Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, nasi lemak (fragrant coconut rice - malaysian style). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nasi Lemak Nasi lemak - Malaysian coconut milk rice, served with sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber. This is the best and most authentic nasi lemak recipe! Nasi Lemak is the de facto national dish of Malaysia. Nasi lemak is a dish with origins from Malaysia.
Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nasi lemak (fragrant coconut rice - malaysian style) using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style):
- Take 1 cup rice, soaked for 30 minutes
- Prepare 3/4 cup coconut milk
- Prepare 1 cup water
- Make ready 1 lemongrass, bruised
- Make ready 1" galangal, bruised
- Get 5-6 kaffir lime leaves
- Make ready to taste salt
- Take as required roasted peanuts
- Prepare as required crispy fried anchovies
- Get as required few sliced cucumber
- Get 1 tbsp chilli sambal
- Make ready 1 boiled egg
- Get as required coriander leaves to garnish
- Make ready Chilli Sambal -
- Take 15-20 dry red chilies, soaked for an hour
- Take 2-3 garlic cloves
- Prepare 1 lemon grass, sliced
- Make ready 1 tbsp. sugar
- Take 8-10 shallots
- Take 2-3 tbsp. oil
- Prepare to taste salt
- Prepare 1/4 cup vinegar
- Prepare 2 tbsp. dried anchovies., cleaned, drained & pat dry
Place the rice in a large saucepan and add the salt, garlic, ginger, pandan leaves, coconut milk, and water. #riceisthebest - Nasi Lemak (fragrant rice) is considered as the national dish of Malaysia, which is served along with chilli sambal (traditional Malay sauce), crispy fried anchovies, cucumber, roasted peanuts and hard boiled eggs. This yummy dish is quite a popular street food and a favourite one-pot meal enjoyed by the locals. It is commonly found in all hawker centers across the country and. Nasi lemak - Malaysian coconut milk rice, served with sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber.
Steps to make Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style):
- Pressure cook the drained rice in coconut milk, water, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves and salt to taste for 2 whistles. Keep aside.
- When serving, place the rice in the centre of the plate and top it up with the chilli sambal. Place the peanuts, anchovies, cucumber and eggs all around and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Chilli Sambal - Heat oil in a pan and fry the anchovies till crisp. Drain on a kitchen towel. When cool, grind along with chilies, garlic, lemon grass, shallots, salt, vinegar and sugar to a smooth paste.
- Heat the same oil in which the anchovies were fried. Saute the prepared paste on a low flame till it turns slightly dark brown in colour and the oil starts to separate from the sides of the pan. Serve along with Nasi Lemak.
It is commonly found in all hawker centers across the country and. Nasi lemak - Malaysian coconut milk rice, served with sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber. This is the best and most authentic nasi lemak recipe. The fragrance of this dish comes from the pandan leaves and the rice which is infused with coconut milk. Nasi lemak - Malaysian coconut milk rice, served with sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber.
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