9 Practical and Easy-to-Make Eid Menus, Alternative Dishes to Replace Rendang - Opor

Kapanlagi.com - When Eid arrives, it feels like a big day that makes Muslims feel very happy. Many even celebrate it by wearing new clothes. Not only that, you will also find various Eid menu in the form of food and drinks, ranging from snacks, cakes, cookies, to heavy dishes such as chicken opor and rendang.

However, there are also those who serve unique Eid menus as offerings to family or guests who come to the house. There are many dishes that we can give besides rendang or chicken opor, which of course are practical to make and serve.

So, what are some of the unique Eid menus? As reported from various sources. Let's check it out, KLovers.

1. Rawon

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The first Eid menu is rawon. Yup! This special dish from East Java with its refreshing black broth can be one of the menus you can try serving during the Eid al-Fitr celebration. Still using meat as the main ingredient, you can serve this luxurious dish for your family.

Of course, making rawon is also easy, KLovers, it doesn't take long to make rawon. You can serve it directly on the table with a beautiful arrangement. In addition, rawon can also be a good companion for eating ketupat or lontong.

And here is the practical Rawon recipe that can be a menu for Eid:

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of sandung lamur meat

- 2 stalks of lemongrass, crushed

- 5 pieces of kaffir lime leaves

- 1 piece of galangal, crushed

- sufficient water

Ground spices:

- 6 shallots

- 3 cloves of garlic

- 7 pieces of kluwak, scrape the contents

- 1 teaspoon of coriander

- 3 candlenuts, roasted

- 1 piece of turmeric, roasted

- sufficient salt

- sufficient sugar

- sufficient broth powder

Complement:

- bean sprouts

- salted eggs

- shrimp paste chili sauce

How to make:

1. Sauté the ground spices, galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves until fragrant and cooked.

2. Then add the meat, stir well and add water.

3. Season with salt, sugar, and broth powder. Stir and cook until done and the meat is tender.

4. Taste and turn off the stove. Serve warm rawon with bean sprouts, salted eggs, and sambal.

2. Meatball Soup

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The second Eid menu is bakso. Who doesn't like bakso? This fresh-tasting food will be a family favorite during Eid al-Fitr. Still made from beef or chicken, bakso can be a practical choice for Eid menu.

You can make bakso long before Eid and put it in the refrigerator. When Eid comes, you can immediately process the bakso. Not only practical, bakso will be your favorite Eid menu every year.

And here is a practical bakso recipe for Eid menu:

Ingredients:

- 250 grams ground beef

- 100 grams tapioca flour

- 2 chicken egg whites

- 250 grams ground chicken

- 100 ml cold water

- sufficient amount of water (for boiling)

- 1 pack of plain Nutrijell

Ground spices:

- 7 cloves of garlic

- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

- 2 teaspoons salt

Soup ingredients:

- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed

- 1 liter of chicken/beef broth

- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

Toppings:

- 3 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced and fried

- 1 stalk of celery, finely sliced

- 2 shallots, thinly sliced and fried

How to make:

1. Mix all bakso ingredients, then add the bakso spices.

2. Shape the meatballs with the help of two tablespoons.Then immediately put them into the boiling water.Cook until the meatballs float, then remove them from the boiling water and drain.

3.To make the broth, sauté the crushed garlic, salt, and powdered pepper with a little oil.Add them to the chicken/beef broth.

4.Boil the meatball soup until it boils, then sprinkle with fried onions and celery.

3. Beef Stew

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Tired of having rendang with ketupat? You can serve beef stew instead of rendang. This food with a sweet and thick seasoning can stimulate your appetite during Eid al-Fitr. Of course, this beef stew is very easy to make and practical.

If you don't like sweet food too much, you can make spicy beef stew. There are many variations of beef stew that you can make, such as Betawi beef stew, Palembang-style malbi beef stew, and many more.

And here is the recipe for a practical Eid menu:

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of thinly sliced beef

- 6 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce

- 4 cloves

- 750 ml of water

- 50 grams of small diced tomatoes

- enough cooking oil

- 4 cm of cinnamon

- fried onions for garnish

Ground spices:

- 4 candlenuts

- 1 teaspoon of ground pepper

- 7 shallots

- 4 cloves of garlic

- 1/2 cm of ginger

- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

- 2 teaspoons of salt

Cooking instructions:

1. Sauté the ground spices. Add the beef slices and cook until they change color.

2. Pour in the sweet soy sauce and water. Add the cinnamon, cloves, and tomatoes.

3. Cook over low heat until the beef is tender and the sauce thickens.

4. Serve the beef with garnished fried onions.

4. Soto

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In addition to meatballs, you can also serve fresh soup dishes during Eid al-Fitr. Indonesia has various types of soto (soup) that can be served during the holiday. You can also use chicken or beef to create soto dishes.

You can make soto Padang, soto Betawi, soto Kudus, soto Lamongan, and many more. Besides being easy to make, soto is also very easy to serve. Not only that, soto can also be served with white rice, lontong (rice cake), or ketupat (rice dumpling).

And here is the recipe for soto bumbu kuning (yellow spice) that can be a practical menu for Eid al-Fitr:

Ingredients:

- 1/2 kilogram of chicken

- 1.5 liters of clean water

- Bay leaves

- 2 stalks of lemongrass

- 1 piece of galangal

- Sufficient amount of cooking oil

- Sufficient amount of salt

- Sufficient amount of sugar

- Sufficient amount of seasoning

- 8 shallots

- 6 cloves of garlic

- 1 piece of turmeric

- 1 piece of ginger

- 3 candlenuts

- Sufficient amount of pepper

- 2 bunches of soun noodles (soaked in hot water and drained)

- 1/2 cabbage (thinly sliced)

- 1 pack of bean sprouts (rinsed with hot water and drained)

- 1 stalk of green onions

- Sufficient amount of red crackers

- Peanut sauce/chili paste

- Sufficient amount of soy sauce

- 2 bay leaves

- 1 piece of crushed galangal

Instructions:

1. Boil the chicken together with lemongrass, bay leaves, and galangal.Wait until it boils.

2. Grind the spices and sauté with oil until fragrant.

3. Once the chicken broth is boiling, add the sautéed spices and stir until well combined.

4. Then add salt, sugar, and seasoning (to taste). Taste it to see if it's already good or not.

5. Check if the chicken is cooked. If it is, remove it from the broth and fry it.

6. Once fried, shred the chicken and prepare it in a bowl with garnishes like crackers or bean sprouts, then pour soto broth over it.

7. Add soy sauce and chili sauce according to your preference, and your homemade chicken soto is ready to be served.

5. Chicken Satay

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Who says chicken satay is not suitable to be served during Eid? In fact, this menu will be a favorite if you serve it during Eid al-Fitr. You can create various types of chicken satay to serve to your family.

You can make satay with peanut sauce, soy sauce, or taichan satay. Of course, satay is also easy to serve and goes well with lontong or ketupat.

And here is a practical recipe for chicken satay that can be a menu for Eid:

Ingredients:

- 1 kg chicken fillet

- 1 teaspoon salt

- 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce

- lemon/lime juice

- satay skewers

Peanut sauce ingredients:

- 300 grams peanuts, roasted

- 6 cloves of garlic

- 8 shallots

- 4 red chili peppers

- 500 ml water

- 3 bay leaves

- salt and sugar to taste

- 100 ml sweet soy sauce

Garnishes:

- lontong or ketupat

- sweet soy sauce

- fried onions

- lime

- chili sauce

Instructions:

1. Cut the chicken fillet into cubes, add salt, lemon juice, and sweet soy sauce, then marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

2. Skewer the marinated chicken with satay skewers and repeat until finished, set aside.

3. Grind all the peanut sauce ingredients, except for the soy sauce and bay leaves.

4. Then add soy sauce, water, lime leaves, and cook on low heat until the water evaporates and oil comes out. Adjust the taste.

5. Prepare the grill. Coat the chicken satay with peanut sauce and a little sweet soy sauce.

6. Grill the satay until cooked, turning it over.

7. Serve the chicken satay with peanut sauce, lime, sweet soy sauce, rice cake, and other accompaniments.

6. Tekwan and Pempek

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For those who live in South Sumatra, Palembang, pempek and tekwan are one of the main and favorite dishes. You can make pempek and tekwan for a luxurious dish when Eid al-Fitr arrives.

Pempek and tekwan are dishes made from fish with a savory taste. However, the way they are served is different. Pempek is fried and eaten with vinegar, while tekwan is boiled with seasoned broth, shrimp, or rebon (small shrimp).

And here is the recipe for pempek kapal selam that can be a practical Eid menu:

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of ground mackerel fish

- 1 egg white

- 250 ml of water

- 1 tablespoon of salt

- 1 teaspoon of mushroom seasoning

- 350 grams of sago flour

- Sufficient amount of water for boiling

- Sufficient amount of eggs (for filling)

How to make:

1. Put the fish in a bowl, add egg white, water, salt, and mushroom seasoning, mix well.

2. Add sago flour, mix well again.

3. Take 150 grams of the mixture, add 1 egg for filling.

4. Put the shaped mixture into boiling water, cook until it floats.

5. Remove and drain with pempek vinegar.

7. Lontong Sayur

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The next Eid menu is lontong sayur. Eid is synonymous with ketupat, besides being eaten with opor broth, you can also make ketupat as lontong sayur. Besides being easy to make, lontong sayur will be a delicious dish during the festive season.

You can add various types of condiments such as tempeh sambal, anchovy sambal, or egg sambal. Not only delicious and unique, lontong sayur is also very easy to make and serve during Eid al-Fitr.

And here is the recipe for lontong sayur that can be a practical Eid menu:

Ingredients:

- 2 medium-sized chayote

- Tempeh/tofu, cut into pieces

- 5 pieces of long beans, cut into pieces

- 5 peeled eggs

- 1 piece of pete fruit, peeled

- 2 bay leaves

- 1 stalk of lemongrass, crushed

- 1 piece of galangal, crushed

- 2 lime leaves

- 500 ml coconut milk from 1 old coconut

- Sugar, salt, and powdered broth

Ground spices:

- 8 shallots

- 4 cloves of garlic

- 5 red chilies

- 2 turmeric roots

- 3 candlenuts

- 1 teaspoon coriander

- 1 tablespoon dried shrimp

Complementary:

- Lontong (rice cake)

- Fried shallots

- Crackers

Cooking instructions:

1. Peel the chayote, then cut it into matchsticks, add 1 tablespoon of salt and squeeze it until the texture becomes soft, then rinse it clean.

2. Boil 500 ml of water in a saucepan, add the chayote, long beans, and tempeh, mix well.

3. Sauté the ground spices until fragrant, add bay leaves, lime leaves, lemongrass, and galangal, sauté until the spices are cooked.

4. Put the sautéed seasoning into the pan, stir well, pour in the coconut milk, add sugar, salt, and powdered broth according to taste, stir continuously to prevent the coconut milk from breaking.

5. Add boiled eggs and stinky beans, process until everything is cooked, remove from heat and serve.

8. Chicken Noodles

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Finding chicken noodles during Eid will certainly be difficult, but you can make it as a unique Eid menu, KLovers. You can make chicken noodles as a dish that can be served to family or guests who come to the house.

Although it looks complicated, chicken noodles can actually be made easily. In addition, homemade chicken noodles are healthier to consume. You can replace chicken meat with beef according to taste.

And here is a recipe for practical chicken noodles for Eid menu,

Topping ingredients:

- 500 grams of boiled chicken feet / chicken claws

- 200 grams of chicken fillet and skin, diced

- 1/2 onion, chopped

- 3-5 cloves of garlic, chopped

- 3 stalks of leeks

- 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce

- 5-7 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce according to taste

- 3 bay leaves

- 5 kaffir lime leaves

- 2 stalks of lemongrass, crushed

- Salt and pepper to taste

- Sufficient amount of water

- Oil for sautéing

Noodle ingredients:

- 4 pieces of noodles

- Onion oil

- Soy sauce / salt

- Ground pepper

Complement:

- Boiled mustard greens

- Boiled meatballs

How to make the topping:

1. Sauté onion, garlic, and leeks until fragrant, add bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, and lemongrass, stir well.

2. Add chicken, oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, and salt, stir well. Add chicken feet and approximately 500 ml of water, then cook until everything is absorbed.

3. Turn off the fire and lift.

9. Pecel

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And the last Eid menu is pecel. Yup! Eid is usually synonymous with coconut milk and meat dishes. For those of you who don't want to consume fatty foods, you can make pecel as a dish when Eid al-Fitr arrives.

Not only healthy, pecel is also very easy to make and serve. You just need to choose various types of boiled or raw vegetables, then provide homemade or instant peanut sauce. Pecel will also be delicious when consumed with rice cakes or ketupat. And here is a practical Pecel menu for Eid,

Ingredients:

- 1 bunch of spinach

- 2 carrots

- 1 bunch of long beans

- 200 grams of winged beans

- 200 grams of turi flowers

- 100 grams of bean sprouts

- Celery to taste

- Fried shallots

Peanut sauce ingredients:

- 250 grams of fried peanuts

- 5 bird's eye chilies

- 2 cloves of garlic

- 5 bay leaves

- 1 segment of kencur (3 cm)

- 1/3 teaspoon of shrimp paste

- 2 teaspoons of salt

- 100 grams of palm sugar, finely sliced

- Sufficient water

Cooking method:

1. Cut the vegetables, wash them thoroughly, then boil and drain.

2. Blend all the ingredients for the peanut sauce and add water gradually until it reaches the desired thickness.

3. Serve.

Those are 9 easy-to-serve Eid al-Fitr menus. Hopefully, the menus above can be a reference for menus, aside from serving chicken opor and rendang. Good luck.

(kpl/dhm)