Recipe: Yummy Coconut Rice / Nasi Lemak / Nasi Uduk

Coconut Rice / Nasi Lemak / Nasi Uduk. Nasi Lemak is coconut rice and practically a staple in Singapore and Malaysia. It is very similar to the Indonesian Nasi Uduk and is served with a variety of Nasi Lemak = Coconut Rice. Because my kids asked why isn't it Nasi Kelapa, which of course, stumped me, and I.

It was a tasty because coconut milk flavor, makes these foods so popular. Nasi uduk can be served as breakfast, with a simple side dish of telur dadar gulung (rolled fried egg). It can also be served as lunch/dinner, typically Back in the days, cooking nasi uduk is just downright complicated. You can cook Coconut Rice / Nasi Lemak / Nasi Uduk using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Coconut Rice / Nasi Lemak / Nasi Uduk

1. Prepare 1 cup of rice.
2. It's 1 cup of water.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of coconut milk.
4. You need 50 gr of raw peanuts.
5. It's 2 of boiled egg/omelet.
6. You need 2 of tomatoes.
7. Prepare 1 of cucumber.
8. It's 1 tsp of salt.
9. You need 1 tsp of sambal / chili tomato sauce.
10. You need of pandan leaves (optional).

The rice needs to be half cooked in a pot on a stove, and then transfer to a steamer to. A nasi lemak will not be authentic without the leaves and coconut milk. The other main ingredient of nasi lemak is sambal. Sambal is the soul of the dish; it brings together all the various toppings and complete the iconic dish.

Coconut Rice / Nasi Lemak / Nasi Uduk step by step

1. Boil the egg and keep it aside. if you like omelet egg, it can be served with as well..
2. Cook the rice. Wash a cup of rice (long grain / jasmine rice). In a pot, place the rice. Add the half cup coconut milk, 1 cup water. it depends on the rice, one cup rice normally needs 2 cup water. Please adjust it accordingly. Add 1/2 tbsp salt, and pandan leaves. Bring the rice to boil, and simmer it for 10 minutes. Then, switch off the heat, cover the pot and set the aside. Let it steam by itself for another 10 minutes..
3. While that, you may pan fry the raw peanuts until brown 4-5 minutes, transfer to the plate with paper napkin to absorb the excess oil..
4. If you love dried anchovies, you may pan fry some. Dried anchovies are good to accompany the dish. Fried chicken is good as well as side dishes..
5. For the sambal, please refer to my sambal/tomato chili sauce recipe. Prepare some sliced tomato and cucumber. Slice the boiled eggs..
6. The rice should be ready. Please enjoy your nasi lemak..

Make this easy and aromatic Betawi-style nasi uduk that goes with many main and side dishes. I'm sharing how you can make it easily with a rice cooker but it can be cooked on the stove In Medan where I grew up, we call coconut rice as nasi lemak, like how they call it in Singapore and Malaysia. Nasi lemak is known as the national dish of Malaysia and is served with ikan bilis, roasted peanuts, hard-boiled eggs and spicy sambals. Delicious and fragrant, nasi lemak is a perfect accompaniment to beef rendang. I never cook plain old rice any more after learning this recipe!