Recipe: Appetizing Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk). 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. The principal ingredients for nasi lemak are rice and coconut milk, but using good chicken stock to replace water to heighten the.

Because my kids asked why isn't it Nasi Kelapa, which of course, stumped me, and I replied, well, it just is! 'Nasi lemak', the national and traditional dish of Malaysia is cooked in coconut milk with some pandan leaves for its fragrance. 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). BUT, in this case, because we also flavored the rice with coconut, so we need to add coconut milk. You can cook Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk)

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

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. It is one of the most popular dish for the Malay-type breakfast and is a great party dish. A truly remarkable Nasi Lemak (Coconut Milk Rice).

Nasi Lemak (Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk) instructions

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..

Nasi lemak is rice cooked with coconut milk, served with spicy anchovies sambal (or sambal of your choice), spiced fried chicken, hard boiled eggs, slices of cucumber and peanuts. It's a favourite Malaysian comfort food meal. Watch how to make nasi lemak in the video below 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 is also known as Coconut milk Rice in overseas.