As I mentioned earlier….last month myself & 4 girlfriends went for a wonderful mini escape in Bali. Some shopping, chill out time with friends, & definitely cooking classes were on our agendas.
So here is a couple of recipes we enjoyed cooking – slightly modified by me!! With all the coconut….you’ll be fighting off possible infections, whilst aiding to absorb nutrients from your food…& it’s more likely to burned off as fuel than stored as fat!
Chicken Sate Lilit Bali (Balinese wrapped around satay stick)
Serves 3-4
Ingredients:
- 250g chicken mince meat (or turkey)
- 1/2C grated coconut
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1-2 chillies
- equivalent to 2 tsp Coconut sugar (or they use Palm sugar)
- 1 tsp shrimp paste (or fish sauce, as I only had)
- 1 finger length galangal (or ginger)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Method:
- Smash with mortar and pestle the chillies, garlic, sugar, paste/sauce & galangal.
- Mix this all in with the mince meat, lemon juice & half the grated coconut.
- Divide into oval balls & mould around popsticks/thick skewers.
- Roll each into the rest of the grated coconut.
- Grill sate until they turn brown & cooked through.
These are AMAZING….not your normal sate….apparently they are only eaten on special occasions. With NO peanut sauce in site!!! 😉
Perkedel Jagung (Mashed Corn Ball/Fritter)
Serves 3-4
Ingredients:
- x2 whole sweet corn cobs with kernels cut off & smashed with mortar & pestle (or a tin of creamed corn)
- 2 sticks celery, thinly sliced
- 1 egg
- 1/3-1/2C Coconut flour (they used normal plain flour)
- pinch Himalayan Pink salt
Smashed together in mortar & pestle:
- 2tsp Coconut sugar (or Palm sugar)
- Coriander, roughly chopped
- 1/2 onion, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1-2 chillies
- 2 Kaffir Lime leaves, roughly chopped
Ingredients:
- Mix sweet corn kernels, egg, celery, salt & smashed ingredients thoroughly.
- Mix in the flour, add a little water if needed – mix should be semi-formed.
- Heat wok with vegetable oil of choice & form fritter with large spoons. Shallow fry till golden brown. Drain on paper towel before serving.
- Serve with home-made Special Fried Brown Rice full of veggies & flavour!!!