Sunday 12th of February 2012

INDONESIA NOW ARCHIVES

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DALTON'S COLUMNS IN THE JAKARTA GLOBE

You can read the thoughts and insights of anchor Dalton Tanonaka in the Jakarta Globe! His column appears on the last Friday of every month in the print edition or at thejakartaglobe.com/ltcolumns. Dalton donates his writing fees to the Tanonaka International Journalist Scholarship for Indonesian students.
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LIUDMILA TAKES OVER INTERNATIONAL SEAT



Tascha Liudmila is the newest anchor of Metro TV's internationally-distributed English-language program "Indonesia Now."

She began her career as a print journalist before moving to television news. She joined Metro TV in February 2008, anchoring "Metro Siang", "Bisnis Hari Ini" and "Headline News" segments.

Liudmila was born in Jakarta, and graduated from the University of Pelita Harapan with a bachelor's degree in social science. After reporting on crime and politics for SCTV in Jakarta from 2004 to 2006, she returned to school in the United Kingdom. She earned her master's degree in international business from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. She speaks Bahasa Indonesia and English.

BOTOK UDANG (East Java)

Steamed Prawn stuffed with coconut sambal in banana leaf
Makes 4 Portions

Ingredients:
400 gr prawn medium/16/20 size
100 gr fish meat, minced
1 cup grated coconut
2 cm galangal, grated
2 pcs lime leaf, shredded
4 pcs salam leaf
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
Banana leaf for wrapping

Spices Paste:
4 pcs red chili long, chopped
3 pcs hot chili, chopped
5 pcs garlic, chopped
2 pcs shallot, chopped

Method:
• Prepare spice paste by pounding or blending to make a paste.
• Blend together the fish mousse with the other ingredients. Mix well.
• Cut open the back of prawn tail and fill with the mousse and spices. Do the rest to all the prawns.
• Put the prawns in a container with banana leaf as underliner and salam leaf. Put the prawn on top and cover with the banana leaf.
• Cover and steam for 10-12 minutes or until prawn are cooked. Serve with pineaple sambal.

06.04.2011. 16:47

BEBEK PANGGANG BUMBU BALI

Roasted Duck leg Confit with long bean lawar and duck satay

2 pc Duck leg confit
4 pc Duck satay
80 g Lawar Kacang (R)
100 g sweet corn rice


Method:
• Pan fried duck leg confit with little oil until golden color.
• Arrange on the plate with satay, lawar Kacang and the sweet corn rice.

Duck Confit
2 ea duck leg, cleaned
400 g Balinese spiced mixed (R)
750 ml chicken stock

Method:
• Cook the duck leg with Balinese spices and stock for approximately 2 hrs or until the duck is cooked.

Duck Satay
100 g duck meat
30 g Balinese spices mixed
1 tsp grated coconut
½ tsp palm sugar
1 pcs kaffir lime leaf, shredded
4 pcs bamboo stick/lemongrass stick
Salt and pepper

Method:
• Mix all ingredients and slide on bamboo skewers. Grill until done.

Balinese Spice Mix
For 500 gr

125 g shallot, chopped
60 g garlic, chopped
20 g hot chili, chopped
40 g galangal, chopped
40 g ginger, chopped
40 g aromatic ginger, chopped
40 g fresh turmeric, chopped
60 g candlenut, toasted, chopped
10 g coriander ground
10 g shrimp paste, roasted
10 g black peppercorn
5 ea lemongrass, peeled, chopped
10 cc oil for frying
10 g Base wangen (Balinese aromatic mix)

Method:
• In a thick bottomed pan over medium heat, add the oil and sauté all the chopped spices until fragrant and soft.
• Then blend the spices in a food processor until smooth.
• Put the smooth spices into a clean pan and cook until aromatic.
• Season with salt and pepper and allow cooling.

29.03.2011. 02:33

GENGSAH (Jawa Timur)

Grilled marinated squid skewers
makes 6 portions

Ingredients:
500 gr squid, clean
2 pcs garlic, paste
3 pcs red chilis, paste
1 tbs coriander powder
½ tsp cumin powder
4 pcs candlenut
½ tsp shrimp paste, cooked
1 cm galangal, bruised
1 cm ginger, bruised
1 tbs tamarind paste
50 ml water/stock
2 tsp fried shalots
12 pcs skewers

Method :

• Fry garlic and chili paste until aromatic
• Add rest of ingredients and cook until aromatic
• Add the squid and braise for 10-15 minutes. Take out and skewer them before grilling.
• Brushed with paste during grilling. Cook until squid is cooked.

16.02.2011. 02:21



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INDOFACTS

MOTTO: Unity in Diversity
ANTHEM: Indonesia Raya
CAPITAL: Jakarta
LANGUAGE: Bahasa Indonesia
GOVERNMENT: Republic
LAND AREA: 1,919,440 sq. km.
POPULATION: 234,693,997
CURRENCY: Rupiah
TIME ZONE: GMT+7-9
COUNTRY CODE: +62

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