Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, (basic) nasi lemak (white rice with coconut milk). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Nasi lemak or coconut milk rice is popular breakfast food in Singapore,Malaysia, and Medan (a city in Nasi means rice in Indonesian language, and lemak means fat (the fat from the coconut milk). I prepared the most basic one with hard-boiled eggs, pan-fried anchovies and peanuts, and sambal. 'Nasi lemak', the national and traditional dish of Malaysia - coconut milk rice, served with sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber. We pick our favourite nasi lemak stalls in Singapore serving the best coconut rice with egg, ikan bilis, otah, chicken wings and more. The word 'lemak' means full-flavoured or rich, referring to how it is cooked with coconut milk to get its distinctive flavour.
(Basic) Nasi Lemak (White Rice With Coconut Milk) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. (Basic) Nasi Lemak (White Rice With Coconut Milk) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have (basic) nasi lemak (white rice with coconut milk) using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make (Basic) Nasi Lemak (White Rice With Coconut Milk):
- Prepare 500 grams - White rice
- Get 2 1/2 cup - Plain water
- Take 1 cup - Coconut milk
- Prepare 1 tsp - Grated ginger
- Make ready 1 tsp - Sugar
- Make ready 1/3 tsp - Salt
- Make ready 5 Strands - Pandan leaves
- Make ready 1 tbsp - Butter (Optional)
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, 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. (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous.
Steps to make (Basic) Nasi Lemak (White Rice With Coconut Milk):
- Wash and soak white rice in a bowl with some water for 10-15 minutes. Strain them out and place into a rice cooker
- Add in all ingredients except the butter
- Let them cook for about 3-5 minutes then add in the butter and stir well to mix all of them then let the automated tool to do the rest
- Usually the rice would be cooked for 15-20 minutes but no worries when cooking them with a rice cooker. However, once the rice cooker indicate its done, turn the rice cooker off after 5 minutes so the bottom wont burn
- Serve while hot with some Red Hot & Spicy Condiment (May try my own RH&Spicy Condiment recipe - Can be found in my profile) EnJoY…!
- Can be served during dinner or on any occasion
- Tips: Usually served with slices of cucumber to cool down the spicy feeling.. ;D
- Tips: Serving ratio = 1 Cup Rice : 1 TBSP Condiment
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. (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. A basic plate of nasi lemak consists of coconut milk rice, 'sambal', fried anchovies, slices of cucumber and a slice of fried or hard boiled egg. It's way too easy to fall in love with the Malaysian dish Nasi Lemak, a coconutty rice bowl topped with crispy-crunchy crumbles of teeny little fried anchovies dressed in a sweet-spicy sambal. Look for the smallest dried anchovies.
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