Rice cooked in coconut milk (Nasi Lemak) with Sambal

In this country, everyone love nasi lemak. You will love the aroma of the nasi lemak & it goes really well with sambal. Nasi Lemak in Malay language means the rice cooked in coconut milk. Sambal is a typical chili based sauces that use as a condiment, it could be very spicy. Both are very popular in Malaysia, Indonesia & Singapore.

A typical Nasi Lemak consists of:

• Rice cooked in coconut milk
• Sambal
• Fried anchovies & peanuts
• Cucumber
• Hard boil egg
• Curry Chicken (optional)

Nasi Lemak Recipes:
200g white rice
220-250ml coconut milk (Santan)
1 lemon grass
pepper & salt
1 knob of ginger

How to cook nasi lemak:

1. Clean the rice. Cooked the rice with coconut milk, lemon grass, pepper, salt & ginger in the rice cooker.

Sambal Recipes:
2 tsp of dried anchovies (cleaned & fried)
4ea of small shallots/red onion
1 knob of ginger
6ea dried chilies (s0aked in hot water)
1ea lemon grass
1cm toasted belacan
half cup of asam jawa juice
0.5 tsp of salt
0.5 tsp sugar
2 tsp of vegetable oil

How to prepare sambal:

1. Blend shallots, ginger, chilies, lemon grass into paste.
2. Heat oil in wok, fried the above paste in oil, add in asam jawa juice, salt & sugar. Let it simmer & reduce to a nice consistency.
   
3. Add the fried dried anchovies into the sambals.
4. Assemble the nasi lemak with sambal & etc....serve.
   

Actually, we had some relatives coming over for our nasi lemak dinner.
We prepare lots of side dishes too.