RECIPE NASI LEMAK

NASI LEMAK

Ingredients:

• 2 cups rice, or basmati rice
• 2½ cups water
• 2 pandan leaves tied into a knot 
• 3 shallots onion, finely chopped
• 10 tsp thick coconut milk
• 1 slice ginger
• sugar and salt to taste

Ingredients for Sambal Ikan Bilis :

• 1 cup dried Ikan Bilis (Dried Anchovies)
• 1 large red onion, sliced
• ½ cup peanut or vegetable oil
• 3 tsp tamarind pulp with ½ cup hot water to make tamarind paste

Items to blend:

• 4 tbsp or to taste, chili paste
• 6 shallots
• 1 tsp belacan, also spelt belachan or blacan (dried shrimp paste)
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 large onion, sliced into rounds

Garnishing :

• 4 hard boiled eggs, cut into quarters
• 1 cup of ikan bilis, fried until crispy
• 1 cup of peanuts, fried or roasted
• 1 seedless cucumber, peeled and sliced

To Prepare Coconut Rice:

1. Wash rice several time until water runs quite clear.
2. In a pot, add rice, coconut milk, water (please use correct amounts of water according to type of rice).
3. Add shallots, ginger and pandan leaves.
4. Bring to boil, lower heat, simmer 10-12 mins uncovered until the water has been absorbed into the level of the rice.
5. Loosen rice grains with a wooden laddle.
6. Cover with a tight-fitting lid, steam rice on very low heat, about 10-12 mins.
7. When rice is done, gently fluff rice with fork.