🇲🇾 Malaysia
Nasi Lemak, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
25 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Rinse 250 ml jasmine rice, then place in a rice cooker with 120 ml coconut milk, 180 ml water, 2 pandan leaves, 1 stalk lemongrass, and 15 g ginger, and cook.
Let the rice cooker do the work. You can get on with the next step while it cooks.
- 2
Fry 60 ml dried anchovies and 60 ml peanuts in a skillet with oil until crisp; slice 0.5 cucumber and 2 hard-boiled eggs.
- 3
Plate the cooked coconut rice alongside the crispy anchovies, peanuts, cucumber slices, eggs, and 3 tbsp sambal paste.
🇲🇾 How it's eaten in Malaysia
In Malaysia, nasi lemak is often served wrapped in a banana leaf and paired with fried chicken or beef rendang.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- jasmine rice250 ml
- coconut milk120 ml
- pandan leaf2 leaves
Swap: green onion top 2（optional）
- lemongrass1 stalk
Swap: lemon zest 1 tsp（citrus aroma）
- ginger15 g
- cucumber0.5
- hard-boiled egg2
- peanuts60 ml
Swap: roasted salted peanuts 60 ml（no frying needed）
- dried anchovies60 ml
Swap: bacon bits 2 tbsp（easy savory crunch）
- sambal paste3 tbsp
Swap: sriracha 3 tbsp + red pepper flakes 0.25 tsp（spicy garlic kick）
Authentic ingredients in Malaysia
- jasmine rice250 ml
- coconut milk120 ml
- pandan leaf2 leaves
- lemongrass1 stalk
- ginger15 g
- cucumber0.5
- hard-boiled egg2
- peanuts60 ml
- dried anchovies60 ml
- sambal paste3 tbsp
Optional authentic touch
Bruising the lemongrass and tying the pandan leaves in a knot before cooking extracts maximum aroma into the rice.
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