Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
How to Cook Coconut Milk Rice (Nasi Lemak) Nasi Lemak (Coconut Milk Rice) is a popular dish in Malaysia. It is usually served with an addictive spicy sambal, sliced cucumbers, deep-fried anchovies, fried peanuts and hard-boiled eggs. Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and screw pine leaves.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk):
- Prepare 800 ml Thai rice or long-stored rice
- Make ready 200 ml Coconut milk
- Make ready 1 heaping tablespoon Salt
- Take 2 leaves Pandan leaves (optional)
- Make ready Side dish recommendations:
- Get 1 Sambal*Must have
- Take 1 egg per serving Sunny-side up or boiled eggs
- Get 1 egg per serving Sambal Terur
- Prepare 1 Sliced cucumbers
- Prepare 1 Vinegar-fried peanuts
- Make ready 1 or 1 fish per serving Deep fried chirimen jako or small mackerel
- Make ready 1 Deep fried tempeh
- Get 1 Wiener sausages, etc.
- Make ready Fancy side dish recommendations:
- Get 1 per serving Fried chicken wings
- Prepare 1 Fried squid rings
When you cook rice in coconut milk and pandan leaves (and, optionally, lemongrass stalks), the result is nasi lemak. There are "traditional" accompaniments but, today, as a popular street food especially in Malaysia where it is considered a national dish, cooks are getting more creative with the combination of accompaniments to make their. Nasi lemak literally means 'rice' and 'fat'. However, the 'fat' refers to the creaminess of the coconut milk which is used in cooking the rice.
Instructions 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.
Turn heat to low and cover. To serve, pile rice in center of plate. Flank iedges with hard-cooked, boiled eggs, sliced cucumber, fried peanuts, sambal oelek (available in most Asian stores). A truly remarkable Nasi Lemak (Coconut Milk Rice) is not to be taken lightly. It constitutes of good quality rice cooked in rich and creamy coconut milk with screw pine leaves infused during the cooking process.
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