Hello friends in Plant Power Community. How are you today? I hope we are always healthy in the midst of extreme weather due to global warming.
Today I will make a dish rich in Indonesian spices. Extreme weather changes can reduce the body's resistance, therefore I will make dishes that can help increase the body's resistance. Spices in cooking can function as flavor enhancers and also function as herbs. The spices I use in today's cooking can function as natural medicine. Today I will make Bacem potatoes and tempeh.
Bacem is one of the traditional specialties of the Javanese tribe, Indonesia. The characteristic of bacem cooking is spices. Bacem is one of the dishes that is rich in spices with a sweet taste, a little sour and fragrant spices that can increase our appetite. Sometimes there are people who cook bacem by adding palm sugar/brown sugar to add a sweet taste to the dish. The food ingredient that is often used as marinade is Tempeh. The spices used to make bacem are similar to stew spices. For fried bacem, coriander is usually added, but today I cooked boiled bacem, so I didn't use coriander.
The ingredients
The main ingredients that I use to make bacem are 3 medium sized potatoes and 5 small sized tempeh. Meanwhile, the spices that I use are:
5 garlic
3 shallots
3 candlenuts
2 cardamom
1 star anise
3 cm cinnamon
5 cloves
5 bay leaves
1 tablespoon of salt
3 pieces of chili ticks / cayenne pepper
1 finger of galangal
100 mL sweet soy sauce
1 teaspoon tamarind
1 pack of ground pepper
500 mL water
Preparation
1.Peel the galangal skin,We can use young or old galangal.
2.Peel the skin of the garlic and shallots.
3.Discard the tick/cayenne pepper stalks.
4.Discard the tamarind seeds.
5.Wash the garlic, shallots, candlenuts, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, cloves,chili ticks, galangal and bay leaves.
6.Put garlic, shallots, candlenuts, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, cloves and galangal in the blender. I use a blender to chop it.
7.Add a little water, about 50 mL.
8.Chop all ingredients.
9.Cut tempeh into 4 parts.
10.Peel the potato skin, wash it clean then cut the potatoes into 6-8 pieces.
11.Cut the tick chilies into 2 parts.If you want a spicier taste, you can add chopped cayenne pepper.
How to cook
1.Heat a frying pan, saute ground spices without using cooking oil. Saute briefly until the spices are fragrant.
2.Add water.
3.Add bay leaves.
4.Add tamarind and salt.
5.Add pieces of chili tick.
6.Add the potato pieces and tempeh.
7.Add ground pepper to taste, adjust to individual taste.
8.Add sweet soy sauce.
9.Cook until the water content is reduced.
Don't forget to turn off the stove.
The result
Potatoes and bacem tempeh rich in spices are ready to be served. This bacem can be used as a snack or eaten with rice And it will be more delicious when eaten with warm rice.
If you are a fan of dishes rich in spices, you can try this recipe. Good luck.
Thank you for reading my post.
Best Regards
