Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style)
Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style)

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, nasi lemak (fragrant coconut rice - malaysian style). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular 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):
  1. Get 1 cup rice, soaked for 30 minutes
  2. Prepare 3/4 cup coconut milk
  3. Make ready 1 cup water
  4. Make ready 1 lemongrass, bruised
  5. Get 1" galangal, bruised
  6. Prepare 5-6 kaffir lime leaves
  7. Take to taste salt
  8. Get as required roasted peanuts
  9. Get as required crispy fried anchovies
  10. Get as required few sliced cucumber
  11. Get 1 tbsp chilli sambal
  12. Take 1 boiled egg
  13. Make ready as required coriander leaves to garnish
  14. Prepare Chilli Sambal -
  15. Make ready 15-20 dry red chilies, soaked for an hour
  16. Make ready 2-3 garlic cloves
  17. Prepare 1 lemon grass, sliced
  18. Make ready 1 tbsp. sugar
  19. Make ready 8-10 shallots
  20. Make ready 2-3 tbsp. oil
  21. Take to taste salt
  22. Prepare 1/4 cup vinegar
  23. Get 2 tbsp. dried anchovies., cleaned, drained & pat dry
Steps to make Nasi Lemak (Fragrant Coconut Rice - Malaysian Style):
  1. Pressure cook the drained rice in coconut milk, water, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves and salt to taste for 2 whistles. Keep aside.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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