Nasi Lemak (Lee Wee’s recipe)

Nasi Lemak

Serves five

Ingredients

370g rice, rinsed

625ml water

10 tsp thick coconut milk

3g salt

4g ginger, sliced

3 pandan leaves, knotted

Method

1. Put rice, water, coconut milk, salt, ginger and pandan leaves in an electric rice cooker. Mix well, cover and cook.

2. When the rice is done, stir it gently with a pair of chopsticks to fluff it up.

3. Serve with roasted peanuts, fried ikan bilis and cucumber slices on the side.

Sambal chilli

Ingredients

70g fresh red chilli

1 large red onion

6 cloves garlic

3 Tbs cooking oil

80g ikan bilis, ground to a fine powder

8g salt

18g sugar

Method

1. Blend fresh red chillies, red onion and garlic to form a smooth paste.

2. To a heated wok, add cooking oil and stir-fry the ground ikan bilis for about two minutes till fragrant.

3. Add the ground chilli paste, salt and sugar and stir-fry for another 15 minutes.

The Straits Times 26/09/2009