Healthy Nasi Lemak

Name: Healthy Nasi Lemak
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Malay
Ingredients: 1 cup Brown Rice; 1 Egg; 30 g Dried Red Chillies; 1 Red Chilli; 1/2 Red Onion; 5 cloves Garlic; 2 Tbsp Asam Jawa; 2 tsp Brown Sugar; 1 Raw Peanuts; 1/4 cup Ikan Bilis; 1/4 Cucumber; 1 piece Ginger; 1 Pandan Leaf; 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil; Salt; 2 cups Water

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Level

moderate

Cooking

20 min

Preparation

10 min

Ingredients

Servings

Brown Rice or Basmati Rice	1 cup
Egg boiled and halved	1
Dried Red Chillies soaked	30 g
Red Chilli	1
Red Onion chopped	¹⁄₂
Garlic	5 cloves
Asam Jawa	2 tbsp
Brown Sugar	2 tsp
Raw Peanuts	1
Ikan Bilis	¹⁄₄ cup
Cucumber sliced	¹⁄₄
Ginger thinly sliced	1 piece
Pandan Leaf	1
Coconut Oil	1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Water	2 cups

How to cook

Cook rice

To cook the brown rice, add water, ginger and pandan leaf.
When the brown rice is cooked, toss it with coconut oil to give it the coconut flavor.

Prepare chilli mixture

To prepare tamarind liquid, add tamarind pulp soaked in warm water for the juice. Discard the seeds.
In the blender, blend the dried chillies, red chilli, red onion, and garlic until it forms a paste.
In a pan, heat up some oil and fry the chilli paste until the oil begins to separate.
Add the tamarind liquid, brown sugar and continue cooking for 15 minutes until the mixture turns dark red.
Add salt to taste if necessary.

Cook ikan bilis & peanuts

Microwave or dry fry the ikan bilis till crisp.
Dry fry the peanuts in a pan until lightly browned.

Assemble & serve

To serve, place brown rice, ikan bilis, peanuts, egg and the sambal sauce on a plate. Garnish with cucumber.

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