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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Nasi Lemak recipe

I havent been eating nasi lemak for some time. Yesterday, my hubby asked me whether if i know hw to cook nasi lemak while i was making our dinner. He mentioned that his friend told him the recipe of the nasi lemak rice.. I was envy, my mouth waters, thinking of this yummy Malaysian delight. so i decide to look up in Internet for it. Since here cant find much of pandan leaves, pandan essence can be used (favour will differs)

Ingredients:
Coconut Milk Steamed Rice
2 cups of rice
3 pandan leaves (tie them into a knot)
Salt to taste
1 small can of coconut milk (5.6 oz size; lowfat)
Some water
1 slice ginger (optional)

Tamarind Juice
1 cup of water
Tamarind pulp (size of a small ping pong ball)

Sambal Ikan Bilis (Dried anchovies sambal)
1/2 red onion
1 cup ikan bilis (dried anchovies)
1 clove garlic
4 shallots
10 dried chillies
1 teaspoon of belacan (prawn paste)
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of sugar

Other ingredients
2 hard boiled eggs (cut into half)
3 small fish (sardines?)
1 small cucumber
1 cup of peanuts, fried or roasted (optional)

Method:

1.Just like making steamed rice but this time add the coconut milk, a pinch of salt, ginger and some water. Add the pandan leaves into the rice and cook your rice.
2.Fry the anchovies until they turn light brown and put aside. Grind the prawn paste together with shallots, garlic, and deseeded dried chilies with the food processor. Slice the red onion into rings.
3.Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 15 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind constantly to extract the flavor into the water. Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.
4.Heat some oil in a pan and fry the spice paste until fragrant. Add in the onion rings, then the ikan bilis and stir well. Add tamarind juice, salt, and sugar. Simmer on low heat until the gravy thickens. Set aside.
5.Clean the fish, cut them into half and season with salt. Deep fry. Cut the cucumber into slices. Dish up the steamed coconut milk rice and pour some sambal ikan bilis on top of the rice. Serve with fried fish, cucumber slices, and hard-boiled eggs.