Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Perfect Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story

Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story
Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, nasi lemak - a malaysian story. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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:
  1. Get A. Chili Sambal
  2. Get 2 c blended onions paste (see note 1)
  3. Get 1 c chili paste (see note 2)
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp thick tamarind juice
  5. Make ready (See note 3)
  6. Prepare 25 g coconut/palm sugar (or more, for a sweeter sambal)
  7. Get 1 tsp chicken seasoning powder (or as needed)
  8. Get B. The Rice
  9. Prepare 5 c Basmathi Rice
  10. Prepare 2 stalks lemon grass - bruised
  11. Get 10 cm cut into
  12. Get 5 Slices young ginger
  13. Make ready 270 g coconut cream - use AYAM BRAND, see pic
  14. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp salt
  15. Get C. Basic accompaniments
  16. Make ready 1 cucumber - sliced
  17. Take Dried Anchovies - fried until crispy
  18. Prepare Raw peanuts - toasted until done in a wok with a tbsp of oil
  19. Take Eggs - boiled or fried
  20. Take Notes:
  21. Take 1 . Blended onions paste
  22. Take πŸ‘‰πŸ» 1 big brown onion
  23. Take πŸ‘‰πŸ» 1 shallot
  24. Take πŸ‘‰πŸ» 4 garlic
  25. Prepare πŸ‘‰πŸ» 5 candlenuts or cashewnuts
  26. Make ready πŸ‘‰πŸ» a thumb size belacan/terasi/shrimp paste
  27. Get πŸ‘‰πŸ» Blend with 1/3 c of water or as needed
  28. Take πŸ‘‰πŸ» make into 2 cups of thick paste
  29. Take 2 . Chili Paste
  30. Get πŸ‘‰πŸ» Use a bowl of both mild and hot dried chillies (mixed)
  31. Take πŸ‘‰πŸ» Dried Chillies then cut and soak in hot water to soften
  32. Make ready πŸ‘‰πŸ» Next, blend softened chilies with enough water (1/3 c) until fine. Make into a cup of thick paste
  33. Make ready 3 . Tamarind juice
  34. Take πŸ‘‰πŸ» Use a thumb size of seedless tamarind paste
  35. Make ready πŸ‘‰πŸ» Soak in 2 tbsp of hot water and stir to dissolve
  36. Make ready πŸ‘‰πŸ» Use a tbsp for this recipe
Steps to make Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian Story:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. C. Basic Accompaniments - prepare all accompaniments. Serve with Sambal, rice and the rest of the side dishes or the accompaniments.

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