Let's Register for Kapanlagi Buka Bareng and Get Chef Norman's Favorite Iftar Menu Recipes!

Kapanlagi.com - Kapanlagi Youniverse has an event that can make your Ramadan this year more memorable. The event called Kapanlagi Buka Bareng will be held every Saturday in Ramadan. This event can be attended by 100 participants online and will be filled with excitement, starting from live music performances from famous singers/bands, cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs, online meet and greet, and breaking the fast together with artists.

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 9, 2020, will be the third edition of Kapanlagi Buka Bareng. Of course, this third edition will not be any less exciting than the previous two editions. It will feature a number of performers and celebrities, such as Adhitya Sophian, Danilla Riyadi, Jirayut, and Rara. It would be a shame to miss the third edition of Kapanlagi Buka Bareng.

So, how can you participate in Kapanlagi Buka Bareng? It's easy, you just need to register here and fill in your personal information. Everything is FREE. Also read the complete guide here.

Not only that, Kapanlagi Buka Bareng third edition will also feature a celebrity chef who is certainly no stranger. He is Chef Norman Ismail who has a lot of experience in the culinary world, starting from culinary school, becoming a chef, to running a culinary business. So, there will definitely be a lot of knowledge that you can get from the chef who has hosted the television show Gila Makan (Crazy Eating).

In the upcoming Kapanlagi Buka Bareng, this handsome chef who loves motorcycles will demonstrate his signature recipe. Wow, what could it be? Surely you're curious, right? So, don't forget to register, then prepare a notebook and a pen to take note of Chef Norman's recipe.

But before imitating Chef Norman's recipe, as a warm-up, you can try some cassava recipes below. With that, you can also watch Chef Norman's cooking demo at Kapanlagi Buka Bareng while snacking on takjil. Awesome, right? What are you waiting for, register now!

1. Sweet Cassava Dessert

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Kolak is one of the most popular iftar desserts in Indonesia. Its sweet and savory taste is perfect for breaking the fast. Kolak comes in many variations, depending on the main ingredients used. One of them is kolak singkong (sweet cassava dessert). Not only delicious, but kolak singkong is also guaranteed to be filling. Here's the recipe for making kolak singkong.

Ingredients:

- 700 ml water

- 200 gr cassava

- 1 pack of coconut milk

- 1 pandan leaf

- 1 gr palm sugar

- 1 tsp salt

- Cinnamon as needed

- 200 ml coconut milk

Instructions:

1) Peel and clean the cassava, then cut it into desired sizes.

2) Boil water.

3) While waiting for the water to boil, you can cut or grate the palm sugar. This is to make it melt faster when boiled.

4) Once the water is hot, add the chopped palm sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Cook until the sugar dissolves and blends.

5) Then, add the cut cassava. Cook until the cassava is tender or cooked.

6) Add 200 ml of coconut milk.

7) After all the ingredients are added, cook the kolak while stirring to prevent the coconut milk from splitting.

8) Taste and adjust the flavor if needed.

9) Cook until you get the desired taste and texture, then serve.

2. Thai Cassava

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The next cassava dish that you can try is Thai cassava. This cassava dish is just as delicious as kolak. The preparation method is also simple. Here is the recipe for making Thai cassava.

Ingredients:

- 500 gr Cassava

- 2 tbsp vanilla

- 1 tsp salt

- 5 tbsp sugar / to taste

Sauce ingredients:

- 250 ml water

- 120 ml thick coconut milk (I use kara)

- 6 tbsp sweetened condensed milk

- 6 tbsp sugar

- 1/2 tsp salt

- 1 tsp vanilla

- Cornstarch to thicken

Instructions:

1) Boil water.

2) While waiting for the water to boil, peel and clean the cassava. Then, cut it into small pieces according to your preference.

3) After that, boil the cassava with vanilla, sugar, and salt. Cook until the cassava is cooked or tender.

4) Boil water to make the sauce.

5) Add coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, salt, and vanilla to the boiling water. If the taste is already right, thicken the sauce with cornstarch.

6) Adjust the taste of the sauce.

7) Once the cassava and sauce are cooked, pour the sauce over the cassava and serve.

3. Crispy and Savory Combro

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After two recipes of cassava processed by boiling, now it's time for fried cassava recipe. The following fried cassava recipe is called combro. Its savory and slightly spicy taste can stimulate your appetite during breaking the fast. Here's the crispy and savory combro recipe.

Ingredients:

- 1 kg cassava

- 1 grated young coconut

- Salt to taste

- Sufficient mushroom broth

- Sufficient spring onions

- 2 tablespoons tapioca flour

Ingredients for the filling:

- 4 pieces of oncom

- Salt to taste

- Sufficient mushroom broth

- 5 cloves of garlic

- 6 cloves of shallots

- 5 curly red chilies

- 3 bird's eye chilies

- Sufficient celery

- Sufficient spring onions

- Sufficient basil

Cooking instructions:

1) Peel and wash the cassava thoroughly.

2) Grate the cassava and then squeeze until the water is gone.

3) Mix all the ingredients for the dough, stir until well combined.

4) Blend the filling ingredients.

5) Sauté the filling ingredients with oil.

6) Blend the oncom and then add it to the sautéed ingredients.

7) Add the basil leaves. After cooked, set aside to cool.

8) Shape the combro by taking a small amount of dough, flatten it, then fill it with oncom and the sautéed filling. Close it again with the dough.

9) Fry the shaped combro over medium heat. Fry until golden brown, then drain.

10) The crispy and savory cassava combro is ready to be served.

4. Kroket Singkong

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The next cassava recipe is cassava croquettes. Cassava croquettes actually have a delicious taste that is not inferior to potato croquettes. Here's the recipe for making cassava croquettes.

Ingredients:

- 300 gr steamed cassava, mashed

- 1 egg

- 5 tbsp water

- 50 gr flour

- A pinch of salt

Filling ingredients:

- 200 gr grated ripe papaya

- 20 gr ground/blended dried shrimp

- 3 cloves shallots

- 2 cloves garlic

- Some pepper

- Some mushroom broth

- Some salt

- Some sugar

Instructions:

1) Boil the cassava until tender.

2) While waiting for the cassava, sauté the shallots, garlic, and dried shrimp until fragrant.

3) Add the grated papaya.

4) Sauté and add the other seasonings such as mushroom broth, pepper, and sugar, then adjust the taste. Set aside when done.

5) After the cassava is cooked, mash the cassava finely, then mix with egg, salt, and water until well combined.

6) Then, add the flour and mix again until evenly distributed.

7) Shape the mixture into croquettes, then fill them with papaya.

8) After that, fry until golden brown.

9) Drain and serve.

Those are four cassava recipes that you can try for iftar takjil. There are two variations of cassava recipes. First, a recipe that is cooked by boiling and has a sweet taste, and second, a recipe that is fried and has a sweet taste. So, you can choose according to your taste.

In addition to the four recipes above, you will also get interesting recipes directly from Chef Norman at the Kapanlagi Buka Bareng event. Who knows, after the event, you might also be skilled in cooking like Chef Norman. But before that, don't forget to register and see you at Kapanlagi Buka Bareng, this Saturday.

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