Tuesday, January 10, 2006
♥ Once upon a time cooking rendang
Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha. Yesterday, I was on leave for the preparation of Aidiladha. Usually my mom would nag about me always working and never having time to rest or help out. But this year, I did manage to plan my leave for Aidiladha. The thing is that, this year too, my mom worked yesterday. Well, I was left in charge of the cooking for celebrating Aidiladha.
My mom would set up the menu and I would make sure that the ingredients are enough. My mom said that we would be having rendang daging as usual with ketupat palas (which my mom ordered from her friend) and maybe pulut kuning. So, I was in charge of cooking the rendang.
Every Saturday, there would be a night market nearby my house. I went there to get the ingredients as written in the recipe I jotted the recipe the last time my mom made rendang. I know the ingredients but exact measurement so that it will be the same as we cooked it before more or less having a standard procedure in making the rendang. As I went ‘shopping’ for the ingredients I made a checklist in my mind of the things I have bought and the things that needs to be bought tomorrow.
So, that night, I sorted out the things I have bought and kept in the places where I usually keep them. So, yesterday morning, I just got my brother to buy coconut milk and grated coconut from the wet market along with a whole chicken for lunch and potatoes.
After my brother came back from the market, I fried the grated coconut to make kerisik. And I prepared all the ingredients on the kitchen table as I was referring to the recipe.
20 biji bawang merah … check
4 ulas bawang putih … check
3 batang serai… check
2 inci halia… check
2 inci lengkuas… check
4 sudu besar kerisik … check
9 sudu cili … check
2 biji santan kelapa … check
2 helai daun limau purut… check
1 ¾ sudu kecil garam… check
1 kg daging…
Oh my God! I forgot the main ingredient. Meat! Where am I going to find meat and I have never bought meat before! Usually my dad will buy the meat. But since this year he is in Mekah, we forgot about the meat.
I headed to the supermarket to get boxed meat from India since that is the only choice that I have. Arriving in Warta, I headed to the frozen section and the usual boxed meat that I buy is empty. Okay, don’t panic. We’ll have to find another option.
I then headed to Billion and thank God that the freezer is still full of the boxed meat. So, I paid for the meat and headed home. One thing for sure is that I’d have to wait like two more hours for the meat to be thawed and cut up.
Anyway, I managed to cook the rendang before my mom came back from the office. And I am glad that she didn’t know about the problem I encountered and my fault for forgetting the meat!
Anyway, Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha everyone! Don’t eat too much red meat these few days.
My mom would set up the menu and I would make sure that the ingredients are enough. My mom said that we would be having rendang daging as usual with ketupat palas (which my mom ordered from her friend) and maybe pulut kuning. So, I was in charge of cooking the rendang.
Every Saturday, there would be a night market nearby my house. I went there to get the ingredients as written in the recipe I jotted the recipe the last time my mom made rendang. I know the ingredients but exact measurement so that it will be the same as we cooked it before more or less having a standard procedure in making the rendang. As I went ‘shopping’ for the ingredients I made a checklist in my mind of the things I have bought and the things that needs to be bought tomorrow.
So, that night, I sorted out the things I have bought and kept in the places where I usually keep them. So, yesterday morning, I just got my brother to buy coconut milk and grated coconut from the wet market along with a whole chicken for lunch and potatoes.
After my brother came back from the market, I fried the grated coconut to make kerisik. And I prepared all the ingredients on the kitchen table as I was referring to the recipe.
20 biji bawang merah … check
4 ulas bawang putih … check
3 batang serai… check
2 inci halia… check
2 inci lengkuas… check
4 sudu besar kerisik … check
9 sudu cili … check
2 biji santan kelapa … check
2 helai daun limau purut… check
1 ¾ sudu kecil garam… check
1 kg daging…
Oh my God! I forgot the main ingredient. Meat! Where am I going to find meat and I have never bought meat before! Usually my dad will buy the meat. But since this year he is in Mekah, we forgot about the meat.
I headed to the supermarket to get boxed meat from India since that is the only choice that I have. Arriving in Warta, I headed to the frozen section and the usual boxed meat that I buy is empty. Okay, don’t panic. We’ll have to find another option.
I then headed to Billion and thank God that the freezer is still full of the boxed meat. So, I paid for the meat and headed home. One thing for sure is that I’d have to wait like two more hours for the meat to be thawed and cut up.
Anyway, I managed to cook the rendang before my mom came back from the office. And I am glad that she didn’t know about the problem I encountered and my fault for forgetting the meat!
Anyway, Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha everyone! Don’t eat too much red meat these few days.
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