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  • Manfaat Konsumsi Sambal Terasi*

    Sambal Terasi | Hola Darla
    Siapa yang tidak kenal sambal terasi? Sambal terasi merupakan salah satu resep masakan tradisional yang berupa bumbu pelengkap saat makan, terkenal dan mudah ditemui di Indonesia, saat membeli pecel ayam, pecel lele, ayam penyet dll. Tidak bisa dipungkiri bahwa terasi merupakan komponen utama yang membedakan sambal ini dengan sambal tradisional lainnya di Indonesia. Terasi adalah hasil awetan dari ikan atau udang rebon yang diolah melalui fermentasi (penggilingan dan penjemuran yang berlangsung lama) dengan bentuk padat dan memiliki aroma tajam yang gurih. Bukan hanya terasi komponen-komponen lain yang membentuk sambal ini adalah: cabe merah, cabe rawit, tomat, gula dan jeruk limau. Cita rasa yang khas dari terasi dan sensasi pedas dari cabe merah dan cabe rawit membuat penikmat kuliner jadi ketagihan, namun selain rasanya yang lezat, ternyata sambal ini juga bermanfaat bagi kesehatan. Berikut adalah penjelasan mengenai manfaat masing-masing bahan-bahannya:

    Cabe merah
    Cabe merah mengandung vitamin A dan C, dehidrokapsaisin, carotene serta beberapa zat lainnya, yang berfungsi untuk mengobati beberapa penyakit: mengobati rheumatic, luka dan bisul serta meringankan rasa sakit kepala, mengandung antioksidan dan juga berperan dalam menghambat penuaan.

    Cabe rawit
    Cabe rawit juga mengandung banyak vitamin, seperti vit A, B6 dan vit C dan betakaroten. Dimana kandungan tersebut berkhasiat untuk: mempercepat metabolisme tubuh, membantu pertumbuhan rambut, menjaga kesehatan jantung dan membantu menurunkan berat badan serta mencegah masalah tekanan darah tinggi dan terakhir berfungsi menyembuhkan kanker.

    Terasi udang
    Mengandung jumlah protein yang banyak sehingga berfungsi bagi pertumbuhan dan perkembangan tubuh manusia serta membantu pembentukan sel-sel jaringan baru dalam tubuh. Disamping itu bahan sambal terasi yang satu ini juga mengandung fosfor dan kalsium yang tinggi sehingga bermanfaat bagi pertumbuhan tulang dan mencegah osteoporosis.

    Tomat
    Buah tomat mengandung vit A dan C serta K, kalium, folat, vit B6 magnesium fosfor dan tembaga, dimana konsumsi buah tomat ini dapat menyehatkan sistem pencernaan, melindungi wajah dan kulit, memperkuat tulang serta pencegah diabetes secara alami dan pastinya menjaga kesehatan mata.

    Gula
    Gula merupakan salah satu sumber energi bagi tubuh manusia sehingga gula dianggap sebagai pembangkit energi instan dan berguna untuk meningkatkan fungsi otak, disamping itu konsumsi gula pada kadar yang cukup akan menyembuhkan seseorang dari perasaan depresi.

    Jeruk limau
    Kandungan vitamin C dalam jeruk limau berfungsi sebagai antioksidan yang diyakini bisa melawan penyakit-penyakit berbahaya seperti jantung, stroke dan kanker. Disamping itu juga bermanfaat bagi orang-orang yang berniat untuk menurunkan berat badan, karena bagus untuk pencernaan kandungan jeruk limau berguna untuk mengatasi masalah sembelit serta mengatur kembali gerakan usus dan menyembuhkan luka-luka yang berhubungan dengan sembelit.

    Dari semua komponen tersebut diolah menjadi sambal yang mengandung kira-kira 147 kalori, 30 gr protein, 3.5 g lemak, 3.5 g karbohidrat dan kalsium sebanyak 100 mg serta fosfor 250 gr. Berdasarkan kandungan tersebut bisa dilihat bahwa unsur kalsium yang tinggi sebanyak 100 mg dapat menjaga kesehatan tulang bagi yang mengkonsumsinya, bukan hanya itu kandungan protein sebanyak 30 gr juga membantu pembentukan sel-sel baru di dalam tubuh. Selain baik untuk tulang konsumsi makanan kaya kalsium seperti dapat membantu kadar kolesterol dalam darah.

    Itulah manfaat konsumsi sambal terasi bagi kesehatan. Tidak hanya lezat dan murah, ternyata sambal juga mengandung banyak manfaat bagi kesehatan lho! Karena itu, cintailah kuliner tradisional milik bangsa sendiri. Semoga postingan ini bermanfaat. Baca juga berbagai resep masakan tradisional dan modern di resep masakan terbaru 🙂

    Image adapted from here.

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  • The Easiest, Simplest, Quickest, Cheapest Pizza Recipe

    The Easiest, Simplest, Quickest, Cheapest Pizza Recipe | Hola Darla
    There are times when you crave for pizza but it’s just the wrong time, i.e. midnight or raining. But fear no more, my friends, because you can actually make the easiest, simplest, quickest, cheapest pizza ever by using what you usually have in your kitchen. These are what you’ll need:

    What You'll Need For The Easiest, Simplest, Quickest, Cheapest Pizza Recipe | Hola Darla
    Cheese, instant bolognese sauce, and bread. Sorry for the price label :p

    You can use any kind of cheese you have at home, but if you have mozzarella then it’d be better. If you don’t have bolognese sauce, any other kind of spaghetti sauce or even tomato ketchup is okay. Also, I prefer bread with crust but this is the only kind of bread I have at home, so . . . .

    I toast the pizza using a pan over low heat. You can also use an oven, but it takes more time. I don’t have a microwave so I can’t recommend using it.

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    And yay for pizza!

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  • Rainy Days Playlist

    Rainy Days Playlist | Hola Darla
    I’ve been under the weather lately. Two weeks ago I couldn’t even eat anything without throwing up right away. This week I’ve been having a raging headache so I had to stay in bed yesterday while the rain was falling. The rain was soothing and comforting and even though it didn’t heal the headache, at least it made me sleep. Combined with this playlist, it was a perfect afternoon.

    The wet season will not stop until around the end of April and I will be very busy until then with all the examinations coming up. I’m gonna have to be strong. *insert muscle emoji*

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  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Monogram Murders Book Review

    Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Monogram Murders Book Review | Hola Darla
    I am a big fan of Agatha Christie’s works. I’ve read most (if not all) of them and it’s hard to pick one as my favourite because I love them all. That’s why I was very excited when I found out that they would publish a new Hercule Poirot novel though it was not written by Dame Christie herself. I was also kind of nervous because I hadn’t known about the author, Sophie Hannah. When it was finally available for purchase in Books and Beyond, I bought it immediately.

    The story took place in between Agatha Christie’s original Poirot stories, and though no other characters from those books except for Poirot himself, it doesn’t interfere with the existing timeline of Poirot’s life. When the news of a new Poirot book broke out, people were afraid that Sophie Hannah would try to ‘resurrect’ Poirot from his death in Curtain, but as it turned out they were wrong.

    The story is about three murders in Bloxham Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London. The three murders are clearly linked because in each victim’s mouth there is a cufflink with the same initials found. Poirot helps a young policeman, Catchpool, investigating the murders. Before the news of the murders was spread, Poirot was having a supper in a nearby coffee shop where he was interrupted by a young woman telling him that she was about to get murdered. Poirot recalls the strange meeting after he finds out about the murders and he insists that the two incidents are linked while the young policeman is not convinced. Their investigation eventually leads them to a dark story from the past happened in a small village called Great Holling and the connection between the three murder victims, as well as the motive behind it, becomes clear.

    While the story faithfully follows Agatha Christie’s original storytelling style, I found myself feeling annoyed by the way Poirot and Catchpool treat each other. Sophie Hannah’s Poirot is arrogant and full of himself while Catchpool seems to be frustrated by every single thing that Poirot says and it comes out as rude. Poirot’s other occasional sidekick, Captain Hastings, is often frustrated too, but he still treats Poirot with respect. For me, this is quite annoying.

    All things aside, I’m still hoping that there will be more Poirot and Miss Marple novels in the future. I know it may be a great challenge for newer authors to write equivalent books to the originals, but it can be a good way to introduce Agatha Christie to younger readers as well as quench the thirst of older fans.

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  • Deadpool is Not for Kids!

    Deadpool is not for kids! | Hola Darla
    There’s been an uproar here in my country regarding the release of Deadpool movie. Some parents (and by ‘some’ I mean lots of them) demand that the government ban Deadpool because it’s “not suitable for children”. They claim that their children are “curious” and want to watch the movie because “all their friends have watched it”, therefore the government should ban it because well parenting is so super hard especially if your underage children whine to be allowed to watch an R-rated movie.

    It’s an R-rated movie, of course it’s not suitable for children. A friend of mine pointed out that asking the government to ban Deadpool because of such reason is like asking the government to shut down universities because the subjects taught there are too hard for children.

    This is so super ridiculous.

    I admit that I myself have never read any Deadpool comics, but by a quick research on the internet, I could get a lot of information about him, i.e. he’s not a superhero, he’s an antihero; he’s basically an arsehole with a foul mouth. Totally not for kids.

    Your kids are your responsibilities. I repeat: YOUR KIDS ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. Please be a good parent and take them to watch Zootopia instead.

    Deadpool image from.

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