For dinner last night, we made an Indonesian meal, a rijsttafel (Dutch word meaning, literally, "rice table"). M said it was like a "rice bar" -- rice with lots of toppings! Indonesian food is usually very spicy. We toned down the heat on ours since M isn't used to eating very spicy foods.
M's interruption: (M is eating his lunch (he has the day off from school) so he is dictating his interruption to me.) My favorite four foods were the yellow rice, the cucumber, the banana fritters, and the tofu.
Did you know Indonesia is made up of 13,667 islands? Indonesia's flag is very simple, so I didn't have to do much to make it.
Back to Anne...
Rijsttafel traditionally has many more dishes than we could eat -- or cook! -- we followed the mini-rijsttafel suggestions at The Rijistafel Company. Our menu was:
gado gado (raw veggies with peanut sauce)
bean sprouts (lightly boiled with a little sesame oil drizzled)
Cucumber bean salad (recipe at the Rijsttafel Company)
stir-fried tofu (I took the time to drain the tofu for a couple hours and was reminded why recipes recommend it!)
banana fritters (recipe here)
and rice colored yellow with tumeric.
Steve and I added spicy peanut sauce and Vietamese chili paste to our dishes.
Another big hit! M listed his favorites above, but really everyone enjoyed the whole meal.
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