Traditional Indonesian spice mixture bumbu: calorie content of the product, content of vitamins and minerals. What are the beneficial properties of the seasoning, are there any contraindications to its use. In what dishes can spice be used. If you have a chronic illness or other health problem not listed in this list, or if you are taking certain medications, we recommend that you consult your doctor before introducing bumba into your diet.
Boomboo recipes
Spicy Indonesian pasta in cooking is used mainly for marinating meat, while, depending on the required degree of pungency and spice, the marinade is either washed off before heat treatment or not. It also goes well with stewed vegetables and cereals. Sometimes it is served as an addition to fresh salads, noodles, baked goods, however, in this case, usually the pasta is pre-fried a little to enhance the taste and aroma.
As for the variability of the recipe, the most common additional components of bumbu are such spices as black pepper, coriander, and turmeric. However, no one forbids adding your own signature ingredient. For example, on the island of Java, shrimp paste is traditionally added to the seasoning.
Well, once you've made your original bumba mix, you can start using it in a variety of recipes. Here are some great dishes that the seasoning complements in the best way:
- Spicy beef … Cut the beef into thin strips (500 grams), fry until golden brown over high heat in vegetable oil. Put in a boom (100 grams), add water (250 ml), reduce heat and close the lid. Simmer the meat for about an hour. In the meantime, prepare a side dish - boil the rice noodles. In a frying pan, fry finely diced carrots and onions for 5-7 minutes, mix with rice noodles, salt. Put beef, noodles on a plate, sprinkle with feta cheese with crumbled hands.
- Chicken breast with bumbu … Chicken breast (500 grams) grate bumba (100 grams), leave to marinate at room temperature for 2-3 hours. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, grease the mold with a little vegetable oil, put the chicken on it. If you want the meat to be spicy, do not rinse the marinade. Bake the chicken for half an hour. In the meantime, prepare a side dish - boil the rice (200 grams). Make sour cream mustard sauce: Combine sour cream (3 tablespoons) with mustard (1 teaspoon) and fresh basil (15 grams). Serve the spicy breast with gravy, rice and your favorite fresh vegetables.
- Indonesian soup sote ayam … Cook a chicken leg (2 pieces) in water (1.5 liters) - the meat should be very soft and come off well from the bone. Separately cook rice noodles according to the instructions (400 grams) and eggs (2 pieces). Melt a little butter in a saucepan, add bumba paste (200-300 grams) and simmer for 5 minutes. In the meantime, disassemble the meat into fibers, chop finely, put it back in the broth, transfer the boom to the broth as well. Put the noodles in portioned plates, pour the spicy broth with chicken on top, put the eggs, cut in half, sprinkle with finely chopped fresh herbs to taste. If you like citrus notes in your dishes, also squeeze a quarter of lime juice into each serving.
Start with these interesting dishes, and then you can use bumba in recipes according to your imagination, just as you can experiment with the ingredients that make up the seasoning, adapting it to a particular dish.
Interesting facts about the boomboo
Bumbu is currently the most popular condiment in Indonesia. It is prepared in every home, while there are four main varieties of spicy pasta, which have received "color" names - white, red, yellow and orange.
The proper shade is achieved with the help of certain spices, in the red bumba the color is set by the chili pepper, in the yellow - turmeric, in the orange - a skillful combination of these two spices. In white bumba, no chili or other spices that can give a shade are added, it is prepared mainly from various types of onions, garlic and nuts.
It is noteworthy that it is determined which bumba to add to the dish, in accordance with the harmony of the color of the seasoning and the dish. White bumba will be served with rice and white meat, red beans and tomatoes with dishes, etc.
The onions, ginger, galangal used in the paste are excellent natural preservatives, and therefore, before the creation of refrigerators, bumba was used for long-term storage of food. Watch the video about the boomboo:
Bumbu is an exotic condiment for Indonesian cuisine. It is rather difficult to find it ready-made in our supermarkets, but you can make it yourself, replacing rare components with something more familiar, there are a lot of recipe variations on the Internet. Spicy pasta adds a unique taste and magical aroma to dishes, and also makes them much healthier. If you have no contraindications to the use of the seasoning, be sure to include it in your diet.