STEAMED SAGO PUDDING WITH CORN SYRUP RECIPE- A NUSANTARA SAGO PUDDING RECIPE- ( RESIPI PUDING SAGU)



Image of Steamed Sago Pudding with corn syrup

NAME OF COOKING-VARIETIES DESSERT RECIPE:
STEAMED SAGO PUDDING WITH CORN SYRUP (RESIPI PUDING SAGO)
Ingredients: from cooking-varieties exclusive recipe
2 cups sago pearls
2 cans of 425 grams Corn in syrup
6 tablespoon sugar
2 pandan leaves- shred (substitute with 2 drops vanilla essence)
Banana leaves (about 20 pieces, 11 cm width)
Permitted food coloring- orange
1 1/2 cup coconut milk (substitute with 5 cups low fat milk
3 teaspoon cornflour

Image of Steamer filled with Sago wrapped in banana leaves

Banana leaves need to be softened or slightly wilted, so that it won’t tear off, when folded. To do this, you can heat the leaf over your stove fire for a few seconds. Or u can put it under the hot sun for 20 minutes. You may substitute this with some other large non-poisonous leaves. The leaf texture should not be too soft.

Cooking-varieties use leaves, to ensure that the sago cooks with excellent results and not soften and get ruined if it’s boiled directly in water. This is the intricate part of cooking sago, although the recipe is very simple to follow.
When that is done, cut the banana leaves into pieces,about 11cm wide. Set aside. Leave the length as it is.
Wash sago pearls and drain away water. Do not use strainer. Add food coloring and 3 tablespoon sugar- mix well with sago pearls. Set aside for 15 minutes, to let sago soften a bit.
Boil water in a Steamer pot.
While waiting for water to boil, start wrapping up the sago using banana leaves.
After 10 minutes, sprinkle sago with some water and turn over to ensure it is evenly spread (use about ½ cup of water only-not more than this amount).
Shape banana leaf into a cone, fill it up with sago and fold down the top to close the cone. Place and arrange this cone directly onto the Steamer pan. Repeat this, until all sago has been wrapped up.
Put pan on Steamer pot. Cover with lid and let it cook for about 20 minutes- depending on your steamer size/layers of cones stacked, as in the case of a small-size steamer.

Image of Sago pearls in a mixture of yellow and white color

While waiting for sago to cook, boil corn syrup with 3 cups of water, pandan leaves (or vanilla), 3 tablespoons sugar, cornflour and coconut milk. Do not add water, if you use low fat milk. The sugar may be too much, if the brand of corn syrup is already very sweet. Stir continuously and let boil for 5 minutes .Turn off fire.
You can open up one cone and check- if sago has turned translucent color, then it is already cooked. Remove from Steamer and leave to cool.
When ready to serve, pour corn syrup into individual serving plates or bowls. Add sago. When served, do not remove the leaves.
Health benefits:
Sago is mainly carbohydrate (carbs) with very little protein, vitamins, or minerals. Energy in the form of glucose, is obtained faster from carbs, as compared to protein intake. Some cell tissues (eg. in the brain) are dependant on glucose from carbs souces, hence low carbs intake can result in slowing down brain function.
It is in Ayurvedic belief- sago helps to cool down body heat.
For more Appetising Sago recipes, view cooking-varieties-nusantara- click at Tab menu above.

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NUSANTARA SPICY RADISH RECIPES- EAT RADISH TO CURE YOUR COUGHS.

NAME OF COOKING-VARIETIES RECIPE:
RADISH,FISH BALLS AND RIDGE GOURD SOUP

 WHITE RADISH VEGETABLE

 

RADISH SOUP RECIPE- WITH  FISH BALLS AND RIDGE GOURD ADDED
 FOR A MORE FLAVORFUL TASTE

Take note: Do not eat radish 1 hour before or after you take your medicine,
because the radish properties will wash it away.
Ingredients: from cooking-varieties
1 small Ridge Gourd- remove ridge and scrape the skin, then cut into 2 cm slices
10 pieces fish balls- whole or halves
1 medium size white radish- peel and cut into 2 cm slices
3 pieces shallots- fine slices
2 pieces garlic- minced
2 tablespoon soup powder- mix with a bit of water to form a thick paste
1 tablespoon minced coriander leaves (optional)
2 tablespoon olive oil
Pepper and salt
3- 4 cups of water
Heat up oil in a non-stick pan. Fry onion and garlic until light brown. Add soup powder.
Stir for 1 minute, add water and fish balls. After 10 minutes, add ridge gourd, radish slices, salt and pepper. Cook until radish changes in color texture or crisp tender. Put off fire and add coriander leaves. Serve hot.
Radish taste has a sharp bite and children will not like it.
SHARE THIS AMAZING STORY ABOUT RADISH  FROM MY FRIEND, KAT. 
EAT RADISH, A NATURAL HOME REMEDY FOR COUGHS

RAW RADISH SLICES

RADISH? My 2nd son was premature, weighed only 900gms, 11inches 28weeks at birth. He was so small and was paced in the incubator for over 60days. He had health problems, as the film covering of his brain (selaput otak) did not mature. He had fits & also suffered ASTHMATIC bouts.
I had 2maids, one to just clean the house, as dust will trigger his Asthmatic attacks. Bedcovers, pillow cases have to be washed daily, even put out his mattress in the sun daily too. No carpets, no toys. Daily steam bath for 30mins, every 3am-took him to the balcony for a whiff of fresh air, to ease his endless coughing. I tried all tips…
Then, i found a book on FOOD CURES & REMEDY- this American Chinese Doctor… I tried all his remedial tips & alhamdulliah- found the cure. NO MORE ASTHMATIC ATTACKS from age 2yrs till 19yrs now- it disappeared!! I followed this RADISH FOOD CURE.

I blend about 5cm (or2inches) white radish with sugar/honey and fruits, for a more flavorful taste and sometimes with ice cubes. DRINK FRESH. He will sleep peacefully until the next day. I cut thin slices & add in fried rice, cucur udang, soups, mixed vegetables and noodles. When we travel, I will prepare radish cubes, boil in a little water till tender. If he coughs, i gave him a few cubes to chew.
Alternative recipe is to grate the radish, then marinate for half hour with lime or orange juice. For children,
eat 1 tablespoon of grated radish at a time and 2 tablespoons for adult. Today, at the slightest signs of an oncoming flu, i sure include radish in our family diet.
I GAVE THE SAME TIPS TO A FEW PROBLEMATIC KIDS (Asthma) and it worked too.

Kat’s website is on “Learning how to pronounce English words the Phonics way”,
“Google translate” available- please click  at  Bloggers Link on the right side of this blog
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NUSANTARA SPICY MUFFIN RECIPES. AN ORIGINAL BANANA BLUEBERRY MUFFINS RECIPE WITH A TOUCH OF NUSANTARA SPICES.



GARDEN TEA WITH MUFFINS

THE NUSANTARA  BANANA BLUEBERRY MUFFINS ARE SO POPULAR AND SO DELICIOUS. HAVE THEM WITH JAVA TEA ...... from cooking-varieties

Ingredients: from cooking-varieties
2 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp flat ginger powder
2 large ripe bananas
½ teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup butter-melted
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups of blueberries

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Apply cooking spray on muffin tray or paper cups
Put flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and ginger in a bowl and mix well (dry ingredients).
Blend bananas, eggs, brown sugar, butter and vanilla using electric mixer.
When mixture is properly blended, add in the dry ingredients, stir and mix well.
Gently mix in 1 cup of blueberries. Scoop batter and fill up the muffin tray or paper cups.
Place the remaining blueberries on top of each muffin- slightly embedded.
Bake for 25 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven to cool. cooking-varieties likes hot Nusantara Banana Blueberry Muffins.
Health benefits:
COOKING-VARIETIES will have more blueberry ingredients after reading the excerpts below:
Source from WIKIPEDIA: At a 2007 symposium on berry health benefits were reports
showing consumption of BLUEBERRIES (and similar berry fruits including cranberries) may alleviate the
cognitive decline occurring in Alzheimer's disease and other conditions of aging.

A chemical isolated from blueberry leaves can block replication of the hepatitis C virus
and might help to delay disease spread in infected individuals.
Feeding blueberries to animals lowers brain damage in experimental stroke.
Research at Rutgers has also shown that blueberries may help prevent urinary tract infections.

Other animal studies found that blueberry consumption lowered cholesterol and
 total blood lipid levels, possibly affecting symptoms of heart disease.
Additional research showed that blueberry consumption in rats altered glycosaminoglycans  which are vascular cell components affecting control of blood pressure.

A study soon to be published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
 found that supplementation with wild BLUEBERRY juice enhanced memory and
learning in older adults, while reducing blood sugar and symptoms of depression-

FRESH ORANGE JUICE WITH MANGO AND BITTER GOURD RECIPE

  ADDING BITTER GOURD AND MANGO TO FRESH ORANGE JUICE, MAKES THIS RECIPE  A  LOT MORE NUTRITIOUS AND FLAVORFUL

Ingredients: from cooking-varieties
1 small bitter gourd- seeded
2 oranges- peeled
Half of a medium size ripe mango
Sugar to taste (about 1 1/2 teaspoon)
Blend all of the above ingredients with 2 cups of mineral water.
Recipe is for two glasses of Fresh Orange, Mango and Bitter Gourd juice.
Add ice cubes if you wish.
Tips from my mom, on how to get rid of the bitter taste in gourd.
Cut bittergourd into paper thin slices, wash with salt water, then rinse.
Health benefits:
Bitter gourd is known to help improve diabetic conditions and
its high beta-carotine content to improve eyesight and alleviate eye problems.
Bitter Gourd is one of cooking-varieties favorite ingredient.

SALAD NUSANTARA RECIPE- AN ORIENTAL RAW VEGETABLE-SALAD RECIPE

RECIPE ON VEGETABLE-SALAD-NUSANTARA
 My very own Oriental Salad Recipe, a combination of raw vegetable ingredients
Ingredients:
1 cup ripe pineapple slices-see picture
1 cup cauliflower slices- see picture
2 ripe tomatoes- quartered
1 green chili- slice
3 pieces shallots- slice
1 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoon preserved prune powder (use non-salted)
Salt to taste

Put shallots, chili, sugar, prune powder, vinegar and salt in a mixing bowl and mix until sugar dissolves. Add in pineapples (nenas/ anana), tomatoes and cauliflower.
Marinate for an hour. Eat by itselr or with rice and complimented with some other dishes like fish or beef curry and prawn crackers.
THIS "VEGGIE-SALAD-RECIPE" IS REALLY A  VERY SIMPLE SALAD-RECIPE TO FOLLOW.
Health benefits:
Pineapple contains vitamin A, B and C. Many belief that eating pineapple helps kill worms in the intestine and heal digestive infection. Also helps prevent stroke and heart problems. The best and sweetest variety in Malaysia is the "Sarawak pineapple" or "Nenas Sarawak". This is an image of "Sarawak Pineapple"

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO IS THE SWEETEST OF THEM ALL ?  :)

OATMEAL-CHICKEN PORRIDGE- RECIPE ON OATMEAL PORRIDGE MADE SIMPLE

One of the best health cereal is oats. Oats cereal helps lower blood pressure, thus reducing hypertension tendencies- Researched by the American Heart Association. Oats is also believed to help lower cholesterol levels.

Chicken with Oatmeal Porridge-servings for two persons
Ingredients: from cooking-varieties
3 pieces boneless chicken breast- cut into small pieces
2 pieces garlic- minced
2 cm young ginger root- minced
1 carrot- slice 2 cm thick
Spring onion for garnishing- cut into thin slices
1 1/2  teaspoon Soup spice powder
Salt & pepper to taste
2 1/2 cups ‘quick cook’ oats
Boil 5 cups of mineral water with chicken, garlic, ginger, spice powder and salt.
When chicken is cooked take out about 1 piece of the chicken breast and set aside to cool.
When cooled, shred these chicken pieces and use them as garnishing.
Add in oats and pinch of salt and pepper inside the chicken soup. Put off fire after 2 minutes.
Serve hot. Place oats porridge in serving bowls. Garnish with shredded chicken and spring onions

HOW TO COOK FRIED-SALTED- FISH WITH CHILI AND SPICES OR SALTED-FISH WITH CHILI RECIPE (SAMBAL IKAN MASIN)

Chili Salted-Fish Ingredients
 3 cups (cut) salted fish –use the fleshy part and cut into small pieces.
Soak in water for 1 hour to wash excess salt
½ cup young ginger root- cut very fine strips- see picture
1 large onion- Coarse blend (dont add water)
1/2 cup coarsely blended pickled radish (lobak asin)
1 clove garlic-peeled. Do not slice. Wash and towel dry
10 pieces shallots- Do not slice. Wash and towel dry
5 tablespoon curry powder
4 tablespoon chili flakes
5 pieces buah keras (kemiri) powder (grounded)
2 1/2  cups vinegar
Mix curry powder, chili flakes and buah keras with vinegar to form a paste
1 piece lemon grass-cut into 3
1 cup cooking oil
Oil for frying salted fish
10 pieces (whole) chili padi (small hot chilis-see picture)
1 teaspoon sugar
Use non stick pan. Fry salted fish until brown. Drain fish and wash pan.
Heat up 1 cup cooking oil in non-stick pan. Add in ginger, blended large onion and
pickled radish. Stir continuously with a spatula, until onions turn light brown.
Cook on low fire. Add in lemon grass, garlic, shallots, chili, curry and buah keras paste.
Stir until onions are  half-cooked and crisp tender.
A pungent aroma here, due to vinegar content. Add sugar, chili padi and salted fish.
 Mix well for 1 minute and put off fire. This dish can last for 3 days without refrigerating,
 since no water is used in this recipe.
 



JELLY-CHOCOLATE PUDDING RECIPE. A VERY SIMPLE AND FLAVORFUL PUDDING RECIPE.



Cocoa trees bear fruit pods which contain cocoa beans. These beans are dried and turned into powder form and is easily soluble in water.

Jelly Chocolate Pudding Ingredients
3 large glasses of water
3 tablespoons pure cocoa powder
150 grams china grass

Chocolate-Pudding Milk Sauce Ingredients
2 egg yolks
2 ½ glasses or 500cc low fat milk
1 teaspoon fresh ground vanilla
150 grams sugar

Boil water, jelly and cocoa powder. Whisk until jelly dissolves.
Pour jelly inside a mould. Leave to cool. Refrigerate

Beat up egg yolks until slightly fluffy. Add in low fat milk, vanilla and sugar.
Boil until sugar dissolves, stir for another 5 minutes and put off fire.

When ready to serve, cut pudding into smaller slices and place in a bowl.
Pour in milk sauce. If you like cold pudding, add some ice cubes. Its great to eat, this pudding is not sweet and cocoa has anti oxidant properties.
Chocolate Pudding makes servings for six. My dutch artist friend loves this so much, that we decided to invite friends over for a special tea gathering and serve this as “The Vincent van Gogh-Chocolate Pudding" for our  tea gathering. Wow, how did he get the  inspiration to paint Mona Lisa- eat chocolate pudding ??

FRESH FRUIT JUICE- 4 TYPES OF ROSELLE FRUIT JUICE RECIPES

1. FRESH ROSELLE FRUIT JUICE RECIPE

ALSO KNOWN AS FLORIDA CRANBERRIES

This deep red color fruit comes from the Roselle plant. Boil 6 pieces fresh Roselle fruits with 4 glasses of water. Leave to simmer until 2 glasses left. Add sugar or honey to taste. Serve cold. Fruit juice serves 2.

2. HOW TO MAKE ROSELLE SMOOTHIES- FRESH ROSELLE SMOOTHIES RECIPE

In Malaysia, Roselle fruit is called “Roselle" also


Boil 8 pieces fresh Roselle fruits with 4 glasses of water. Leave to simmer until 2 glasses left. Leave the juice to cool. Remove residue if you wish. Blend with strawberry yogurt. Serve immediately. Roselle Smoothies serves 2.

3. HOW TO MAKE ROSELLE JUICE WITH DATES- ROSELLE AND DATES JUICE RECIPE

Blend 6 pieces fresh Roselle fruits and 10 pieces seeded dates with 2 glasses of water. Heat blended juice and let it boil for 5 minutes. Leave to cool. Serve cold with ice cubes.  

4. ROSELLE,CHAMOMILE TEA RECIPE.

Heat 6 pieces fresh Roselle fruits with 4 cups of water. When boiled, add 1 sachet of chamomile tea and sugar to taste. Leave to simmer until 2 cups left. Serve hot. Roselle Tea serves two.

SPICY FRIED RICE RECIPE- HOW TO MAKE THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE.

Pineapple or "Nenas" in the Malaysian language or "Anana" in the Philippino's is a popular fruit. In Malaysia, the sweetest variety of pineapple is called "Nenas Sarawak"- originated  from Sarawak, one of the Malaysian, states. When ripened, the nenas sarawak tastes so sweet, eating it helps eliminate the uncomfortable  "full tummy" feeling.

RECIPE FROM COOKING-VARIETIES E COOKBOOKS

PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE RECIPE 
Servings for two
Cut 1 ripe pineapple in half lengthwise. Hollow out. Makes 2 pieces pineapple skin platter to serve pineapple fried rice.

Cook 1 cup of rice. Set aside

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup ripe pineapple slices
10 pieces medium size prawns- do not shell
3 pieces garlic – minced      3 small onions – fine slices
¼ cup canned green peas 1 red chili – slice
¼ cup fresh corn       1 tbsp chili flakes
1 tbsp mango chili sauce   1 cube beef stock
Salt to taste and 3 tablespoon vegetable oil

Fry garlic and onions in hot oil until brown. Add beef stock, prawns, pineapple and corn. Stir until half- cooked, add green peas, chili, sauce & chili flakes, salt. Leave for 1 minute, add rice and mix well. Pour fried rice inside pineapple hollow. Serve hot. This recipe comes from cooking-varieties