Nasi Lemak

Method

1. 1

   Cook the rice in coconut milk plus water with a pinch of salt (add ginger or a knotted pandan if you have it).

2. 2

   Blend chilies and shallots; fry until dark, then season with tamarind, sugar and salt into a sweet-hot sambal.

   💡 Nasi lemak sambal leans sweeter than you expect — that's authentic, not a mistake.

3. 3

   Fry the anchovies crisp; toast the peanuts.

4. 4

   Plate rice with sambal, anchovies, peanuts, egg and cucumber. Banana leaf optional, correct.