Steps to Make Homemade Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story
by Mark Blake
Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nasi lemak - a malaysian story using 36 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story:
Prepare A. Chili Sambal
Take blended onions paste (see note 1)
Make ready chili paste (see note 2)
Take thick tamarind juice
Prepare (See note 3)
Take coconut/palm sugar (or more, for a sweeter sambal)
Make ready chicken seasoning powder (or as needed)
Take B. The Rice
Make ready Basmathi Rice
Take lemon grass - bruised
Get cut into
Take young ginger
Make ready coconut cream - use AYAM BRAND, see pic
Get salt
Make ready C. Basic accompaniments
Get cucumber - sliced
Prepare Dried Anchovies - fried until crispy
Take Raw peanuts - toasted until done in a wok with a tbsp of oil
Get Eggs - boiled or fried (sunny side up)
Get Notes:
Get . Blended onions paste
Prepare ππ» 1 big brown onion
Prepare ππ» 1 shallot
Get ππ» 4 garlic
Take ππ» 5 candlenuts or cashewnuts
Make ready ππ» a thumb size belacan/terasi/shrimp paste
Prepare ππ» Blend with 1/3 c of water or as needed
Prepare ππ» make into 2 cups of thick paste
Prepare . Chili Paste (use 1or 2 C - adjust heat to your liking)
Make ready ππ» Use a bowl of both mild and hot dried chillies (mixed)
Take ππ» Dried Chillies then cut and soak in hot water to soften
Prepare ππ» Next, blend softened chilies with enough water (1/3 c) until fine. Make into a cup of thick paste
Prepare . Tamarind juice
Prepare ππ» Use a thumb size of seedless tamarind paste
Make ready ππ» Soak in 2 tbsp of hot water and stir to dissolve
Prepare ππ» Use a tbsp for this recipe
Steps to make Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story:
A. Chili Sambal - Heat 1/2 c of oil (plus extra 1/4 c) in a heated wok. Saute 2 cups of blended onions until aromatic. Add a cup of chilli paste and cook on medium heat until oil is separated from the paste. Add tamarind juice, coconut sugar and chicken seasoning powder. Keep stirring until this pale looking paste mixture turns into a dark and thick sambal paste. Taste and adjust seasonings accordingly before removing sambal from the heat.
B. The Rice - In a rice pot, Wash rice until water is no longer looking cloudy. Drain the water. Place all ingredients in B and mix well with the rice. Measure the level of liquid in the rice pot and then add sufficient water to cook rice. Cook rice as usual. Once cooked, fluff the rice with a chopstick. Note: you can add few cuts of pandan leaves to the rice pot when cooking the rice.
C. Basic Accompaniments - prepare all accompaniments. Serve with Sambal, rice and the rest of the side dishes or the accompaniments.
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