How to cook "nasi lemak" from Malaysia?

Question

Anybody can give me a good recipe? Please give me the authentic quantities of ingredients. Thanks so much.

Answer 1

How to make Nasi Lemak and sambal ikan bilis

I ) Nasi Lemak

Ingredients:

1 cup rice

3 screwpine leaves

salt to taste

1 grated coconut

Method

1. Clean the rice and drain

2. Squeeze out 2 cups of thick coconut milk with screwpine leaves. Add in salt.

3. If you desire, you can also add in some sliced shallots and ginger(good aroma).

4. Serve this rice with sliced hard-boiled eggs, cucumber and sambal ikan bilis.

II) Sambal Ikan Bilis

Ingredients:

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

Method:

1. Fry the ikan bilis until crisp and put aside.

2. Grind the prawn paste together with shallots, garlic, deseeded dried chillies. Slice the bombay onion into rings.

3. Heat 2 tbsps oil in a pan and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant. Add in the onion rings.

4. Add tamarind juice, salt, sugar.

5. Cook, stirring occasionally until the gravy thickens.

6. Add in the ikan bilis and mix well.

7. Serve with steaming hot Nasi Lemak.

Answer 2

Your choice. The first recipe is in Imperial measures and the second is in metric.

http://www.familyoven.com/recipe/NASI-LE...

http://www.asianonlinerecipes.com/hawker...

This one, I haven't tried but the pics make it look really appetizing.

http://www.rasamalaysia.com/2007/01/reci...