American Risoles

 Ingredients (wrapper):

100 gr - all-purpose flour

½ tsp - salt

1 large eggs

200ml milk

1 tbsp Butter 

Source: HeyTheresia, 2017

Directions:

1. Sift the flour into a big bowl with salt and 1 large egg. Mix it one direction

2. Add milk little by little until the batter smooth

3. Melted the butter and put it into the bowl

4. Wrap the bowl with the plastic wrap and wait until 30 minutes

5. Butter the 12cm diameter pan 

6. Poor 1 cooking spoon of the batter to the pan (should be thin) for 2-3 minutes. After that, put it aside. 

Ingredients:

4 pieces of smoked beef, cut to 1x3cm

100 gr cheddar cheese

4 large boiled eggs

1 whisk egg

250 gr breadcrumbs

½ kg cooking oil

Mayonnaise

Directions:

1. Put the wrapper into a chopping board, put the cut smoked beef, cut-boiled egg, a little bit of cheese, mayonnaise, and wrap it like a spring roll. Repeat until all the ingredients are done

2. Put the Risoles in the whisked egg, and put it to other bowl with breadcrumbs

3. After that, put the Risoles in the fridge for 1 hour

4. After 1 hour, prepare the cooking oil until it is hot and put the risoles until it is golden brown

5. Enjoy it while it is hot!

American Risoles or usually we call it Smoked Beef Risoles is one of my favorite foods from Indonesia. In Indonesia, Risoles are written with one “s” instead of two “s” (“Risoles” not “Rissoles”). Risoles itself is a pastry (like a small croquette) that is wrapped with eggs and breadcrumbs. The ingredients for Risoles are usually rice noodles with veggies (potatoes, eggs, carrot, onion, and cilantro). However, me and my siblings when we were children, we did not like eating veggies. Whenever my mom made risoles, I usually broke the risoles and put all the veggies aside (I only ate the wrapper), so my mom looked for other recipes for the risoles for us to enjoy. Until when I was 8 years old, we went to a market and saw a seller selling risoles with eggs, smoked beef and cheese inside. From that time, my mom tried to find a recipe for American Risoles.

I think the name “American Risoles” is because the ingredients included Smoked beef, cheese, and mayonnaise in it. When I was a child, not many older people (from my parents’ generation above) liked to eat that kind of food. That’s why the original Risoles are from veggies. I think this food is important to me because we usually don't eat it because we enjoy it, but also to give to other people. Many Indonesian buy or make their own risoles and give it to other people when you are on your birthday, or when it is your last birthday of work. Risoles, for me, has a lot of meaning to share food to other people. In Indonesia, many people share food with their family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and guests. Even in Hawaii, if I have time, I usually make Risoles for my friends here, so they can try it. Whenever I make and eat Risoles, it makes me happy because it brings everybody together, and it reminds me of back home. 

Recipe Source: My mom's recipe