Name: Malay Nasi Lemak
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 12 dried chillies soaked in hot water; 2 small onions (or 5 shallots) finely chopped; ½ tbsp tamarind dissolved in 2tsp of water; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp sugar; ½ tsp salt; 2 rice measuring cups of white long grain rice; 1 rice measuring cup of stock (vegetable or chicken); 1 rice measuring cup of coconut milk; peanuts; sliced cucumber; ikan bilis (optional and non vegetarian salt-cured anchovies); 1 hard boiled egg (optional)

CategoryVegCuisineMalaysianDifficultyBeginnerAllergens

Yields2 ServingsUnitsDefault

Prep Time30 minsCook Time50 minsTotal Time1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients for the Sambal

12 dried chillies soaked in hot water

2 small onions (or 5 shallots) finely chopped

½ tbsp tamarind dissolved in 2tsp of water

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tsp sugar

½ tsp salt

For the rice

2 rice measuring cups of white long grain rice

1 rice measuring cup of stock (vegetable or chicken)

1 rice measuring cup of coconut milk

For the toppings

peanuts

sliced cucumber

ikan bilis (optional and non vegetarian salt-cured anchovies)

1 hard boiled egg (optional)

HOW TO MAKE

Make the sambal by draining the chillies then blend with the onions/shallots and half of the tamarind mixture until smooth.

Fry the paste off with the oil in a saucepan over a low heat for 10 minutes until fragrant and darker in colour.

Add the sugar, salt and the rest of the tamarind then simmer for 5 minutes when ready to serve.

Place two cups of white rice in your rice cooker bowl and fill to the 2 cup level line for WHITE RICE or LONG GRAIN using 1 cup of coconut milk and 1 cup of stock (vegetable or chicken) .

Select ’WHITE RICE’ or ’REGULAR’. Press ’START’.

Leave on KEEP WARM for 10 minutes for the rice to suck up some of the tasty moisture.

For the toppings, Fry some peanuts (skins on preferably) in a little oil until brown.

Serve with a helping of the sambal, peanuts, slices of fresh cucumber and a hard boiled egg.

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