Hi, I am Marie. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare nasi lemak recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit more unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Nasi Lemak Recipe
Nasi Lemak is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Nasi Lemak is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nasi lemak using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Nasi Lemak:
- Get 50 g dried anchovies
- Get 10 dried red chillies
- Get 5 medium-size red onions
- Take 3-5 fresh red chilies
- Get 2 stalks lemongrass
- Get 2 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 tsp shrimp paste
- Get Vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 chicken bouillon
- Make ready 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 tsp sugar
Instructions to make Nasi Lemak:
- Re-hydrate the dried anchovies and dried chilies in 2 separate bowls by covering with with boiling water for 20 minutes.
- Peel and roughly chop onions and fresh red chilies, and blitz it in a blender or food processor until pasty consistency.
- Drain and de-seed the rehydrated chilies and add it to the blender.
- Drain the rehydrated anchovies and add it to the blender.
- Roughly chop the soft portion of the lemongrass and garlic, and add it to the blender.
- 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.
- 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.
- Breakdown the chicken bouillon and add to the paste. Add the salt and sugar. Cook for 2 minutes stirring regularly to distribute evenly.
- Add the tamarind paste. Stir to distribute and turn off the heat. Leave to cool.
- This sambal can be paired with any fried dish and is also good as dip for carrots, cucumber, and green mango.
- 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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