Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk)
Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Hey everyone, 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 food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. 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 or coconut milk rice is popular breakfast food in Singapore,Malaysia, and Medan (a city in the island of Sumatra where I grew up). 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 current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this 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 cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk):
  1. Take 800 ml Thai rice or long-stored rice
  2. Prepare 200 ml Coconut milk
  3. Prepare 1 heaping tablespoon Salt
  4. Get 2 leaves Pandan leaves (optional)
  5. Take Side dish recommendations:
  6. Get 1 Sambal*Must have
  7. Take 1 egg per serving Sunny-side up or boiled eggs
  8. Get 1 egg per serving Sambal Terur
  9. Take 1 Sliced cucumbers
  10. Prepare 1 Vinegar-fried peanuts
  11. Get 1 or 1 fish per serving Deep fried chirimen jako or small mackerel
  12. Take 1 Deep fried tempeh
  13. Prepare 1 Wiener sausages, etc.
  14. Prepare Fancy side dish recommendations:
  15. Get 1 per serving Fried chicken wings
  16. Prepare 1 Fried squid rings

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', the national and traditional dish of Malaysia is cooked in coconut milk with some pandan leaves for its fragrance. Bring rice to a simmer over medium-high heat. Remove lid and stir in coconut milk.

Steps to make Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk):
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Here is the cooked rice.Take out the pandan leaves and mix well.
  4. Mix in some sambal while eating.

Bring rice to a simmer over medium-high heat. Remove lid and stir in coconut milk. However, I don't think that this recipe was developed well. 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.

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