Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, nasi kuning (yellow turmeric rice). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nasi kuning (Indonesian for: "yellow rice"), or sometimes called nasi kunyit (Indonesian for: "turmeric rice"), is an Indonesian fragrant rice dish cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, hence the name nasi kuning (yellow rice). Nasi kuning literally translates to 'yellow rice'. This dish originated from the Java island in Indonesia.
Nasi Kuning (Yellow turmeric rice) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Nasi Kuning (Yellow turmeric rice) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook nasi kuning (yellow turmeric rice) using 35 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Nasi Kuning (Yellow turmeric rice):
- Take Turmeric Rice
- Make ready 2 3/4 cups Jasmine rice
- Take 2 1/2 cups water
- Take 2 cups coconut milk
- Prepare 1 tbs turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tbs salt
- Get 1 stalk lemongrass
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Make ready Egg Balado
- Prepare 6 eggs (hard boiled)
- Prepare 6 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 medium red onion
- Make ready 1 big tomato
- Take 7 pcs red chilli
- Get Salt & pepper
- Prepare Oil to sauté
- Take Traditional Fried Chicken
- Prepare 1 whole chicken
- Get 2 tbs coriander powder
- Prepare 100 g grated coconut
- Prepare 6 cloves garlic
- Prepare 2 cm ground turmeric
- Get 4 cm ground ginger
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Get 1 cup water
- Take Oil to fry
- Make ready Veg Bihoon
- Make ready 250 g bihoon
- Take 100 g shredded cabbage
- Get 2 medium carrots (shredded)
- Get 1 medium red onion
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Get 4 tbs oyster sauce
- Prepare 2 tbs sweet soya sauce
- Prepare Salt & pepper
In Indonesian, "nasi" means rice, and "kuning" means yellow. For Indonesian foods, we don't use curry powder to make it "yellow" or to cook Indonesian curry, but use turmeric (or sometimes also known as "curcuma"). Nasi kuning is a popular rice dish in Southeast Asia, especially in the Southeast Asia regions. The rich golden yellow color is perfect to celebrate special occasion such as birthday, wedding, baby shower, etc.
Steps to make Nasi Kuning (Yellow turmeric rice):
- Clean the rice and add the water to cook, along with all ingredients
- Cook the rice at low heat, until the rice is cooked, it takes approximately 20mins to cook. You may want to stir the rice a bit when the water starts to shimmer
- Keep the lid closed after you turn off the heat and keep it to let the rice fully cooked
- Meanwhile, prepare the chicken, clean and cut into 10-12 pieces
- Grind all the ingredients for the chicken except the water
- Place the chicken in a pot, add the grinded ingredients and add 1 cup of water. Boil the chicken until the water is over then set aside
- Prepare the egg balado: after boiling the egg, remove the shell and let the egg cool down
- Grind all the ingredients until it forms a paste
- On a frying pan, add little oil approx. 50ml to sauté the paste, add 50ml of water and cook until it changes colour
- Once the sauce colour turns darker, add the egg and let it cooked until there is no more water and the paste becomes thick
- Remove the egg from the pan and set aside
- Next repare the ingredients for the Veg. Bihoon
- Sauté the garlic and onion on a pot over medium heat, let the onion become soften
- Add the shredded cabbage and cook until it changes colour, then add the shredded carrots and mix well
- Add the bihoon with some water to keep the bihoon hydrated
- Add the oyster sauce, sweet soya sauce,salt and pepper. Get the taste that you desire
- Cook until everything is mixed well, approximately 15 minutes then remove from the heat and set aside
- Now it's time to fry the chicken, fry them until golden brown, get the crumbs from the chicken seasonings as well
- Lastly, arrange all the items on a plate, you can cut the egg into half and serve all together. Enjoy!
The turmeric rice is usually stuffed into a cone-shape mould to make nasi tumpeng. Easy Nasi Kuning (Yellow Rice) Recipe. Learn how to cook this indonesian rice dish cooked with coconut milk and turmeric. Indonesian yellow rice is usually eaten during special events, served with Rendang and Ayam masak merah. This Nasi Kuning can be translated as Indonesian Style Yellow Fragrant Rice or Festive Yellow Rice.
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