Nasi Lemak is a fragrant Malaysian rice dish cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf, served with a spicy sambal, fried crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts, and boiled eggs. It is a hearty and delicious meal often enjoyed for breakfast or lunch.
Preparation time
20min
Cooking time
30min
Ingredients
4 Servings
- 1 cup anchovies
- 1 tsp belacan
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 cucumber
- 10 dried chilies
- 4 eggs
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 tbsp oil
- 2 pandan leaves
- 0.5 cup peanuts
- 2 cups rice
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 shallots
- 1.5 cups water
Directions
Step 1
Rinse the rice and drain the water.
Step 2
In a rice cooker, combine the rice, coconut milk, water, knotted pandan leaves, and salt. Cook until the rice is done.
Step 3
In a pan, heat the oil and fry the sliced shallots, minced garlic, blended dried chilies, and belacan until fragrant.
Step 4
Add the dried anchovies to the pan and fry until crispy. Remove and set aside.
Step 5
In the same pan, toast the peanuts until golden brown.
Step 6
Boil the eggs, peel, and slice them.
Step 7
Serve the rice with sambal, fried anchovies, toasted peanuts, boiled eggs, and cucumber slices.