Malay Nasi Lemak

Name: Malay Nasi Lemak
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 400g long grain rice; 400ml coconut milk; 200ml water; 3 cm piece ginger; 2 stalks lemongrass; 3 pandan leaves; 1 tsp salt; 100g dried anchovies, fried crispy; 100g roasted peanuts; 4 hard-boiled eggs; cucumber slices to serve; sambal to serve

Coconut rice with crispy anchovies, peanuts, hard-boiled egg and sambal. Removing the ginger, lemongrass and pandan as soon as the rice is cooked, rather than leaving them in, stops their flavour turning bitter and overpowering the coconut rice.

Total time

30 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Malaysian

gluten-free

Ingredients

400glong grain rice

400mlcoconut milk

200mlwater

3 cm pieceginger

2 stalkslemongrass

3pandan leaves

1 tspsalt

100gdried anchovies, fried crispy

100groasted peanuts

4hard-boiled eggs

cucumber slicesto serve

sambalto serve

Instructions

Cook rice with coconut milk, water, ginger, lemongrass and pandan leaves.

Season with salt.

Remove aromatics when cooked.

Serve rice with crispy anchovies, peanuts, egg, cucumber and sambal.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

597

Protein

17.6g

Fat

41.9g

Carbs

42.8g

Fiber

4.7g

Sodium

561mg

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