Nasi Lemak
1 ) Nasi Lemak
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
3 screwpine leaves
salt to taste
1 grated coconut
Method:
Clean the rice and drain
Squeeze out 2 cups of thick coconut milk with screwpine leaves. Add
in salt.
If you desire, you can also add in some sliced shallots and ginger.
Serve this rice with sliced hard-boiled eggs, cucumber and sambal ikan
bilis.
2 ) Sambal Ikan Bilis
Ingredients:
1 bombay onion
1/2 cup dried ikan bilis ( anchovies )
1 clove garlic
2 tbsps tamarind juice
4 shallots
8 dried chillies
Prawn paste ( belacan) ( Optional )
Salt and sugar to taste
Method:
Fry the ikan bilis until crisp and put aside.
Grind the prawn paste together with shallots, garlic, deseeded dried
chillies. Slice the bombay onion into rings.
Heat 2 tbsps oil in a pan and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant.
Add in the onion rings.
Add tamatind juice, salt, sugar.
Cook, stirring occasionally until the gravy thickens.
Add in the ikan bilis and mix well.
Serve with steaming hot Nasi Lemak.