Nasi Lemak

Name: Nasi Lemak
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 400g jasmine rice; 400ml coconut milk; 200ml water; 3 pandan leaves, knotted; 1 tsp salt; 100g dried anchovies, fried until crispy; 100g roasted peanuts; 1 cucumber, sliced; 4 hard-boiled eggs; sambal oelek to serve

Malaysian coconut rice served with sambal, fried anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and egg. Cooking the rice with pandan leaves right in the pot is what perfumes every grain with that distinct fragrance, rather than leaving the rice tasting like plain coconut milk alone.

Total time

35 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Malaysian

gluten-free

Ingredients

400gjasmine rice

400mlcoconut milk

200mlwater

3pandan leaves, knotted

1 tspsalt

100gdried anchovies, fried until crispy

100groasted peanuts

1cucumber, sliced

4hard-boiled eggs

sambal oelekto serve

Instructions

Combine rice, coconut milk, water, pandan leaves and salt in a pot.

Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and cook 15 minutes.

Steam remaining 10 minutes with heat off.

Arrange warm coconut rice on a banana leaf.

Serve with anchovies, peanuts, cucumber, egg 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

595

Protein

17.8g

Fat

41.9g

Carbs

42.1g

Fiber

Sodium

561mg

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