Nasi Lemak

Name: Nasi Lemak (Pandan-flavoured Coconut Rice served with Crispy Anchovies and Omelette)
Yield: Makes 8 to 12 Servings
Ingredients: 6 pandan leaves; 450 g or 1 pound ikan bilis (dried anchovies); 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional); For the cucumber slices, skin 2 cucumbers and then slice them 0.5 cm or ¼ inch thick. You may scoop out the seeds if you prefer.; Salt to taste; 1½ teaspoons salt; 3 red chillies, sliced thinly (optional); 1 onion, peeled and sliced thinly (optional); White pepper to taste; 1 to 1½ cups water; ½ to 1 cup peanuts (optional); 2 cups long grain rice; 1 cup coconut milk; Sugar to taste; 6 eggs; ½ cup coconut cream

Pandan-flavoured Coconut Rice served with Crispy Anchovies and Omelette

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