People’s needs and demands of nutritional food keep increasing day by day, especially during the pandemic. “A balance is needed in our everyday bowl; balanced flavour, nutrients, and proportions in carbs, protein, crunches, etc.,” said Devina Hermawan, the MasterChef Indonesia Finalist and also a Cooking Content Creator, She is also Bachelor of Management Alumni class of 2015. Thus, Devina has exclusively shared a special recipe to prepare a nutritious and easy-to-make dish for ICMEM audience: Multi-Grain Bowl with Ayam Sambal Matah, Tuesday, August 12th 2021, through ICMEM Refreshment Activity: Healthy Cooking Class.

Multi-Grain Bowl with Balinese-style Ayam Sambal Matah is chosen by Devina as the multigrain bowl is pretty customizable in the salad bar style we often see in the grocery store. A multigrain bowl can be easily mixed and matched based on the available ingredients to comfort the #stayathome family and can last pretty long in a refrigerator.

So, how can we cook the easy yet nutritious food ala Chef Devina? You can make your own with the recipe guide and tips below!

Ingredients

Base Rice

  • Premix grain (can be substituted by other grains with barley or sorghums, just adjust the amount of water and time of cooking)
  • Glutinous rice (to make rice feels a little sticky) 

Main Dish

  • Chicken/Fish Meat
  • coconut milk, 
  • paprika powder, 
  • white pepper, 
  • turmeric powder, 
  • garlic powder, 
  • salt

Sambal Matah

  • shallot, 
  • chilli, 
  • garlic, 
  • sugar, 
  • mushroom powder, 
  • salt, 
  • oil, 
  • lemongrass,  
  • shrimp paste

Sprinkles

  • Cooking oil
  • Minced garlic
  • Fried shallot
  • Oat

How to cook

Base Rice

  1. Soak rice and grain with ½ part of water for 15 -20 minutes to smooth the grainy texture; give salt to elevate the flavour and eliminate the unpleasant odour.
  2. Cook it like regular rice (for example, using a rice cooker)

Main Dish

  1. Marinate chicken or fish by adding coconut milk, paprika powder, white pepper, turmeric powder, garlic powder, salt; set aside for 15 minutes
  2. After being at room temperature, cook the chicken on medium-high flame and in a hot pan, and add vegetables (suitable for grilling) to the pan to cook.

Sambal Matah

  1. Slice down the ingredients, don’t make it too soft or too small
  2. Prepare shrimp paste (terasi) directly to the flame to enhance the flavour
  3. Add down to the chopped ingredients as well as the salt and flavour enhancement 
  4. Cook in the hot cooking oil on a pan

Sprinkles

  1. As a sprinkle, cook garlic on medium heat until cooked evenly, add oat after well cooked and sugar if you like, add fried shallot for better smell. 

Tips

  1. Use coconut oil to enhance taste and help retain moisture, though it can be replaced by olive oil or cooking oil, which have a neutral smell and taste.
  2. Slice the meat 1cm thick so it will cook more evenly and quicker to lock the moisture
  3. Rest the meat after cooking for a while before slicing it to keep the meat moisture
  4. Use a gaslighter to fire-cooked vegetables and dishes to give an even better aroma.
  5. Make sure every component already taste good according to individual well-being and does not overpower the taste.
  6. Complex carbs, such as beans, make us feel full for longer; we can also have food with fibres to get a healthy digestive system to prevent bloating.
  7. Make food plans weekly for daily menus as well as the grocery list. We can also precook or pre-prepare the vegetables and beef by considering the expiration date.

Written by Student Reporter (Tjia Alphani, Entrepreneurship 2022)