How to Prepare Thomas Keller Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story
by Ethel Neal
Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story
Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, nasi lemak - a malaysian story. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have nasi lemak - a malaysian story using 36 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story:
Get A. Chili Sambal
Take blended onions paste (see note 1)
Make ready chili paste (see note 2)
Prepare thick tamarind juice
Make ready (See note 3)
Take coconut/palm sugar (or more, for a sweeter sambal)
Make ready chicken seasoning powder (or as needed)
Make ready B. The Rice
Get Basmathi Rice
Get lemon grass - bruised
Get cut into
Make ready young ginger
Make ready coconut cream - use AYAM BRAND, see pic
Take salt
Prepare C. Basic accompaniments
Prepare cucumber - sliced
Take Dried Anchovies - fried until crispy
Prepare Raw peanuts - toasted until done in a wok with a tbsp of oil
Take Eggs - boiled or fried (sunny side up)
Make ready Notes:
Make ready . Blended onions paste
Get 👉🏻 1 big brown onion
Prepare 👉🏻 1 shallot
Take 👉🏻 4 garlic
Prepare 👉🏻 5 candlenuts or cashewnuts
Get 👉🏻 a thumb size belacan/terasi/shrimp paste
Make ready 👉🏻 Blend with 1/3 c of water or as needed
Prepare 👉🏻 make into 2 cups of thick paste
Prepare . Chili Paste (use 1or 2 C - adjust heat to your liking)
Prepare 👉🏻 Use a bowl of both mild and hot dried chillies (mixed)
Take 👉🏻 Dried Chillies then cut and soak in hot water to soften
Make ready 👉🏻 Next, blend softened chilies with enough water (1/3 c) until fine. Make into a cup of thick paste
Get . Tamarind juice
Take 👉🏻 Use a thumb size of seedless tamarind paste
Make ready 👉🏻 Soak in 2 tbsp of hot water and stir to dissolve
Take 👉🏻 Use a tbsp for this recipe
Instructions 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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