested her to bring again the very same doughnut the next day. So happy to hear that...

Sup Kacang Merah

This red kidney bean soup is very simple. Unlike brenebon (Manadonese kidney bean soup) and angeun bereum (West Javanese kidney bean soup) that use many spices, this soup only needs the common soup spices: garlic, salt and pepper. But the taste is still very hearty. It's perfect for the lazy weekend like today. 

Here I use fresh kidney bean but surely we can use canned or the dried one. Red kidney bean is highly nutritious but can also be dangerous. As I once read in a book, if I am not mistaken it is Food Combining book by Andang Gunawan, sprouted bean is poisonous. So we have to discard kidney bean that are already sprouted. We also have to soak the dried bean and discard the water then boil them in a new water until cooked through because partially cooked or under-cooked kidney bean will increase the toxic effect. They can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. But don't be too worry about that, I already eat red kidney bean regularly for years and feel really good so far... 

Purple sweet potato pao

This was my first pao or bakpao in Indonesia. For so long I though that it was difficult to make a bakpao. At least it required special flour (pao or tang mien flour) and white butter (shortening) that are not easy to find around. Then I saw this pao in mba Hesti's blog. She just used all purpose flour and oil. I was so happy and decided to give it a go.

The ingredients and methods were similar to those at bread making, only that at the final step we steam the pao rather than bake it. I form some pao into buns  and some others into the rose like what was described in wendy inkk's blog. I fill the bun with chocolate rice and the rose with Indonesian style red kidney bean paste. Unlike other red bean paste, Indonesian style used red kidney bean not red bean and coconut milk.

I think my pao was a bit over - fermented. The roses bloomed sooo big ... ha ha... but they were so soft. I packed some of them in Rachel's snack box and she shared them with her friends. All of them said this pao was so00 good. I felt like making pao again soon :) 

Sop kacang merah salmon

Ceritanya aku beli ikan salmon tuh yang utuh, satu tapi besar...jadi harus memotong dan memfillet sendiri...tersisa dong tulangnya...mau dibuang kok sayang ya, masih ada sedikit dagingnya yang nempel gitu ...masih bisa dimanfaatkan...he he...kita masukkan ke sop kacang merah aja ya, sebagai gantinya daging...secara anak-anak tuh doyan banget kacang merah...Dan ternyata enak aja tuh, tidak berasa amis...masaknya seperti sop kacang merah biasa aja...


Bahan:
Kacang merah, kalo pake yang kering harus direndam dulu semalam sampai mengembang.
2 buah wortel
Tulang salmon
1 liter air
1 bawang putih, cincang halus
1 bawang merah, cincang halus (sy pake bawang bombay :)
1 daun bawang
2 tomat
1 - 2 lembar daun salam
1 ruas jari lengkuas, memarkan
1 kayu manis batangan
garam dan merica sesuai selera
2 sdt air asam jawa
gula merah, iris halus (sy pake gula pasir) sesuai selera

Cara membuat:
Tumis bawang putih dan bombay sampai harum, masukkan air, beri semua bumbu, garam dan merica. Didihkan. Tambahkan kacang merah, masak sampai kacang lunak, tambahkan wortel dan tulang salmon, masak sampai semua matang. Masukkan daun bawang dan tomat. Aduk rata, cicipi rasanya, angkat.