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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Malaysian

Ingredients
  

Coconut Rice
  • 2 cup jasmine rice (washed & drained)
  • cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 pandan leaf, knotted
  • 1 tsp salt
Sambal Nasi Lemak
  • 15 dried chilies (soaked in hot water, deseeded)
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 1 tbsp shrimp paste (belacan)
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 cup tamarind water
  • 2 tbsp sugar (palm sugar preferred)
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup ikan bilis (anchovies)
Sides
  • 2 eggs (boiled)
  • ½ cup roasted peanuts
  • ½ cup fried anchovies
  • 1 cucumber (sliced)

Method
 

  1. Rinse jasmine rice until water runs clear.
  2. Add rice, coconut milk, water, salt, and pandan leaf to a rice cooker.
  3. Cook until rice is fluffy, then fluff gently and keep warm.
  4. Blend soaked dried chilies, onion, garlic, ginger, and shrimp paste into a smooth paste.
  5. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
  6. Fry the sambal paste until fragrant and oil separates.
  7. Add tamarind water, sugar, and salt.
  8. Simmer until thick and dark red, then stir in anchovies.
  9. Fry anchovies until crispy.
  10. Roast peanuts until golden.
  11. Boil eggs, peel, and cut in half.
  12. Slice cucumber.
  13. Serve coconut rice with sambal, anchovies, peanuts, egg, and cucumber.