NASI LEMAK WRAPPED IN BANANA LEAF

السلام عليكم
Peace be upon you

As promised, I'll give you a simple nasi lemak recipe. Harini malas nak berceloteh sebab terlalu lah banyak keje hari ni. I think, I need to take a long break!

Nasi Lemak

Ingredients

1. 2 cups of Jasmine Super 5 rice (You can use any type of rice, depend on you)
2. 1 cup of coconut milk (I tak nak lemak sangat, kolestrol wei!)
3. Water (It's depend on your type of rice - ada yang kurang air, ada yang lebih air)
4. Salt for taste
5. 1 cinnamon stick
6. 2 pcs Star anises
8. Pandan leaves (tie them into a knot)

Method

1. Clean the rice and drain. Add in the coconut milk, water, cinnamon stick, star anises, pandan leave and salt and cook in the rice cooker. You have to stir the rice constantly when the coconut milk start absorbed.

Sambal

Ingredients

1. 2 cups of chilli paste (Grinded dried chillies)
2. 1 onion*
3. 3 shallots*
4. 3 garlic cloves*
5. Thumb size of shrimp paste*
6. 3-4 tbs sugar (you may substitute with gula melaka or brown sugar)
7. Salt to taste
8. 1-1/2 tsp tamarind paste (I used Adabi Extra)
9. 1 onion (thinly sliced, about 0.5cm thick)
10. 1 cup vegetable oil 
11. Water

Method

1. Grind * ingredients. Heat the oil in a wok/pan and pour in the * ingredients together with chilli paste. Let it simmer and cook for 20 minutes (sampai naik minyak). Then, add in the tamarind paste and pour in some water (about 1/4 cup) and bring to boil.

2. Once boiled, add in salt, sugar and sliced onion. Stir them well and pour in a cup of water. Cook for another 20 minutes or till the gravy thickens.

Garnish

1. Deep fried dried anchovies
2. Halved hard boiled egg
3. Sliced cucumber

In my next update, I'll show you how to wrap the nasi lemak with banana leaf. It is the interesting thing to learn about :)


Love,

Honey

I'm linking this post to the Little Thumbs Up 'Pandan' event, organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, my little favourite DIY and hosted by Butter, Flour & Me