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Nasi Kerabu

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Nasi Kerabu

A vibrant Malaysian blue rice salad with herbs and crispy toppings — the butterfly pea flower is purely for colour and has almost no flavour of its own, so don't skip seasoning the rice properly.

Total time
45 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
25 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Malaysian
gluten-free

Ingredients

3 cupsrice, cooked with butterfly pea flower
2 cupsmixed fresh herbs, finely sliced
to tastefried shallots and toasted coconut

Instructions

1

Cook the rice with the butterfly pea flower for its distinctive blue hue.

2

Spread out and cool completely.

3

Toss the cooled rice with the finely sliced mixed herbs until evenly distributed.

4

Top with fried shallots, toasted coconut and a good squeeze of lime just before serving.

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