Nasi lemak

Make Nasi lemak at home

Ingredients

• 2 cups jasmine rice
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup water
• 2 pandan leaves, knotted
• 2 slices ginger
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup dried anchovies (ikan bilis), fried
• 1/2 cup roasted peanuts
• 1 cucumber, sliced
• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 cup sambal (chili paste with onion and tamarind)

How it's made

1. Rinse the rice until water runs clear and drain.
2. Combine rice, coconut milk, water, pandan, ginger, and salt in a pot or rice cooker and cook until tender.
3. Fry the anchovies in oil until crisp and golden; drain.
4. Warm the sambal.
5. Fluff the rice and discard pandan and ginger.
6. Plate rice with sambal, anchovies, peanuts, egg, and cucumber.