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

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have nasi lemak - a malaysian story using 36 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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