Nasi Lemak

Pandan-flavoured Coconut Rice served with Crispy Anchovies and Omelette

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8 to 12

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Growing Up In A Nonya Kitchen

By Sharon Wee

Published 2012

  • About

It was an old Baba custom to serve nasi lemak on the 12th day of a Baba wedding. The elaborate wedding is rarely experienced now. My mother often told me the stories of such a day’s events. It would start with the bride’s family providing the groom’s mother with a section of the bedsheet used on the wedding night. Lime juice was used to test the evidence of the bride’s virtue… or lack thereof. If all went well, a roasted suckling pig on a tray took pride of place at a street procession to t