Tahu telor

(Serves 4)

2 bean curds
1 small cucumber
2 eggs
Salt and pepper
6 tablespoons of soya sauce
2 teaspoons of sugar
Cooking oil

1) Cut the bean curds into cubes.
2) Wash and shred the cucumber.
3) Beat the eggs with a fork; add salt and pepper.
4) Place the bean curds in a bowl and pour over the beaten egg.
5) In a separate bowl, mix the soya sauce and the sugar.
6) Heat the cooking oil in a pan. Add the bean curd and egg mixture and fry until golden brown.
7) Serve on a plate and garnish with the shredded cucumber.
8) Serve hot with the soya sauce mix.

Personal Tips
Instead of making the sweet sauce, you can serve with sweet Indonesian soya sauce.

Potato cutlets

(Serves 4)

12 medium sized potatoes
1 bunch of coriander leaves
2 teaspoons of ground coriander
100 grams of minced meat
3 eggs
Cooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

1. Peel the potatoes. Cut into wedges. Soak in water and salt for 15 minutes.
2. Cut the coriander leaves into strips 2 cm.
3. Heat the cooking oil. Fry the wedges until light brown.
4. Mash the potatoes when cold. Add coriander leaves, ground coriander, minced meat, salt and pepper.
5. Break the eggs. Use a fork to beat the egges.
6. Make the potaoto/meat mix into round balls and then flatten in the palm of you hands (no more than 4 cm in diameter.
7. Reheat cooking oil in a pan.
8. Coat the potato/meat cutlet in the egg and fry until golden brown.


Personal Tips
This dish is double fried. If you feel that there is too much fat, you can boil the potatoes before mashing them.
The coriander is what gives this dish its aroma.