Last week, I was craving for something Indonesian. I had only one portion of fried baso tahu during our last holiday. It is not easy to get it here, not like the Belgian fries that I can get just around the corner. My husband would also love to enjoy it on our dinner table. I was also curious on how my children would react to this taste.
To make this dish, it is not that difficult. But, just like any other Indonesian/Asian food, this food needs a lot of preparation and work. This time, I chose to use frozen fish fillet for practicality. The equipment that we need to make this dish, are food processor and a steamer. I am using a simple steamer, which is actually an attachment of my IKEA basic pot.
Please do not give any score on how I fold and shape my siomay, because I am not yet an expert in shaping food. Luckily, my husband and children did not care for the presentation. They just kept eating. *big smile*
See below on how to produce your own Siomay Bandung.
Ingredients of Siomay Bandung and Baso Tahu Bandung
300 gram white fish fillet
200 gram chicken fillet
5 cloves garlic
3 tsp salt (or according to your liking)
1/2 tsp sugar
pepper to taste
150-200 gram chayote or kohlrabi (I used this time around half of the kohlrabi)
100 gram tapioca/sagu flour
2 eggs (some recipe uses only the white, but I find that using whole eggs is also OK)
A little cold water, if needed
Tofu
Wonton skin (ready to use - from frozen section. Use the one for soup or steam)
Method (siomay bandung and baso tahu)
1. Grind the fish fillet, chicken fillet, garlic, and chayote or kohlrabi using food processor.
2. Add the tapioca or sagu flour and the eggs. Mix well. Add a bit of water if needed to make the mixing process easier. I do not add water since I used defrost fish fillet which still contain some water.
3. Add the salt, pepper and sugar. Mix until all is well-mixed.
4. Cut the tofu into either a few triangle pieces or cubes.
5. Make a cut on the surface of the tofu (do not cut through the tofu, but only to make a pocket like cut), to enable you to insert a spoon of the fish/chicken mixture, Let the upper side of the tofu covered by the paste/mixture. Put aside.
6. To make the siomay, take 1 piece of the wonton skin, put 1 spoon of the paste in the middle and fold the corners of the wonton skin into the middle/the fish paste. Put aside.
7. Boil water in a steamer.
8. When it starts to boil, put the baso tahu and siomay in the steamer and steam for around 15 minutes or until the paste is well cooked. Put aside and steam the rest of the baso tahu and siomay.
Preparing the extras
1. Peel some potato, and boil it until it is soft enough but not entirely broken when we test it with fork. Put aside.
2. Boil some eggs. Peel and put aside.
3. Boil a few pieces of cabbage, until it is soft enough to roll. Take it out from the pot, drain, and when it is cool enough to work with, roll the cabbage. Put aside.
Ingredients of the sauce (Note: this is NOT the original recipe but a practical recipe for me)
5-6 tbsp of peanut butter (use the creamy one, without the peanut pieces. This one is less sugar and creamier).
2 cloves garlic (pressed)
1 tsp tamarind paste (without seed)
1 tbsp palm sugar
1 tbsp sweet soya sauce (to taste)
1/2 cup water (or adjust to achieve consistency like steak sauce, for example)
Method for the sauce
1. Put all ingredients in a pot, boil everything.
2. Adjust the taste with one of the ingredients, if necessary. (every peanut butter brand has different taste and sweetness)
3. When it is ready, take out the not-dissolved tamarind paste.
How to serve
Serve the Baso Tahu, Siomay, boiled potato, boiled egg, rolled cabbage on a plate. Pour the sauce on top of the served ingredients, sprinkle with lime juice and prepare as extra, cut chili, if you like.
It turned out that my children love them, especially the siomay. The texture is interesting enough for them to enjoy and the fish taste of the siomay combined with the taste of peanut sauce with a hint of lime juice is at least acceptable for their preference.
For my husband and me? Hm, it is heavenly. It is one of the food that we love to eat.
If you have never tried it, you may want to challenge yourself to try this to see if you are up for a new food adventure.
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