There is a special dish which is a favourite to most Malaysian which makes use of mainly healthy ingredients, and therefore oh, can be eaten without guilt! It is easy to prepare but tastes really delicious.
It is called 'nasi ulam' which means herbal rice.
It really tastes so incredibly good. Hard to believe a healthy food can be delicious?
Don't take my word for it. Try this easy recipe.
Nasi Ulam
Ingredients:
10 - 12 shallots (small onions) (finely sliced and fried until crispy) - please see tips below to prevent tears or crying or giving up)
10 cloves garlic - sliced finely and fried.
1 turmeric leave - finely chopped/shredded
I grated coconut - 'dry fried without oil' and pounded
1 or two lime leaves - finely chopped/ shredded
1 kafir lime leave - finely chopped/ shredded (optional but I love its impact on the rice)
600gms fish - fried and flaked
600gms small prawns - clean and fried in 1 tbs oil
1 cucumber - diced small
3 red chillies - sliced
2 green chillies - sliced
1 cucumber - diced (finely)
1 bowl chicken stock ( or 1/2 cubed stock mix with a hot bowl of water)
5 cups cooked rice
Oil for frying.
Method:
1. Mix the rice with all the ingredients, adding in a little at a time. Use the chicken stock to moisture the mixture to taste.
2. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Serve with sambal or chilli paste of your choice.
Serves 4 - 6 persons
*** Tips to prevent tears when slicing shallots
Use a knife with a very sharp end to slice the them.
Poke the sharp end to a shallot, then beging to slice all the rest.
*** Somehow you it is less difficult with large onions. Perhaps they give out less gas.
If you wish you can eat this 'sambal belachan' ( chillies with dried shrimp paste ):
Ingredients:
4 red chillies
1 clove garlic
2 small onions
1/2 tsp brown sugar
Salt to taste.8
Dried shrimp paste - thumb size - lightly roasted over small fire
1/2 lime fruit -squeeze for juice
Method:
1. Wash the chillies ( deseed them to reduce the 'hotness')
2. Pound the chillies in a pestle of mortar
3. Add the roasted dried shrimp paste (pound )l .
4. Add in garlic and pound
5. Add in the small onion and pound.
6. Squeeze the 1/2 lime into the mixture
7. Add sugar and salt to taste.
Serve this with the cut cucumbers.
(My mouth just waters writing all this down. Must go make this for dinner today)
It is called 'nasi ulam' which means herbal rice.
It really tastes so incredibly good. Hard to believe a healthy food can be delicious?
Don't take my word for it. Try this easy recipe.
Nasi Ulam
Ingredients:
10 - 12 shallots (small onions) (finely sliced and fried until crispy) - please see tips below to prevent tears or crying or giving up)
10 cloves garlic - sliced finely and fried.
1 turmeric leave - finely chopped/shredded
I grated coconut - 'dry fried without oil' and pounded
1 or two lime leaves - finely chopped/ shredded
1 kafir lime leave - finely chopped/ shredded (optional but I love its impact on the rice)
600gms fish - fried and flaked
600gms small prawns - clean and fried in 1 tbs oil
1 cucumber - diced small
3 red chillies - sliced
2 green chillies - sliced
1 cucumber - diced (finely)
1 bowl chicken stock ( or 1/2 cubed stock mix with a hot bowl of water)
5 cups cooked rice
Oil for frying.
Method:
1. Mix the rice with all the ingredients, adding in a little at a time. Use the chicken stock to moisture the mixture to taste.
2. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Serve with sambal or chilli paste of your choice.
Serves 4 - 6 persons
*** Tips to prevent tears when slicing shallots
Use a knife with a very sharp end to slice the them.
Poke the sharp end to a shallot, then beging to slice all the rest.
*** Somehow you it is less difficult with large onions. Perhaps they give out less gas.
If you wish you can eat this 'sambal belachan' ( chillies with dried shrimp paste ):
Ingredients:
4 red chillies
1 clove garlic
2 small onions
1/2 tsp brown sugar
Salt to taste.8
Dried shrimp paste - thumb size - lightly roasted over small fire
1/2 lime fruit -squeeze for juice
Method:
1. Wash the chillies ( deseed them to reduce the 'hotness')
2. Pound the chillies in a pestle of mortar
3. Add the roasted dried shrimp paste (pound )l .
4. Add in garlic and pound
5. Add in the small onion and pound.
6. Squeeze the 1/2 lime into the mixture
7. Add sugar and salt to taste.
Serve this with the cut cucumbers.
(My mouth just waters writing all this down. Must go make this for dinner today)
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