Sweet spicy shrimps ala Nicolas

Ingredients :

1/2 kg of shrimps

2 stalks of fresh coriander
3 spoons of Tamari soy sauce (gluten free)
2 tea spoons of sugar
1 spoon of Buoillon vegetable broth (milk free, gluten free and suitable for vegan)
1 bulb of garlic
1/2 spoon of chili powder
1 spoon of olive oil

How to prepare !

1. Clean the shrimps, cut the fresh coriander and garlic into small pieces.
2. Heat your pan and put some olive oil.
3. After it is quite hot, put the chopped garlic inside for 2 minutes.
4. Put the shrimps inside the pan and stir fry them.
5. Put the soy sauce, sugar, pepper, chili powder and Bouillon broth in the shrimps.
6. Stir until the shrimps are cooked (you can tell when the shrimps turn into red color)
7. Take the out and put them in a big deep plate, spread the fresh coriander on the top.

Sambal Tomatoes with Cabbage

There are hundreds kinds of sambal in Indonesia. No matter where you go, you'll be able to try different ones.
Sambal is a kinda condiment, as long as with Bird's Eye Chili Pepper (Chili padi) or cabe rawit in Indonesian, then it is sambal.

Ingredients:
1/2 piece of cabbage (cut pieces and boiled)

Sambal ingredients:
2 spoons of sambal oelek (you can buy it in every Asia shop)
3 tomatoes (cut small pieces or blend if you like)
1 onion (cut small pieces or blend if you like)
2 cloves of garlic (grind them)
1 ts chicken broth
2 ts sugar
1 lemon (juice)
oil for the pan

How to cook!

• Prepare the boiled cabbage on the plate
• Put some oil into the pan and then fry the cut onion and tomatoes together
• Put the garlic into sambal oelek
• Chicken broth and sugar inside
• Try it if you like it. You can put more sambal oelek if you like it spicier
• Pour the lemon juice inside (Tamarind juice is the best, but you can use lemon juice if you can't get it)

PS: You can also serve sambal tomat with boiled broccolis

Soto Ayam

Soto ayam 2 portions

Main Ingredients:
1/2 kg chicken
250 gr vermicelli (soaked in warm water)
200 gr bean sprouts (boiled)

Toppings:
1 lemon (take the juice)
2 eggs
1 tomato
1/2 cucumber
1 ts fried onions
1 ts coriander leaves

Soup ingredients:
1 lt water
2 onions
3 candle nuts (ground)
1 ts coriander seeds (ground)
3 cloves of garlic
1 ts turmeric powder
1 stalk lemongrass (cut small)

salt, pepper, oil and chicken broth (as you like)
* some put galangal and ginger (but I don't like them)

How to cook!

• Boil 1 lt of water with the whole onions, ground candle nuts, ground coriander seeds, garlic and cut lemongrass and also the chicken. (Some people like it with the bones)
  
• Put the turmeric powder, salt, pepper, oil and chicken broth.
• Take the chicken and onions out. Cut the chicken into small pieces (julienne if possible) and smash the onions, then put them back into the soup.
  
• Prepare the toppings!
• Pour the soup into a bowl, and put the vermicelli and bean sprouts inside the soup.
• Arrange the toppings as you like and pour the lemon juice on the top.
• Eat with sweet soy sauce and ABC sambal :P

Sour spicy steamed fish

2 Mackerels

2 Lemons
1 Chili
1 Stalk of Lemongrass
2 Stalks of Coriander
2 Cloves of garlic
some salt and vegetable broth

How to cook !

Lay the mackerels on the plate and squeeze the lemon for the juice.
Cut the chilies, lemongrass ,coriander and garlic into small pieces and then put it on the top of the mackerels. Pour the lemon juice into the mackerels.

Put some salt and vegetable broth on the fish (You can also put small pieces of a cut tomato if you like).
Steam the fish in a steamer for 12-15 minutes (12-minute fish is the best!)