CHEF LOVE

Simple Recipes of Blessing Bearers

Love closed the door and set foot into her room.

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Days change, times change. The days that Cinta and the other participants have passed through by reading and practicing the recipes that they learned both from books and from the internet.

And come on the day of the expected, namely the National level cooking competition that is broadcast live on private television in the country.

The opening ceremony has begun and the peak event is a cooking competition that is divided into three, namely clear fruit, using coconut and fried side dishes.

Of the fifty participants, in this clear fruiting cooking competition will be filtered and taken thirty participants.

In this clear fruiting category, Cinta cooks a menu of clear Vegetables ala Cinta.

"Love, can you explain why you choose a clear vegetable moringa leaves as a menu in this race?" ask the host on Love.

"Why does Love wear moringa leaves? because the moringa leaves are commonly called "the miracle tree" has nutrients and content that is very important to keep the body healthy, moringa leaves are also useful as an herbal remedy to cure several types of diseases. The content of poluphenol on Moringa leaves as an antioxidant that serves to detoxify the human body so that it will boost the immune system so as not to be susceptible to disease." explained Cinta.

"Good Love, you explain how to cook it?" ask the host who is curious about Cinta cuisine.

"Alright, here is a clear vegetable recipe of Moringa leaves ala Cinta..!"

Ingredients ;

 4 servings

1 bowl of moringa leaves, choose the young

1 Sweet corn

1.8 Liters of water

Seasoning:

2 cloves of garlic

1 finger fastening/key meeting

2 lbr bay leaf

1/2 tsp each2 sugar, salt and seasoning flavoring

Steps

Moringa leaf pick and corn pipil

Smooth or thinly slice seasoning2

Boil the water, put the seasoning2, bay leaves and sweet corn smp ripe corn/plump, about 5 min

Insert the moringa leaves, stir and wither the leaves, about 3 minutes. Add sugar, salt and flavoring when necessary

Lift up and ready to serve.

"Okay, we'll wait for the jury's verdict!" said the host.

And before long the jury announced the names of the participants who entered the next round.

After listening to anyone mentioned by the cooking competition jury, and it turns out Love falls into the next category.

The next category is using coconut, and Cinta makes a simple menu but liked by many people.

Love makes Botok Mlanding a la Cinta, and here is the recipe :

Ingredients ;

1 Medium size tempe board which is still new

½ shredded coconut grains

50 Grams of anchovies are brewed with hot water

3 tablespoons lamtoro or chinese petai

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of combed Javanese sugar

3 tablespoons of instant coconut milk

10 pieces of cayenne pepper

5 leaves of greeting

Enough banana leaves

Toothpick enough

Mashed seasoning

6 red onion cloves

3 cloves of garlic

4 pieces of curly red chili

2 cm galangal

3 grains of candlenut roasted

3 cm fast

3 cm turmeric

2 leaves of orange leaves are removed the leaf bones

How to make botok mlanding

After all the above ingredients and spices are prepared, you can immediately practice the botok mlanding recipe with the following steps.

Clean the anchovies under running water. Set aside.

Prepare a steam pan, then steam tempeh for about 10 minutes. Lift and crush rough. Set aside.

Next, take a container/basin and put in it grated coconut, fine spices, salt, and Javanese sugar. Stir evenly.

After that, add the crushed tempeh, anchovies, and chinese petai/mlanding. Stir again evenly. You can taste a little mlanding botok dough to correct the taste.

Prepare two stacked banana leaves. Then, take about two tablespoons of botok dough and place it on a banana leaf. Add a sheet of bay leaves and two whole cayenne pepper pieces on top of the dough. Wrap the dough with banana leaves to form a tum, then paste the toothpick in the middle of the leaf so that the package does not come off.

Do this until all the dough is gone. After that, prepare the steamer pan and arrange the botok packaging into it. Steamed the botok about 25 minutes to maturity.

After cooking, turn off the stove and open the lid of the steam pan so that the water vapor comes out. Prepare serving plates for plating. Take a packet of mlanding botok that has been opened package, then put it on a plate. Do not forget to prepare warm rice when you want to eat it.

And in this category, Love was selected into the top ten, and continued with the competition with the category of fried side dishes.

This time Cinta makes processed seafood, namely Fried squid ala Cinta.

Here is the recipe :

Material:

- 300 gr squid.

- 2 cloves of garlic.

- 2 cm ginger.

- salt.

- pepper.

Coating material:

1 Egg.

- 5 tbsp versatile flour.

- 1 tbsp maizena.

How to make:

- Wash the squid thoroughly and cut into pieces.

- puree garlic and ginger and then apply to squid, add salt and pepper and let stand in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

- Dip the squid into the egg whisk and then roll it into the flour.

- Fry with hot oil to brown.

- Recommended do not fry too long.

- Serve.

Finally arrived at the expected moment, all clapping boisterously while the judges were confused in choosing who had the right to hold the Chef and the opportunity to become champions at the national level.

"After a very difficult debate, all judges who choose the first champion and have the opportunity to get the title of chef for the national level, are... Love!" exclaimed the host who was greeted by a standing ovation by the audience and other participants.

Love also seemed to be in disbelief, simple menu recipes favored by the jury and others.

"Love is expected to go on stage to receive trophies, charters and other prizes" the host said.

And Love stepped her foot up to the stage and she received a trophy, a charter and a series of other gifts.

"For the winner please give a word and two thanks" said the host while giving his microphone to Cinta.

"Thank you, Assalamu'alaikum warohmatullahi wabarokhatuh..!" say hello Love begins his words.

"Wa'alaikumsalam warrohmatulli wabarokhatuh..!" the response of the audience and all who listen to the greeting of Love.

"Praise and gratitude Love proposes to Allah Subhana wata'alla who gives health and strength to Love to be a participant in this national cooking competition. Thank you all the parties who organized this cooking competition, thank you for the sponsors and do not forget Love to say a lot of thanks to Om Juna, the family of Love, and the, friends of Love who are in Surabaya. There is Cak Teguh, Mas Gala, Dara, chef Alleno, mbak Wiwid, Risky, Damira, Ramaya, Kak Iwan, Asih's grandmother, Tanaka who is now in Japan, and other Love friends who always provide support and knowledge in cooking and daily life. One more thank you to the mysterious man who has saved Love from several incidents. Thank you and may we be healthy and always in His protection.aamiin yes Robbal alaamiin. Wassalamu'alaikum warohmatullahi..!" say thankfulness Love on stage.

And all the friends of Love, especially the grandmother Asih who saw the success of Cinta, crying out.

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