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ay_link October 25th, 2007

Pisang molen is a traditional Indonesian pastry filled with banana and cheese.

“Pisang” (read: pee-sāng) means “banana” in Indonesian, and “molen” is Dutch for mill (or roll), so literally, the English name for Pisang Molen is, Banana Roll? Hahaha.. sounds funny.

Anyways.
Pisang molen, they’re so easy to make. Trust me. I enjoy baking and cooking, but only if they’re easy to make and doesn’t take too much time to do it. LOL *yes, me, lazy bum when it comes to baking LOL… I rather cook, somehow* so, okay, onto the recipe now..

Ingredients:
- Frozen pastries (bought at JONS’ , and I think the brand is Jerky Pastry, but you can always use any ready-to-use frozen pastries, or make your own)
- Bananas (8-10 ripe ones, so that they’re already sweet)
- Cheese (Kraft Processed Cheese in loaves/Kraft Singles for sandwiches would work too)

Now the cheese is a bit tricky because technically, it’d be better to use cheese that cannot be melt during the baking process.
What cheese won’t melt under 350 F ? Well, there’s this Kraft processed cheese, which I can only buy when I’m in Jakarta (lol), so if you can’t get those kind of cheese, just use any cheese you like =)

So, you cut the banana into 3-4 and cut them in half to sandwich the cheese in the middle.
Roll the pastries to cover the filling and later on, brush egg yolk on top before putting them in the oven.
Bake for 35-40 mins until they’re cooked and ready. :)

• Desserts , Foods , Indonesian
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ay_link October 13th, 2007

Pajeon is a traditional Korean-style pancake which is a very popular appetizer or snack. It is made with flour batter, eggs, and green onions/scallions, served with a mixture of soy sauce & vinegar for dipping.

In translation, “jeon” (pronounced “jun”) is the actual battered ingredients and “pa” means scallions in Korean. The basic type of this dish consists of just scallions along with flour and eggs but endless variation of this dish can exists by simply adding other ingredients such as seafood, kimchi, or vegetables.

I’ve been craving for this since last week, and finally got to make some tonite for dinner. And since I had some shrimps, it’s better to make Hae-Mul pajeon (seafood pajeon), which usually you can also use clams or scallops.

Some pictures of my Hae-Mul pajeon =)

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ay_link October 12th, 2007

Aren’t they pretty?

I was just browsing through “My Pictures” folder, and saw this pic.
Songpyeon are the traditional Korean food made from glutinous rice.
It’s a variety of tteok, consisting of small rice cakes traditionally eaten during the Korean autumn festival, Chuseok.They have become a popular symbol of traditional Korean culture.

Songpyeon are half-moon-shaped rice cakes filled with sesame seeds or chestnut paste steamed over a layer of pine needles, which gives them the fragrant smell of fresh pine trees. They used to be made into various shapes with the participation of family members and were often exchanged between neighbors. Often eaten on Chuseok and other festive days.

They say that if you make a pretty songpyeon, you’ll have a pretty daughter.
Looking at these pretty, colorful songpyeon, I suddenly have the urge to go to Korean market tomorrow and get some! LOL.

• Foods , Korean
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