Nasi Lemak
By: Sudha
Published: Monday, December 7, 2009 - 7:57am

Ingredients




500 grams long grain rice (wash and soak in water for 15 minutes then drain it)
700 ml Coconut Milk
1 inch ginger (sliced thinly)
1 teaspoon salt
2 screwpine leaves (knotted)

Preparation

1 Combine the rice grain, coconut milk, ginger, salt and screwpine leaves in a rice cooker. 2 Add 1/2 tsp of oil to prevent the rice from sticking. 3 Once the rice is cooked stir it with a fork.

About


Nasi Lemak is a meal of rice cooked in santan[coconut milk] served with a side of Sambal Ikan Bilis [dried anchovies cooked in a sambal]or Prawn Sambal, cucumber slices, hard boiled egg and peanuts, and traditionally packaged in a fresh banana leaf .It can be found in most of the stalls around Malaysia.