Notebook Drivers for Lenovo 3000 Y400 in Windows XP

This is an archive of drivers of Lenovo 3000 Y400 (Y series) for Windows XP Operating System. This archive contains drivers for Audio, VGA, Chipset, etc. Everything works well in Windows XP environment, but I have not tried it in Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Click here to download all drivers via Bittorrent or choose below to download them individually one by one.

• Audio (DDL|Torrent)
• Bluetooth (DDL|Torrent)
• Card Reader (DDL|Torrent)
• Chipset (DDL|Torrent)
• Ethernet (DDL|Torrent)
• Keyboard (DDL|Torrent)
• Modem (DDL|Torrent)
• Mouse (DDL|Torrent)
• Power Management (DDL|Torrent)
• Video - Intel (DDL|Torrent)
• Video - Nvidia (DDL|Torrent)
• Wireless LAN - Intel (DDL|Torrent)
• Wireless LAN - Broadcom (DDL|Torrent)

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How to install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive

Windows XP installation from USB flash disk has several advantages. Installation goes smoothly compared to installation from CD, in which slightly broken surface of CD may halt process of copying files. After installation, USB flash disk can be erased again for another use as common data traveler, something a CD is unable to do. Moreover, now there are netbooks, their small size does not have CD/DVD drive, so installation must be from USB CD/DVD ROM or USB Flash Disk.
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To make a USB Flash Disk with booting ability to install Windows XP, first an application, WinSetupFromUSB, need to installed. After installation, run WinSetupFromUSB and this windows will appear.

1. Select source of Windows XP files installation, to speed up process, copy entire CD of Windows XP to a folder in Hard Disk.
2. Select USB drive destination, usually it is autodetect. 
3. Before making bootable USB Flash Disk and copying process, USB Flash Disk should be formatted, it is recommended to use NTFS file system.
4. Entire preparations are completed, click GO to start process.

After clicking GO button, a process to make Windows XP installer in a Flash Disk is starting, please be patient because it takes place around 10-20 minutes.
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To install Windows XP from a Flash Disk, insert Flash Disk to USB slot, and in BIOS set booting option to boot from USB HDD or its analog (different BIOS manufactures may have different naming). Windows XP installation process from USB is not different compared to installation from CD/DVD ROM. We also can install Windows 7 from USB Flash Disk.
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Note: After Windows XP installation from USB Flash Disk, sometimes a problem occurred during Microsoft Word or Microsoft Office installation. To fix this, see here!

Adding SATA drivers to Windows XP CD

There are several notebooks and netbooks, their hard disk connected to Motherboard using SATA cable. This become a problem when Windows XP to be installed because Windows XP with SP2 can not recognize SATA cable connection. I notice this problem in some laptops, including Compaq Presario CQ40 and AXIOO PICO M1100, both of them have Intel processor. 

To install Windows XP, SATA drivers must be added to CD installation. To add this driver we need an application, nLite, and SATA drivers for motherboard with Intel processor available here.

First, instal nLite (dotnetfx should be installed first, it is available in Microsoft site). After installation run nLite and follow these following steps:

• Click Next and browse and select place of Windows XP file (please copy all contents of Windows XP CD to a folder and browse that folder). Afterwards, click Next!

• Click Next twice until reaching Task Selection, choose Drivers and click Next!

• Subsequently, click Insert and choose Multiple driver folder, browse folder in which SATA drivers are stored and then click Next!

• In Driver Integration Option, select Textmode driver, highlight all drivers and click OK.

• In subsequent window. click Next. Driver addition will be processed, and when this window appear, SATA drivers are completely integrated to Windows XP. Click Next and Finish.

After adding SATA drivers, those modified Windows XP need to be created into ISO file and then burned to a CD. To create ISO file, re-open nLite and click Next until reaching Task Selection and choose Bootable ISO. After ISO file is burned to a CD, Windows XP SP2 is able to recognize SATA in those laptops. There is no difference in Windows XP installation process after addition SATA drivers.
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Enabling Folder Options disabled by virus in Windows XP

Sometimes virus disables Folder Options in Windows Explorer, it can be very frustrating if users want to work with menu in Folder Options. The main problem lies in registry, so a certain value in registry editor need to be changed. If registry editor also being disabled, re-enable it first (steps are here).

To re-enable folder Options, follow these following steps:

1. Click Start - Run and type regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Find DWORD value named NoFolderOptions, change its value to 0 or delete it. 
4. Close regedit and Restart computer

This method only works in Windows XP environment, there is also possibility that those steps above won't work because some viruses have different characteristics. If Task Manager and Registry Editor are disabled too, follow these steps to re-enable Task Manager and Registry Editor.
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Enabling regedit (registry editor) disabled by virus/worm in Windows XP

Sometimes, virus or worm disables registry editor, so users can not open registry editor when they are in need to change some values in it. Usually registry editor is opened when users click Start-Run and type 'regedit', when it is disabled, a pop up message appears saying that registry editor is disabled by Administrator.

To solve this problem follow these following procedures:

1. Click Start-Run and type 'cmd' or Start-All Programs-Accessories-Command Prompt.
2. Type this following command: reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools
3. Press ENTER 
4. When question 'Delete the registry value DisableRegistryTools (Yes/No)?' appears, press 'Y'

After following this steps, registry editor will be re-enabled. Usually virus/worm is the source of this problem, so it will be better to follow these steps after removing virus/worm in infected PC.
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Ginger tea recipe

Another recipe of ginger beverage other than ginger coffee, here is ginger tea:


Ingredients:

• Water, 600  cc (note that 1000 cc is equal to 1 liter)
• Honey, 1 spoon
• Sugar, 3 spoons
• Ginger, 1 inch (2.54 cm)
• 3 teabags 

Process:

1. Boil water with smashed ginger (big flame), and then continue to boil using small flame until only 500 cc water remaining, and then pour to a pot.
2. Dip three teabags  to that pot, add three spoons of sugar (depend on personal taste)
3. Pour ginger tea to honey filled cups (1 spoon per cup)

Acer Aspire 4730Z Drivers for Windows XP

I just installed Windows XP SP2 to a notebook, Acer Aspire 4730Z. I found out that several problems occurred. Windows XP with SP2 does not have SATA driver, so I must changed option AHCI to IDE in BIOS. More problems came when CD containing drivers from its vendor only have drivers for Windows Vista. Some of them work well in Windows XP environment, but the others does not.

After successfully installing Windows XP, XP almost recognized all hardware in Acer Aspire 4730Z, except for this following components:

• Audio (Realtek)
• Bluetooth (Broadcom)
• Cardreader
• Chipset (Intel)
• LAN (Realtek)
• Modem (Agere)
• VGA: (ATI) (Intel) (NVDIA)
• Wireless LAN: (Atheros) (Broadcom) (Intel) (Ralink)

After XP installation, only these eight drivers need to be installed. After googling for a while, those drivers for Windows XP above are found, they work well without problems. 

Other variance of Acer Aspire 4730Z use another VGA and WLAN. They use ATI or NVIDIA as VGA instead of Intel, and use Broadcom, Intel, or Rlink as WLAN instead of Atheros, so if drivers for VGA and WLAN are not suitable for your notebook, please install other suitable drivers.

Energy Saving in our PC

Working with personal computer consumes considerable amount of energy. But, I often see that this energy is wasted by user, including myself. We often leave PC on for minutes or even hours doing nothing. If a PC consumes 100 Watt and left on a hour per day, we can calculate how much energy wasted in one year, and how much money wasted in electrical bill. 

Making a PC more energy efficient is not a difficult task. Never left it on without work! If we often forget to shut it down, or often fall asleep in front of our PC, please set it to standby automatically. All Operating Systems has ability to stand by or hibernate automatically when left without work for several minutes, just turn on this service. 
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Recipe: Ginger Coffee

This is a recipe to make ginger coffee at home from available ingredients in our kitchen. It is good choice to drink in cool weather.

• Ingredients:

1. Coffee, 2 spoons
2. Ginger, 3 cm long
3. Sugar (depend on personal taste) 
4. Water, 3 glasses

• Process

1. Roast ginger, and then grind it thoroughly.
2. Boil water and then add coffee, sugar, and grinded ginger to boiling water.
3. Boil water until only 1 glass remaining.
4. Filter it and ginger coffee is ready.

Ginger need to be roasted  a little to spice up its aroma, careful not to over-roast it. To make more than a cup, make calculation according to recipe mentioned above. Another recipe is ginger tea.

How to share folder in Windows XP to network

There are circumstances that a folder or even drive need to be shared to network. These are steps to share a folder to network in Windows XP Operating System.

• In Windows Explorer top bar, click Tools - Folder Options. In Folder Options go to View - Advanced settings, make sure to uncheck Use simple file sharing (Recommended) like in this following picture!

• After that, open Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management. Choose Shared Folders -Shares in left tab (pictured).

• Still in that windows, point mouse pointer in right tab and right click - New File Share (pictured).

• In opened wizard, click Next and this following windows will appear. Browse a folder intended to be shared and in Share name form type a name as you wish. Share description form can be left blank or descripted as users wishe. Then click Next!

• In subsequent window like this following picture, set permission to users who access shared folder. Option chosen in this picture below indicate that users with Administrator account have full access, they can open, modify, delete, and save files in shared folder, whether users with guest account only open documents in shared folder. Choose appropriate permission as required!

•  By clicking Next and Finish in window above whole steps are finished.

After finishing those steps, users from another computer connected through LAN cable or wireless can access shared folder. To access that folder, in Windows Explorer, go to Tools - Map Network Drive. In Folder form, type \\IP Address\Shared Name, in the case of above steps it is typed as  

\\123.23.22.21\Video

because computer with shared folder has IP Address 123.23.22.21 and Shared Folder above named as Video. Watch this following picture for detail.

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Playing RMVB File

By default, Windows Media Player supported by K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack is unable to play video file in RMVB format. An additional codec is required to make Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic able to play video in RMVB file. 

To play it a codec, Real Alternative, have to be installed first, no special trick, just ordinary installation. Real Alternative works well with Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic.

Actually, there are many players (other than WMP and MPC) with capability to play RMVB video file. Using Real Alternative has an advantage that a single player (WMP) can play multiple formats, so it is not necessary to install various players in single PC. Installing various software, in certain circumstances, can slow CPU works. 
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Download Youtube Video Using IDM (plus Firefox)

Videos posted in Youtube are not designed to be downloaded, they are to be watched online. But certain visitors prefer to download them as video files so they still are able to watch those videos even if there is no connection to internet. There are sites that offer links to those videos but they are often so crowded with visitors, make access slow or even fail.

We just need two applications, i.e. Mozilla Firefox (browser) and IDM (Internet Download Manager). Mozilla Firefox is available in Mozilla, it is a freeware application and IDM is available in its site, it is a shareware though.

After Firefox browser is readily installed, we just need to install IDM. Usually it is automatically integrated to Firefox. When restarting Firefox afterward, there is a notification that Firefox has added IDM extension. That's all. There will be IDM button above playing video when opening Youtube using Firefox (pictured) or the same button can also appear in bottom left of Firefox window. Just click this button and download starts instantly. Recent version of IDM is also integrated to Opera and Google Chrome.

Enabling Task Manager: How to Enable Task Manager Disabled by Virus

Virus often disables Task Manager on Windows XP, or certain programs/applications also make it disabled for various reasons. There are many methods to re-enable Task Manger of Windows XP, and these are two of them.

• Simple method: Click Start - Run and copy-paste "REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" without " and press ENTER. Task Manager will be enabled quickly.
• To understand above process, click Start - Run and type regedit, and then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System. On the right panel, find a value named DisableTaskMgr and delete. it. After closing regedit windows, Task Manager is re-enabled again.

If a virus disables Task Manager, usually it also disturbs other operations in Windows XP. So better to check it thoroughly.
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Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU Driver for Windows XP

Originally, this Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU is not suitable for Windows XP operating system. As we can see, its Support in Compaq website contains only drivers for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU uses SATA cable for its hardisk and the problem is Windows XP SP1 and SP2 can not or do not have driver for SATA. 

This problem is solved using Windows XP SP3 that contains SATA driver. Installation of Windows XP SP3 has same steps as SP1 and SP2, and this is Drivers of Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU for Windows XP. This compressed file contains all drivers of CQ40-324TU, stored in Ziddu. Turn off download manager if it can't work to download, otherwise let it finish the job. Notify via comment if  trouble occurs in downloading this file.
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Problem: Unable to Instal Office 2007 in Windows XP

This is about Microsoft Office 2007 Installation problem in Windows XP. 

After installing Windows XP to a Desktop Computer or laptop, sometimes there is a problem in installing Microsoft Office 2007. This problem usually occurs if Windows XP is installed not from CD-ROM, but from USB Flashdisk or other media other than CD-ROM and its brothers (CD-RW, DVD-ROM, and DVD). A message occurs during Office installation, telling that windows is unable to update some files and office installation stops afterward (the message says "The windows installer service cannot update one or more protected windows"). So we can not install Office 2007 in Windows XP in this case, and this is a simple solution to solve it.

• Insert Windows XP CD Installation to Disk Drive or use Windows XP ISO file (open ISO file with any application such as Winrar)
• Go to folder folder i386
• Choose file FP40EXT.CAB and extract or open it using Winrar or other extractor apllication.
• Choose file Fp4Autl.dll in FP40EXT.CAB and copy and paste it to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40\bin

Those are all steps required, after finishing those steps Microsoft Office 2007 installation will work without problem.

Quran Application, Inserting Quran in Unicode to MS Word

This is an application to insert Quran verses in Unicode to Microsoft Word. It is able to insert 114 Sura(s) in Quran to Microsoft Word document. Users can selected desired verses or translation in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and inserting them to their documents.

After installing SetupQuranInWordInd, in Microsoft Word 2007, there will be a new menu in Add-Ins tab (located in top row in right side) similar to this picture. There are options in drop-down menu to insert verses of Quran, translations, or both of them. In Microsoft Word 2003, a new menu will appear beside Help menu in top row of Microsoft 2003 window. There are not further options, installation is quick and easy.
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This option appears after clicking Quran menu, appear looks exactly like this picture. Choose Unicode to insert verses in Unicode, otherwise verses will be inserted as certain symbol. By clicking new line, each verse of Quran is separated by line.
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I archived this application in Ziddu, it is available here. If download manager is unable to work, turn it off and use your broser to donlod it. Sometime download manager is blocked by Ziddu.
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Other than core application (Setup Quran in Microsoft Word), these are additional plugins of Quran translations in several languages:

• Albanian
• Bosnian
• English by Muhsin Khan
• English by Yusuf Ali
• Farsi
• French
• German
• Malay
• Russian
• Spanish

Extract plugin to Program Files\Quran_In_Word to add additional translations. 

Ginger Coffee and Cold

Ginger is a plant with edible root - note that we don't eat it like potato - known by human for centuries. Ginger root has typical hot taste suitable to be mixed with foods and beverages. I don't talk much about ginger here, but I will write my experience using ginger to relieve cold. 
Ginger Coffee and Cold

After receiving any treatment to relieve cold, I usually drank hot coffee mixed with grinded fresh ginger. It's just plain black coffee, sugar, and ginger, its composition depend on personal taste. Its hot taste would spread from mouth, nose, to my stomach surely help me a lot to relieve my cold. After that usually I would feel that my body is getting better and had a long good night sleep. (Note that coffee is an option here, we can mix ginger with tea, milk, just sugar, or anything else)
Ginger Coffee and Cold
I really like hot ginger, the hotter the ginger is, it is my best choice. Fresh ginger kept in open clean air often grows some leaves, I noted that this undesired grow make it hotter, but I am not really sure about it.
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Relieving Cold Symptoms: Kerokan or Gua Sha

Cold isn't really a serious disease, but its symptoms are really unpleasing. In my case, headache and nausea are always accompany my cold. So, having cold means that I could not work until I completely recovered. 

There is a method to relieve cold without consuming any drugs, called gua sha in Chinese - Indonesian and Javanese call it kerokan. We just need lubrication (oil or balm - use cajuputi oil for its warm and soothing) and a metal coin (or a metal spoon) to scratch our back. Perhaps we also need a help to scratch our back, it is difficult to reach there. The method is simple, scratch your back from spine to both sides until your skin becomes redder. When you are finished your back will looks like a fish skeleton or tiger skin.

 

Afterwards, we should feel comfortable and cold symptoms are fading. It is said that this method triggers our body to release endorphin, it has an effect to relieve pain and bring pleasant feeling. Endorphin is released when we feel pain because of injuries or something similar. Kerokan or guasha is not really hurt, but it is a bit ticklish. Apply enough pressure during scratching so it is not hurt, but tickling sensation is perhaps unavoidable. 

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Drinking ginger may relieve our cold faster, we can drink it raw with sugar or add grounded ginger to a cup of tea or coffee. 

Bicycle and Mask

I prefer to go around town using bicycle and my reason is not so 'pious' like environmentalist. I simply like it and for some reason I won't have insomnia afterward after unintentionally doing exercise by riding bicycle.

bicycle and mask

Riding bicycle (or motorcycle) is not a problem in countryside or quite road, but a problem arise when riders are riding through congested road together with many motorized vehicles (I Don't mean electric ones). Emission from these vehicles cause problems to riders. Personally, I often feel headache after passing 'polluted air' on my way. Some of my friend said that perhaps CO emission from motorized vehicles is the 'devil' who cause my headache. I can see their logic but I don't know precisely if they are right or not, I never visit a doctor because of this headache.

bicycle mask

For this problem I got a simple solution long ago. Not it is simple and cheap, but also very effective. Yes it is just a mask, a simple mask to wear when we ride bicycle. Wear this mask when you pass through polluted air around high congested traffic. I don't know whether mask is truly effective equipment or merely a suggestion, but I do got positive effect after wearing mask, no more headache after riding bike in congested road. A simple handkerchief tied as mask also has the same effect. 

bicycle mask

Perhaps this simple solution solve this problem, but try to find road with less polluted air to ride a bicycle. It is safer and better for our bodies.

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MP3 Quran, Recited by Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

Recitations by Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais an-Najdi has typical characteristics, mostly noted by his fast recital in high pitched sound. He is the current imam of Masjid Al-Haram Mecca. This is MP3 recordings of 114 Sura(s) of Quran recited by Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais an-Najdi, recorded during taraweeh prayer in Ramadan.

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020

021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040

041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060

061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080

081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

This is general MP3, we can play it almost in all audio applications and portable MP3 players. No copyright, contents are public domain, we are free to copy and distribute. 
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Motherboard Drivers for ASUS P4V8X-MX (sometimes incorrectly referred as P4VBX-MX )

Another drivers for ASUS motherboard, these are drivers for ASUS P4V8X-MX that are hard too find. Sometimes it is referred ad P4VBX-MX, because 8 printed on motherboard is similar to B, so P4V8X-MX is misread as P4VBX-MX. Drivers are available for audio, chipset, LAN, SATA, USB2, and VGA. I have not able to post entire ASUS CD drivers in ISO files, so first I upload the most important contents, the drivers, here. Leave comments if these drivers are unable to work properly.

• Audio
• Chipset
• LAN
• Manual (pdf file)
• SATA
• USB2
• VGA

Note: Turn off your download manager if it is prevented to download these drivers!

P4VP-MX P4V533-MX Motherboard Drivers

Here I want to share Drivers for ASUS P4VP-MX P4V533-MX Motherboard. Like another ASUS Motherboard, drivers of ASUS P4VP-MX P4V533-MX is difficult to find. Luckily, I found a CD of ASUS P4VP-MX P4V533-MX Drivers. Keep your CD drivers carefully, sometimes it is not easy to find drivers if we lose original CD drivers. These are the drivers I stored in Ziddu:

• Audio
• Display 
• LAN 
• USB2
• VIA4in1

Notes: If download manager is unable to work, turn it off (deactivate it)! Sometimes Ziddu prevent download manager from working. Notify via comments if these drivers have problems to work!

Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, PDF, in Arabic with harakat (Wikisource)

These are files (ebook) in pdf format about Al-Bidayah wa An-Nihayah (sometimes spelled as Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya, or incorrecty just Bidaya wa Nihaya), a grand work of Ibn Kathir written in 14th century AD. 
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Contents are in public domain and also available online in Arabic Wikisource here. They are in original texts in Arabic with harakat to help readers who have not accustomed to read Arabic text fluently. Al-Bidayah wa An-Nihayah has 21 juz(s) and every file contains one juz posted in Ziddu.
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Sometimes download manager is prevented to download, so turn off your download manager before clicking these files if it can't work, otherwise just go on.

Juz 00 Juz 01 and Juz 01p Juz 02 Juz 03 Juz 04 Juz 05 Juz 06 Juz 07 Juz 08 Juz 09 Juz 10

Juz 11 Juz 12 Juz 13 Juz 14 Juz 15 Juz 16 Juz 17 Juz 18 Juz 19 and Juz 19p Juz 20 Juz 21 and Juz 21p

Another Ibn Kathir's work is a commentary of Quran, Tafsir Ibn Kathir. An Ebook of Tafsir Ibn Kathir is available here.

Recipe: Tempe Mendoan

Tempe (or tempeh) is a 'cake' from fermented soybeans. Fermentation makes tempe has more nutritional value in protein, fibers, and vitamins. This is one of reasons that tempe is famous as vegetarian cuisine, even if we should not have to be a vegetarian to like it. Tempe is a staple food in Java, an island in Indonesia, in western countries tempe usually is sold in vegetarian food court.

This a recipe of tempe mendoan from Central Java. Mendoan itself means fast deep fried. Tempe is sliced wide and thin before frying.

Ingredients:

• 300 g tempeh, size 10×15 cm
• 2 pieces green onion, slice thinly
• 199 g rice flour
• 1 tbs wheat flour
• 125 ml water
• ½ ml cooking oil

For grinding

• 2 tsp. coriander
• 1 piece garlic
• 1 cm greater galingale
• add salt according to taste

Cooking procedure

1. Put together the two kinds of flour and the ground ingredients.
2. Add water little by little until it forms a liquid dough. Mix together until it forms a smooth and complete mix.
3. Add the sliced green onion.
4. Warm the cooking oil in the frying pan.
5. Dip the tempeh into the dough.
6. Insert the tempeh into the hot oil, and fry it until done, don't take too long time, when dough is hardening, take tempe out from oil. Remember that mendoan means frying fast.
7. Take it out from the oil and serve it with small chilies.

Usually tempe mendoan is served with warm tea or coffee.  It is very popular in Central Java in which it originates.Coriander above is a spice, it is a typical characteristic of Java and Indonesian cuisine to use various spices (it is only coriander in tempe mendoan), so they usually have strong taste.

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