B A S O

Meat Balls Soup


Homemade baso-meatball is much more beautiful than the one from the shop, it never has the correct texture may be, but the taste is excellent.   The meatballs that you bought are springy (it is the character of the baso) because it's added a form of chemical.  I don't like to put any kind of chemical in this cooking, because it may harm you.  There is verity of baso: meat baso (beef/pork), fish baso and chicken baso.

This baso soup is famous in Java, you can buy at the street stalls to good restaurants.
It serves in a clear meat broth and fresh chopped herbs.  This soup can be served throughout the year. 

I prepared the baso of the Hawkers Food in Java,  as I remember it.  Recipe to share.

Baso: Meat Balls Soup

Baso-Meat Balls Soup (Javanese Style)

Hawkers – Food

Ingredients:

125 g minced pork

150 g lean minced beef

5 ice cubes, crushed

1 egg

40 g tapioca flour

½ teaspoon salt

A dash of white pepper

Chopped herbs –spring onions and parsley, fried shallot

Egg noodles

Condiment: soy, garlic/chilli and sesame oil

Method

Heat a pot of meat broth, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, keep it to a very gentle simmer

Place the minced meat into a food processor, process until the meat is smooth

Add in the crushed icy, work it to make a softer smooth paste

Add in the egg, flour, salt and white pepper, process it again and mix to make a sticky paste

To cook the Baso:

Scoop with two teaspoons; make a small ball as big as a walnut

Drop it into the simmering broth, when it floats, it’s done

The meatballs, keep well in a freezer.

To serve:

Warm the serving bowl

Place the noodles in the bowl

Add in some condiments – a teaspoon

Ladle some broth to the pot and put 6 meatballs (baso)

Top it up with chopped herbs and fried shallots, serve at once.

Ingredients and Preparations

The Baso-Meat Balls Soup

One of My Favourites Food

I add extra chopped fresh chilli, it's so refreshing.

Have fun!

Susy