Coconut Rice (Nasi Lemak)

I've cooked coconut rice three times for the past few months with three different recipes

The first one I made, pic below, I used packet instant seasoning, just mixed with the rinsed rice and water, put in the rice cooker. Served with fried fish, stir fry kangkong with dried shrimp, stir fry prawns and petai using instant sambal seasoning with dried shrimp, fried ikan bilis and store bought nasi lemak sambal chilli
My kind of cooking when hit by lazy bug LOL

Second time I made was more original, pic below, everything made from the scratch including the sambal chilli
I served with pan fry seabass, fried silver fish, scrambled eggs and prawn sambal belimbing

 

 

Recipe for the nasi lemak is from recipe book: All About Rice & Noodles

 

What you need:

 

For the rice:

 

uncooked rice (amount as needed)

half part water and half part coconut milk to cook the rice

salt

4 pandan leaves

1. Rinse rice and combine well with coconut milk, salt and water. Set aside for 20 minutes then add pandan leaves
2. Cook in rice cooker

 

For the sambal chilli:

 

Blend well:

1 small piece lemon grass

1 clove of garlic

1/2 tsp ground turmeric

20g dried shrimps (soaked til softened)

1 small piece of prawn paste (belachan)

140g shallots (chopped)

100g onion (chopped)

30g red chillies (chopped)

 

3 tbsps sugar

1 tbsp light soya sauce

salt and pepper

1. Heat oil and fry the paste til oil seeps out, add sugar, light soya sauce, salt and pepper
 

Third time I cooked nasi lemak, pic below, I used recipe from Ellena's site and now I know, this is the recipe I'm going to use in the future

My whole family loves this nasi lemak, so tasty and fragrant, too

I served with fried noodle, prawn crackers, fried silver fish and fried chicken with crumbs

 

 

 

 

A unique recipe using F & N ice cream soda, yields a very satisfying kind of coconut rice

Do give this a try, you won't regret!

Recipe can be viewed HERE

 

The sambal chilli I used the recipe I shared above, nice sambal I must say, even though the preparation is not so friendly to my eyes -> chopping 240g of shallots and onion, teary eyes I got at the end of everything, but it's worth it - really! :P

 

Even from the pictures, you will know which one going to be your favorite, isn't it? :)