Nasi Lemak (Thermomix)

Difficulty : easy

Preparation time : 10 min
Total time : 45 min
Serving size : 4 portions

Ingredients
Coconut milk rice
1100 g water
350 g rice, washed and drained
200 g coconut milk, room temperature
20 g fresh ginger, smashed
3 pandan leaves, tied into knots
2 stalks fresh lemongrass, white part only and sliced
1 ½ tbsp salt
4 eggs

Sambal ikan bilis
20 g tamarind paste
100 g water
40 - 80 g dried chillies, large and mild heat, deseeded and soaked to soften
5 garlic cloves
150 g shallots
40 g cooking oil
20 g light soy sauce
40 g sugar
1 tsp salt
60 g anchovies (ikan bilis), deep fried
200 g onions (approx. 2 onions), thinly sliced
1 cucumber, sliced, to garnish
unsalted roasted peanuts, to garnish

Preparation
Coconut milk rice

1. Place water in mixing bowl, insert simmering basket, add rice, coconut milk, ginger, pandan leaves, lemongrass and salt to it. Stir well with spatula.
2. Set Varoma dish into position, add eggs to it. Close Varoma lid and cook 18 min/Varoma/speed 2.
3. Remove Varoma and place eggs in cold water before removing egg shell. Cut into halves and set aside.
4. Remove simmering basket with spatula. With aid of spatula, transfer cooked rice to a thermal serving bowl and set aside. Clean mixing bowl.

Sambal ikan bilis

1. Place a small bowl on mixing bowl lid, weigh in tamarind paste and water. Mix, deseed and set aside. Place dried chillies, garlic cloves, shallots and cooking oil in mixing bowl, blend 20 sec/speed 10. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.
2. Add light soy sauce, sugar, salt and tamarind-water mixture, cook 13 min/120°C//speed 2.
3. Without measuring cup, cook 2 min/120°C/ /speed 2, meanwhile, add deep fried anchovies and onions through hole of mixing bowl lid. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. In a serving plate, add a portion of cooked coconut rice, sambal and reserved eggs, garnish with sliced cucumber and roasted peanuts. Serve hot.

Hints & Tips

1. Instead of deep fried crispy anchovies, try toasting the anchovies in oven for 15 minutes at 150°C or until light golden brown. The anchovies will become crispy once they are cooled.
2. Add 1 tbsp of coconut oil in step 4 after rice is cooked to enhance the coconut aroma.
3. A thermal serving bowl is ideal to keep the cooked rice warm.
4. Replace coconut milk with virgin coconut oil. Omit 200 g coconut milk and add 1300 g water in step 1. In step 4, add 60 g virgin coconut oil to the cooked rice and mix well.