Ping Coombes Cooks: Nasi Lemak

Ping Coombes Cooks episode 4 brings you the amazing Nasi Lemak - a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish.
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Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Spicy Coconut Rice)
Serves 4 - 6
Ingredients
For the Sambal Ikan Bilis:
2 stalks lemongrass, removed top half fibrous part and the first layer
50g good quality ‘ikan bilis’ (dried anchovies), soaked in hot water for 15 mins you can find this in Chinese supermarket
12 dried hot chillies, soaked
7 fresh red chillies
10 shallots
2 cloves garlic
½ tablespoon shrimp paste
250 ml Vegetable oil
Seasoning:
3 - 4 tbs tamarind concentrate
½ tsp salt
¾ tbs sugar
1 tbs chicken stock powder
Pandan Coconut Rice
300g jasmine rice
water + coconut milk (exact measurements?)
pinch of salt
1 pandan leaf knotted
A thick sliced of ginger
Garnish
20g ikan bilis, shallow fried until crispy in some oil
½ cucumber, halve lengthways, seeds removed, cut into thick slices
3 eggs, softly boiled, halved
100g salted peanuts
Method
1) Blend all ingredients for the sambal as finely and smoothly as possible. Loosen with some vegetable oil if it is too dry. Heat oil in wok. Fry paste in medium heat until oil separates (about 20 minutes), be careful of paste catching at the bottom of the wok. Season and leave at room temperature
2) In the meantime, prepare all the garnish
3) Put the rice and the rest of the ingredients in a rice cooker. Turn it on.
4) This dish is eaten at room temperature.
5) To assemble the dish, put some rice on the plate, a generous spoonful of sambal, 4-6 pieces of cucumber, half an egg, some crispy ikan bilis and peanuts.

[@harithfahmi5993]

She's really Malaysian. i love her

[@afikdizzy]

I smiled when u said agak2. the beauty of malaysian cooking.

[@ashertoh7097]

You are a real Malaysian traditional cook. Have watch your other videos. Fantastic!

[@mohdhairi2191]

loved the word "Agak-agak" :)

[@dominicjoseph8584]

what if i dont have belcan??? can i use regular shrimp paste?? so sad..

[@fizpeace1094]

yes u can

[@higashirinchiah1013]

Malaysian here. I usually skips the belacan in my sambal. The smell is so intense and it attracts flies when you are cooking it 😅

[@njamil85]

yummy!!!

[@mohdhafiz5703]

lapar lak aku adui

[@mrzack9344]

love it. thanks ping ping =) .