sambal goreng hati

Wayan’s quick and easy sambal goreng hati recipe

Sambal goreng hati is a classic Indonesian recipe that uses chicken liver and potatoes. This recipe is usually not spicy and quite sweet because contains sweet soy sauce. Sambal goreng hati is one my favourite dishes when I have guests around or it’s someone’s birthday. It goes best with nasi kuning (yellow coconut rice) or [...] → Continue Reading Wayan’s quick and easy sambal goreng hati recipe

tum babi

Simple Tum Babi Recipe (Balinese steamed pork)

These little packets of spiced meat steamed or baked in banana leaves are one of Balinese cuisine’s real treats. ‘Tum’ can contain any kind of meat and are usually served with rice and vegetables, often as part of the selection of side orders served with lawar Bali. This tum babi recipe will make about 15 [...] → Continue Reading Simple Tum Babi Recipe (Balinese steamed pork)

simple soto ayam

Quick and easy soto ayam

Soto ayam is one of my favourite dishes when I’m ill or when the weather is cold. This soto ayam is really good to make you warm when you are cold. In Indonesia it’s easy to find people selling soto ayam on street corners or in markets and you can eat it at any time [...] → Continue Reading Quick and easy soto ayam

sate babi

Simple Balinese sate Babi

Sate Babi is a popular dish in Bali. We cook sate when we have a ceremony such as an odalan (temple birthday), wedding ceremony or other special day. In Bali we have a lots of different types of sate. We can make sate with whatever meat we are fancy. Sate babi is a great dish [...] → Continue Reading Simple Balinese sate Babi

sambal-matah

Really quick Balinese sambal matah

Sambal matah (Balinese raw sambal) is a spice mix that can take any piece of meat or fish from ordinary to wow in 5 minutes. It’s one of my absolute favourites and this recipe will make enough for 4-6 people. I like making it with a mix of red and green chillies (the hotter the [...] → Continue Reading Really quick Balinese sambal matah

sate lilit

Wayan’s easy Balinese sate lilit seafood

Sate lilit holds a special place in my heart. It’s one of the things we cook most often in Bali for parties with friends. Sitting around a small barbecue with a cold beer and some good friends grilling sate is always a recipe for a great evening. Sate lilit is different from other types of [...] → Continue Reading Wayan’s easy Balinese sate lilit seafood

balung-cooked

Bé Balung – Pork and Jackfruit Soup

Along with lawar and sayur urab, bé balung is a staple food for Balinese ceremonies. It’s possible to make balung with other meat or vegetables but this Balung recipe using pork and young jackfruit is the most common and a real Balinese classic. Balung needs to be cooked for a really long time for the [...] → Continue Reading Bé Balung – Pork and Jackfruit Soup