I am the type of a person who prefers free style cooking. To me free style cooking is a great way to throw my own personality into my cooking and be creative.
I usually read recipes and try to understand the insight behind the idea then try it out and find my own way of cooking.
I often put my nose over the pan and smell it, or stick my finger in and taste it. I sometimes chuck in a handful of these spices and a sprinkling of those herbs and taste it, taste it and taste it again. I really enjoy the freedom of freestyle cooking
Free style cooking is my passion and through this site I want to share recipes I have tried and try new recipes posted by other member chefs.
happy to hear that your visitors like the noodle wrapped prawn. Thanks for sharing the story.
Had people over for lunch the other day and I made those noodle wrapped prawns. They really loved them so I will be making them again, next time I have visitors.
Ok Miss Member of the Month, I am wondering if I can please ask you for an authentic satay chicken recipe. My husband loves it and I would like to cook him an Indonesian satay (a recipe I used last week really wasn't very nice)
Just posted the recipe of authentic Indonesian Satay (Sate Madura) dedicated to you. Hope your husband is gonna like it. Good luck.
Yay Wina!! It's about time my favourite Indonesian cook is member of the month! Congrats to the rice queen : )
Thanks to you who always support and encourage me. I like my new title 'the rice queen'
Congratulations on your Member of the Month Wina! Well deserved, keep those recipes coming! xox
Thanks Philippa! Will submit more recipes soon
u said u have a cooking blog.. what is it called ?? how can i check it ???
Dear Huda, thanks for your comment on my recipe. You can find my cooking blog at http://cooking-confidential.blogspot.com. Will visit your recipe collection and learn from you too.
Hi Wina.. Love ur recipes.. I love to try asian food, and ur recipes sound delicious.. check the rice recipe and the pumkin soup, should give them a try some time .. Thanks dear..
Hi Jacki, here I am ...alive and kicking :-) I have been pretty busy with both my work and cooking blog but I don't forget about this site and you. Today I post a new recipe on Indonesian dessert dedicated to you Jacki and my other fans on this site.
Wina! Where have you been? We've missed you!
Wina, you are definitly not a beginner in cooking! You have some fantastic recipes that you're sharing with us! Thank you so much for all those wonderful rice dishes : )
Thanks Jacki. I can cook spaghetti but I still need to learn on more sophisticated ones. I want to learn to cook Western food. And also Greek food. Can you recommend which one of your recipes is the easiest to learn? Thanks
I like your pumpkin picture
Hi Babygirl, thanks for your comment. Yeah, the Pumpkin picture is so cute. I chose it coz I was born on Halloween day (31 October) and I happen to love pumpkin.
Hi Wina. I'm glad you're on this site. You post some really interesting and authentic recipes. I'm not very confident cooking Asian foods and your recipes make it look quite easy and undaunting : ) It's fantastic having a direct line to Jakarta to get good recipes! Keep posting!
Hi Jackicam, thank you for your comment. So sorry I did not come back to you sooner coz I had been away (visiting Saigon, Vietnam) for 7 days and while I was there I had been very busy at the workshop so no time to visit this site. Hope you'll try the recipes I posted. I promise to keep on posting new recipes from Indonesia.
Hi Wina, Thanks so much for this ... I really appreciate it .. I will have to get down to China Town and see if I can track one down. The papaya salad looks great too ... It's great to have someone posting such interesting recipes from another part of the world! Cheers, hg
Thanks Libby. Hope you'll be able to find the pandan leaf. I also enjoyed the Prociuito Wrap with Mozarella. It's so yummy. Will try the other one with asparagus as well soon.
Pandan leaf is long narrow green leaves of a herbaceous plant used for flavouring and colour. Pandan (P. amaryllifolius) leaves are used in Southeast Asian cooking to add a distinct aroma to rice and curry dishes such as nasi lemak, kaya ('jam') preserves, and desserts such as pandan cake. Pandan leaf can be used as a complement to chocolate in many dishes, such as ice cream. They are known as daun pandan in Indonesian and Malay; and æ–‘è˜ (bÄn lán) in Mandarin. Fresh leaves are typically torn into strips, tied in a knot to facilitate removal, placed in the cooking liquid, then removed at the end of cooking.
Hi Wina, Thanks for the recipes, they all look really interesting. Can you tell me what a pandan leaf is (used in your pumpkin soup recipe)? Where do you get them? Thanks!
Hi Libby, thanks for your attention to my recipes. I am still trying to make the pictures of them. As for the pandan leaf, well it's quite difficult to explain - it's a long green leave which has nice aroma. In my country, Indonesia, it is easily found in the traditional market. In your country, probably you can try to find it in China town coz it is used in some Chinese dessert as well. Hope this can help.