Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
'Nasi lemak', the national and traditional dish of Malaysia - coconut milk rice, served with sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber. Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and screw pine leaves. It is commonly found in countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk):
- Take 800 ml Thai rice or long-stored rice
- Make ready 200 ml Coconut milk
- Make ready 1 heaping tablespoon Salt
- Prepare 2 leaves Pandan leaves (optional)
- Get Side dish recommendations:
- Prepare 1 Sambal*Must have
- Prepare 1 egg per serving Sunny-side up or boiled eggs
- Prepare 1 egg per serving Sambal Terur
- Make ready 1 Sliced cucumbers
- Prepare 1 Vinegar-fried peanuts
- Prepare 1 or 1 fish per serving Deep fried chirimen jako or small mackerel
- Prepare 1 Deep fried tempeh
- Make ready 1 Wiener sausages, etc.
- Prepare Fancy side dish recommendations:
- Prepare 1 per serving Fried chicken wings
- Prepare 1 Fried squid rings
Because my kids asked why isn't it Nasi Kelapa, which of course, stumped me, and I replied, well, it just is! Nasi lemak or coconut milk rice is popular breakfast food in Singapore,Malaysia, and Medan (a city in the island of Sumatra where I grew up). BUT, in this case, because we also flavored the rice with coconut, so we need to add coconut milk. Nasi lemak is rice cooked with coconut milk, it is Malaysian signature meal and it's served with spicy sambal, fried chicken, eggs, cucumber and peanuts.
Steps to make Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk):
- Wash the rice and then put it in the rice cooker. There's no need to soak the rice. Wash the pandan leaves and tie them in a knot. If they are dehydrated, then just put them in directly as is.
- Add salt to the rice and then pour in the coconut milk. Adjust as necessary with some water, if necessary. Mix it well. The liquid should be slightly lower than the 4 cup mark. Add the pandan leaves and cook the rice.
- Here is the cooked rice.Take out the pandan leaves and mix well.
- Mix in some sambal while eating.
Malaysia is known for its nasi lemak, among other delicious meals. Coconut rice with spicy sweet sambal and spiced fried chicken, together with. 'Nasi lemak', the national and traditional dish of Malaysia is cooked in coconut milk with some pandan leaves for its fragrance. Nasi Lemak means Creamy Rice in Malay. It is prepared with long grain (or medium grain) rice and coconut milk, along with ginger, onion, and pandan (screwpine) leaves. The principal ingredients for nasi lemak are rice and coconut milk, but using good chicken stock to replace water to heighten the.
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