Nasi Lemak
Nasi Lemak

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, nasi lemak. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Nasi Lemak is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Nasi Lemak is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nasi lemak using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak:
  1. Make ready 50 g dried anchovies
  2. Get 10 dried red chillies
  3. Make ready 5 medium-size red onions
  4. Make ready 3-5 fresh red chilies
  5. Prepare 2 stalks lemongrass
  6. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
  7. Take 1 tsp shrimp paste
  8. Prepare Vegetable oil
  9. Make ready 1 chicken bouillon
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  11. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  12. Make ready 1 tsp sugar
Steps to make Nasi Lemak:
  1. Re-hydrate the dried anchovies and dried chilies in 2 separate bowls by covering with with boiling water for 20 minutes.
  2. Peel and roughly chop onions and fresh red chilies, and blitz it in a blender or food processor until pasty consistency.
  3. Drain and de-seed the rehydrated chilies and add it to the blender.
  4. Drain the rehydrated anchovies and add it to the blender.
  5. Roughly chop the soft portion of the lemongrass and garlic, and add it to the blender.
  6. Add the shrimp paste in the blender and blitz all these ingredients until a smooth pasty consistency. Loosen up the paste with vegetable oil if too dry.
  7. Heat oil in a pan and add the paste. You need to have enough oil so that the paste do not burn. Turn the heat to low and let the paste caramelize for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the paste will not stick to the bottom of the pan.
  8. Breakdown the chicken bouillon and add to the paste. Add the salt and sugar. Cook for 2 minutes stirring regularly to distribute evenly.
  9. Add the tamarind paste. Stir to distribute and turn off the heat. Leave to cool.
  10. This sambal can be paired with any fried dish and is also good as dip for carrots, cucumber, and green mango.
  11. To put together the Nasi Lemak, cook rice in coconut milk with pandan leaves for vibrant smell. Once cooked, serve this with crispy fried anchovies, sliced fresh cucumber, toaster peanuts, fried egg and the sambal paste.

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