Nadiah Alwi

Wonder how it tastes. It looks so yummy.

Beautiful food photography by Dave Edmonds from Bristol, UK.

In my country, we serve avocado sweet, either with syrups, sugar, or sweetened milk.

Soon it will be Idul Fitri. As usual, I bake cookies. One of them is kaastengel. Most Indonesians love this particular kind of cookies.

It’s actually a popular cookie from the Netherlands. Made of Edam cheese, butter, flour, and yolk.

It’s definitely my favorite cookie!

Anything they call it, it tastes delicious. Here is how Sambosa, Sambousa, or Samosa looks like:

Yet, this one is Sambosa, Sambousa, Samosa with cheese. The filling still contains of green chilly, onion, and meat (plus curry kind of ingredients). Yet, they add cheese inside.

So yummy!

Actually, I wanted to buy the cheese only filling as one that I have tried at my autie’s.  So when I saw the word cheese on the package, I expected the cheese only Sambosa, Sambousa, Samosa. But this one is good enough.

Sambosa, Sambousa, Samosa is a Middle East food. Why so famous in Indonesia? At least for some Indonesians? Because, here, in this country, there are many people originated from Middle East. Including my anchestors.

So, yes, I’m kinda half Arabian. Also my hubby. That’s why, other than Sambosa, Sambousa, Samosa, we’re also used to other Arabian food, like kebuli rice, tomato rice, lamb marak (something like soup but with rich Arabian ingredients), halua, etc.

I think I might share more Arabian food here…we’ll see . But, please note…I can’t make any of them. All I can do is enjoy them.

I always love kembang tahu. But, I’ve just found out it’s real name. Tauhue. Thanks to Google and Wikipedia.

Kembang Tahu is the Indonesian language version of Tauhue which is actually Chinese dessert. How does it looke like? You’re lucky. I’ve just bought it! Check out:

How does it taste?

You will have layers of soft — very very soft — tofu which are poured with the sauce. The sauce is made of ginger (so it feels warm in your mouth), pandan leaves, palm sugar. These are the ingredients I can guess. I think they may have added something else.

And the sauce is normally served hot. So, people usually buy it whenever it’s cold or raining.

Today, it doesn’t rain. But, I feel like I need some warm up after getting busy doing the laundry which made my feet a bit cold because of the water getting out of my old washing machine. Plus, I’ve been having headache these few days. Maybe it would help, I thought.

So I called the street vendor walking in front of my house with the sound teng-teng-teng, which is the typical sound of street vendors selling tauhue — because there are lots of street vendors in Indonesia…and they have their own unique sound that they make by either beating the spoon onto the plate, or the cart, or anything. The sounds could be ting-ting-ting, tuk-tuk-tuk, and many more, and we all are very aware of each.

But, then… after bringing it into the house, I remember this blog. I felt like I had to share this yummy thing here. So I took a picture or two of this kembang tahu a.k.a tauhue.

And, when I finally ate it…it turned a bit cold already. Too bad. But, hey, that leaves me with a reason to buy it again tomorrow! But, so sorry, I won’t take any picture of it ‘coz I will enjoy my kembang tahu ASAP!

No, not really. Well, I guess. Emmm…I doubt it. But, I don’t touch chocolate or anything anymore when I work late at night like I used to.

I gained some weight, I almost don’t have anything proper to put on. Like I have to go to the tailor and make me some clothes — which costs a lot so I prefer to just lose several pounds now.

I don’t know how long it’ll take but hey, I’m a patient person. Extrmely patient.

A friend of mine proposed me a diet program. But, then again…it costs a lot, too. So, for the time being, I skip that one.

Actually, the reason for me not to eat a lot anymore — especially at night — is not simply about fashion. I feel like I’m easily tired, I feel unhealthy. My back hurts. My arm hurts. My head hurts. Everything. I think I just have to pay more attention on what I consume. It’s almost been a week since my last time having red meat. We’ll see if that helps.

Now, it’s late and I have to get some sleep. I’ll be extremely busy tomorrow. Ciao!