Bakso - Indonesian meat ball soup

Bakso...
Meatball soup is just as popular in Indonesia as nasi goreng.
In Indonesia it is sold from street side stalls, or push carts that make their rounds through the neighbourhoods,and there also in a special bakso restaurant.
I always love this dish. When I was little,everyday on around time 3-4 o'clock in the afternoon I used to wait with my empty bowl ready for bakso men come across the street in our neighbourhood,this is unforgetable.
Since now Im living in uerope,there's no bakso stall here.
In recent time I make my own bakso,the taste is nyumi just like bakso nya abang-abang :)..beside of request from my friend to post the recipe,this is the way how I make bakso/ meatball. Ok Ninie.. enjoy!



BAKSO Ingredients:

350 gr minced meat
30 gr cornflour
20 gr flour
100 cc ice water
1 egg
4 garlics
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
3 teaspoon salt

Soup:
2 liter water
600 gr skinless bones (chicken/cow)
6 garlics
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoon salt

Garnish :
2 spring onions sliced thinly.
Fried onions
Black souce / kecap
Chili paste or sambal

Method 1 : To make Bakso

1. Choped garlics, pepper, dan salt,mix with minced meat. Mix all together with cornflour and wheatflour,egg and ice water until all soft combined.

2. Boil water in a pan,and switch off the fire.
3. Use your left hand to squeeze out the meat from whole beetween your tumb to make round ball,and scoop it one by one with litlle spoon and enter them to the boiling water ,do it until finish.
4. Bring back to a boil,you can see when the meat ball ready its will be floating on top.
5. Take it out.

Suggestion : If you want, you can make in double amount, this is the way to keep the bakso and let it stand for later. After step no 4 keep it in cold ice water for half an hour and then drain before keep it in the freezer.

Method 2 : To make the soup
Boil some water,put in all soup ingredients and bring it to the boil.

Method 3 : How to serve
Best way to serve this soup is with yellow noodle.
Cook noodle, set it in a bowl arrange the ready meatball on top of the noodle.
Pour in some soup and garnish with chopes spring onions and fried onion.
If you like it strong and more tasty you can add black kecap and sambal.

hmmm...nyumi.