Indonesian Recipes | Sylvie's CombuisIndo » kayu manis http://www.kochconnect.com Collection of Indonesian Recipes and Food Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:16:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bandrek http://www.kochconnect.com/2009/10/bandrek/ http://www.kochconnect.com/2009/10/bandrek/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:12:05 +0000 Sylvie http://www.kochconnect.com/2009/10/bandrek/ A hot drink to have when you have the flu or a cold or just when you need to warm up on a cold winters day.

]]> Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups waterDSC00730 8 [1024x768]
3 six-inch cinnamon sticks
5 star anise
10 whole cloves
10 ketumbar seeds
7 cardamom pods, broken open
1 stalk serai, bottom 5 inches only, peeled and trimmed and pounded to release the fragrance
3 thick slices of jahe, pounded a bit to release the juices
2 tablespoons of Indonesian gula jawa

  1. Directions:
    Place all ingredients except sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer, partly covered, about 10 minutes. Add the sugar and simmer a few more minutes. Taste for sweetness and add more sugar if necessary.
  2. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or a piece of cheesecloth. Add milk to taste, if desired

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Photo taken in Prowakarta at a bandrek cart, with my friends.

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