Traditional drinks

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Minuman Tradisional

Minggu, 3 Januari 2010 | 03:33 WIB

NYONYA RUMAH

Berbicara tentang minuman, memang banyak macamnya dan bervariasi tampilannya. Tetapi aneka minuman tradisional yang terbuat dari rempah-rempah Indonesia di bawah ini, selain rasanya khas Indonesia, membuatnya pun sangat mudah. Marilah kita mencoba resep aneka wedang (minuman hangat) yang sangat nikmat diminum pada sore hari, apalagi selagi turun hujan.

Wedang Ronde

Keperluan:

2 peres cangkir tepung ketan

2 sdm makan muncung tepung kanji

Air panas setengah mendidih

Kesumba warna merah dan hijau

Isi ronde:

Kacang tanah disangrai, buang kulit arinya lalu gerus agak kasar, bubuhi irisan gula jawa secukupnya, mencampurkannya sambil diperciki air sampai dapat dipulung. Pulungi bulat-bulat sebesar kacang tanah.

Cara membuat:

Dua macam tepung disatukan, tuangi air panas secukupnya sampai adonan cukup untuk dipulung. Uleni sampai rata, lalu bagi tiga, yang sebagian dibiarkan putih, yang lainnya diberi warna merah dan hijau. Pulungi bulat-bulat sebesar kelereng, isi dengan 1 butir bulatan kacang, lalu bulatkan pula. Sisa adonan dipulungi bulat-bulat kecil tanpa diisi. Jika semua adonan sudah dipulungi, masukkan ke dalam air mendidih. Masak sampai rondenya terapung lalu tuang ke dalam saringan, siram air dingin, tiriskan lalu masukkan ke dalam air gula supaya tidak melekat satu sama lain.

Kuah Ronde

Keperluan:

Jahe kira-kira 3 ibu jari

3 batang sereh

3 lembar daun pandan

Gula pasir semanisnya

Cara membuat:

Jahe dibakar, kupas lalu memarkan. Sereh juga dimemarkan pada batangnya. Masak kira-kira 2 liter air masukkan jahe, sereh, dan daun pandan, didihkan lalu kecilkan apinya. Masak terus dengan panci tertutup kira-kira 1/2 jam lagi supaya meresap, bubuhi gula semanisnya lalu saring.

Menyajikan: Taruh beberapa butir ronde di mangkok, tuangi kuah jahe yang panas, taruh sendok lalu hidangkan.

Wedang Sekoteng

Keperluan:

1/2 ons sekoteng

2-3 sdm kolang-kaling diiris tipis

2 lembar roti tawar potong persegi 1 cm

Sedikit kacang goreng

Kuah:

50 gr jahe

2 batang sereh

3 lembar daun pandan

Gula pasir semanisnya

Cara membuat:

Didihkan 1 liter air, masukkan jahe yang sudah dibakar, dikupas, dan dimemarkan. Sereh juga dimemarkan bagian pangkalnya dan daun pandan. Bubuhi gula pasir semanisnya, didihkan pula, masak seterusnya dengan panci tertutup sampai aroma jahe terasa, angkat lalu saring.

Menyajikan:

Taruh sedikit sekoteng yang sudah direbus dan lain-lain bahan di cangkir lalu penuhkan dengan kuah jahe.

Wedang Bajigur

Keperluan:

4-5 sdt kopi

1 cangkir santan

Sedikit garam

Gula jawa

Gula pasir

Kolang-kaling

1/2 sendok teh kapur sirih

Cara membuat:

1 liter air didihkan, masukkan kopi bubuhi gula jawa dan gula pasir, masukkan santan, garam, dan kapur sirih, didihkan pula. Rasakan, tambah gula bila kurang manis, angkat lalu saring. Disajikan dengan ditambahi irisan kolang-kaling.

Source : kompas.com

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Small business

It's pancakes. In a can. It's made $15 million.

(Fortune Small Business) -- In 2001, Sean O'Connor was a co-owner of Thee Parkside, a San Francisco club that served up punk bands alongside yak burgers and bear-meat chili. When the dot-coms collapsed, he pared down the menu to focus on cheap, creative snacks. During an experiment with whipped cream canisters and funnel cake -- a project that failed miserably -- he stumbled on a better idea: putting pancake mix in pressurized cans for quick and easy breakfasts.

By 2005 O'Connor, now 38, had left the restaurant business and filed patents for Batter Blaster, an organic pancake-and-waffle mix in a pressurized can with a point-and-shoot nozzle.

Through word of mouth, social networking and publicity stunts -- traveling 180,000 miles in an Airstream trailer to visit county fairs; rallying a team to cook 76,382 pancakes in eight hours to set a Guinness World Record -- O'Connor and his 16 employees have gotten Batter Blaster into 13,000 outlets nationwide, including Costco (COST, Fortune 500) and Whole Foods (WFMI, Fortune 500) stores.

"We aren't feeling the recession like everyone else is," he says. "We are one of the few truly innovative products to come out in the egg and dairy set."

In 2008 Batter Blaster's annual revenues hit $15 million. O'Connor expects the total for 2009 to surpass $19.5 million.

"It sells incredibly well. It's a convenience item and great for the elderly, who make single servings, along with parents, single people and campers," says Jeff Mejia, director of perishables for DPI Specialty Foods, which distributes the product to Albertsons, Bristol Farms and Jensen's stores. The product retails for $4.99 a can.

There's no denying the lowbrow reputation of sprayable foods. (Think Easy Cheese and Reddi-wip.) O'Connor argues that what Batter Blaster lacks in cachet, it makes up for in a hassle-free, fun-to-use design that appeals to families.

That sounds about right to chef Manuel Trevino of the newly opened Travertine restaurant in New York City. "I would most likely only use it when cooking for my kids," he says. "You will undoubtedly be sacrificing a little flavor for fun, but utilizing a spray makes it easier to master the art of creative pancake-making, which children tend to love."

O'Connor is banking on kid-friendliness. His plans? More versions of the product that add new flavors, along with brightly colored batters, in the mix.

Source : cnnmoney.com