Nasi Lemak

Nasi lemak is a favorite food for the Malaysia and Singapore, especially as breakfast in the morning.Nasi Lemak also called as national dish of Malaysia.It is a national heritage of Malaysia.Nasi lemak refers to rice with some anchovies,peanuts,egg and cucumber.It's cooked in coconut milk, with pandan leaves and even ginger or a stalk of lemon grass may be added for additional fragrance.Nasi Lemak is available on almost every street corner and in almost every local restaurant in Malaysia.It sold early in the morning at roadside stalls in Malaysia.You can get this delicious food everywhere in Malaysia.Traditionally, this comes as a platter of food wrapped in banana leaf, with cucumber slices, small dried anchovies (ikan bilis), roasted peanuts, hard boiled egg, and hot spicy sauce (sambal) at its core.


INGREDIENTS:

Nasi Lemak:

1 cup rice
3 screwpine (or pandan) leaves
salt to taste
1 grated coconut

Preparation:
Clean the rice and drain. Squeeze out 2 cups of thick coconut milk with screwpine leaves. Add in salt. If you desire, you can also add in some sliced shallots and ginger. Serve this rice with sliced hard-boiled eggs, cucumber and sambal ikan bilis.

Sambal Ikan Bilis:

1 bombay onion
1/2 cup dried ikan bilis ( anchovies )
1 clove garlic
2 tbsps tamarind juice
4 shallots
8 dried chillies
Prawn paste ( belacan) ( Optional )
Salt and sugar to taste

Preparation:

Sambal Ikan Bilis:
Fry the ikan bilis until crisp and put aside. Grind the prawn paste together with shallots, garlic, deseeded dried chillies. Slice the bombay onion into rings. Heat 2 tbsps oil in a pan and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant. Add in the onion rings. Add tamatind juice, salt, sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally until the gravy thickens. Add in the ikan bilis and mix well. Serve with steaming hot Nasi Lemak.