MALAYSIAN NASI LEMAK SPECIAL ©

Nasi Lemak is considered a national heritage dish in the Malaysian food culture. Nasi Lemak is also found in Singapore, Brunei, Riau Islands and Southern Thailand. Nasi Lemak can be served in a variety of manners. Its versatility makes this dish taken at any time of the day. Nasi Lemak has its roots in the Malay culture. The meaning of the word Nasi Lemak means "fatty rice".
The name is derived from the cooking process whereby rice is soaked in coconut cream and then steamed. Pandan leaves can be added to the cooking process to enhance the fragrant of the rice. Ginger and lemon grass may be added. Traditionally, Nasi Lemak comes as a plate of food wrapped in banana leaf, with cucumber slices, dried ikan bilis (anchovies), roasted peanuts, hard boiled egg, and hot spicy sauce (sambal). As a more substantial meal, nasi lemak can also come with a variety of accompaniments such as chicken, cuttlefish, cockles, stir-fried KangKong, pickled vegetables (acar), or beef rendang. Traditionally most of these accompaniments are spicy in nature.

This preparation is Malaysian Nasi Lemak Special. 
Stir-fried Peppery Squid and Curry Beef are added as accompaniments to the Sambal Ikan Bilis (anchovies) and fragrant coconut steam rice.


Preparation for 4

TO PREPARE: COCONUT STEAM RICE

                                      

                                               

Wash 3 cups rice grain.  Add into the rice grain coconut milk (80 g coconut milk powder to 2 cups water) and 1 cup water, 1 tsp salt, 1 ginger slice. Bring rice to boil in a cooker.

TO PREPARE: SAMBAL IKAN BILIS

                                                                                        

Prepare slices of 1 large onion, 1 medium ginger, 10 garlics cloves, 10 chilli, 1 lemon grass.

To prepare sambal:-Using blender, blend all the ingredients into a puree paste.

                                     

                                 

Fry 1 cup peanuts in cooking oil in a skillet until peanuts turn brown. Remove and drained over paper towel. Reserve the oil and fry ikan bilis (anchovies) over medium heat until ikan bilis turns crisp and brown. Remove and drained over paper towel. Discard used oil.

                                           

                                                


Saute sambal paste with 5 tbs cooking oil over medium heat briefly. Add ikan bilis. Stir and combine well. For flavor, add:- 1 tbs salt, 4 tbs sugar. Continue frying and stirring.

                                           

 Add peanuts. Combine and stir into the ikan bilis and sambal paste. Keep sauteeing until sambal paste has blended into the cooked ingredients.

TO PREPARE: CURRY BEEF STEW

                                             

                                               

  Prepare slices of ginger, onions, garlic, chilli, 1 lemon grass and 1 lb beef meat.

                                           

Fry onions, garlic, ginger, lemon grass, chilli in 6 tbs cooking oil until fragrant. Add 4 tbs curry powder and stir into the ingredients. Add beef meat and combine well. For flavor, add:- 3 tbs fish sauce, 2 tbs chicken stock brand. Continue stirring. Add coconut milk ( 160 g coconut milk powder to 2 cups water), stirring slowly. Add 1 tbs dark soya sauce. This is to darken the curry beef stew. Cover with top, and leave to simmer for 30 minutes over low heat until beef meat tenderize. 

TO PREPARE: HOT n FIERY SQUID

                                             

Prepare 1 lb squid slices. Use the other one-quarter sambal paste prepared earlier.

                                                             

 Saute sambal paste in 4 tbs cooking oil over medium heat briefly. Add squid. Stir and combine with sambal paste. For flavor, add:- 2 tbs fish sauce, 1 tbs chicken stock brand. Stir into the ingredients. Avoid cooking for longer than 5 minutes as overcooking can cause the squid to get rubbery.

Using a large platter, serve coconut fragrant rice with Sambal Ikan Bilis, Curry Beef, and Hot & Fiery Squid. Add 2 halves hard boiled eggs and cucumber.