Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Lemak = Cream, in culinary terms, it refers to coconut milk or a dish that has been cooked with coconut milk. Because my kids asked why isn't it Nasi Kelapa, which of course, stumped me, and I replied, well, it just is! Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and screw pine leaves.
To begin with this recipe, we have to 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 it.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk):
- Get 800 ml Thai rice or long-stored rice
- Get 200 ml Coconut milk
- Prepare 1 heaping tablespoon Salt
- Prepare 2 leaves Pandan leaves (optional)
- Prepare Side dish recommendations:
- Take 1 Sambal*Must have
- Get 1 egg per serving Sunny-side up or boiled eggs
- Take 1 egg per serving Sambal Terur
- Make ready 1 Sliced cucumbers
- Make ready 1 Vinegar-fried peanuts
- Get 1 or 1 fish per serving Deep fried chirimen jako or small mackerel
- Take 1 Deep fried tempeh
- Make ready 1 Wiener sausages, etc.
- Take Fancy side dish recommendations:
- Get 1 per serving Fried chicken wings
- Make ready 1 Fried squid rings
Watch how to make nasi lemak in the video below Nasi lemak, a spicy coconut rice, is the national dish of Malaysia, where it is eaten for breakfast. If that is a little too adventurous, it makes a great weekend dinner for friends. Put the coconut milk, ginger, lemongrass, rice and a pinch of salt in a large saucepan. 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).
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.
Bring to a boil over med-high heat. Turn heat to low and cover. A fragrant coconut rice dish that is a common breakfast in Malaysia and Singapore, nasi lemak is actually Malaysia's proclaimed national dish. The rice is cooked in coconut milk with aromatic ginger and bay leaf and served with hard-boiled eggs, anchovies, peanuts, cucumber (or tomato) and spicy. Nasi Lemak is also known as Coconut milk Rice in overseas.
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