Intro -- Contents -- A Symphony of Surprising Flowers -- My Great Love of Indonesian Cuisine -- A Few Tips and Techniques -- Useful Tools and Utensils -- Buying the Right Ingredients -- Sambal Dipping Sauces -- Peanut Satay Dip -- Sweet Soy Dip -- Tomato Chili Sauce -- Shrimp Paste Chili Sauce -- 1. Appetizers and Snacks -- Pan-fried Soybean Cakes -- Corn and Shrimp Fritters -- Chicken and Potato Croquettes -- Chicken Satays -- Beef Satays -- Fresh Spring Rolls -- Savory Cucumber Relish -- Chilied Eggs -- Spinach Tempura -- Savory Fish Cakes -- Crisp Tofu with Sweet Spicy Sauce -- 2. Soups -- Lemongrass Chicken Soup -- Oxtail Soup -- Mushroom Medley Soup -- Grandma's Tomato Soup -- Betawi Beef Soup -- Chicken Chive Soup -- Tamarind Vegetable Soup -- Dutch-Indo Macaroni Soup -- Buckwheat Noodle Soup -- Chicken Noodle Soup -- 3. Salads -- Chicken Asparagus Salad -- Cellophane Noodle Salad -- Dutch-Indo Shrimp Salad -- Tangy Melon Salad -- Salad á la Mama -- Mango and Grilled Shrimp Salad -- Tropical Fruit Salad with Palm Sugar Dressing -- Avocado and Smoked Salmon Salad -- Indonesian Mixed Salad with Creamy Peanut Dressing -- Cucumber Salad -- 4. Poultry and Meat Dishes -- Curried Chicken -- Banjar Chicken Steak -- Indonesian Fried Chicken -- Balinese Chicken -- Butter Fried Chicken -- Sweet and Spicy Shredded Chicken -- Carmelized Pork -- Indonesian Mapo Tofu -- Coconut Beef Stew -- Spicy Lemongrass Beef -- 5. Fish and Seafood Dishes -- Crispy Fish with Chili Sauce -- Sweet Soy Roasted Fish -- Grilled Swordfish with Fragrant Yellow Rice -- Tamarind Glazed Fish -- Tamarind Roasted Shrimp -- Shrimp with Spicy Bean Sauce -- Javanese Sugar Shrimp -- Crispy Sweet 'n Spicy Calamari -- Spicy Sautéed Calamari -- Sweet Grilled Calamari -- 6. Rice and Noodle Dishes -- Traditional Coconut Rice Platter -- Classic Nasi Goreng -- Chicken Rice Porridge.

Fragrant Garlic Rice Stew -- Coconut Noodle Soup -- Stir-fried Rice Vermicelli -- Stir-fried Noodles with Shrimp -- Rice Noodle Soup with Meatballs -- Noodle Soup with Spinach -- Savory Flat Rice Noodles -- 7. Vegetables -- Pan-fried Tofu Omelet -- Green Beans in Sweet Soy -- Spicy Potato Stir-fry -- Butternut Squash Curry -- Stir-fried Water Spinach with Shrimp Paste -- Sambal Eggplant -- 8. Desserts -- Dutch-Indo Crepes with Palm Sugar -- Sweet Potatoes in Coconut Milk -- Banana Chiffon Cake -- Banana Fritters -- Iced Sweet Young Coconuts -- Iced Soursop Dessert -- Iced Coconut Cream with Jellies -- Icy Sweet Melon Strips -- Iced Sweet Green Beans -- Tropical Shaved Ice with Fruit -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.