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13. Nasi Dagang

Image & Recipe Credit : kuali
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 300 g Nasi dagang rice or substitute with 200g good grade Siamese rice mixed with 100g glutinous rice
  • 1 Grated coconut to extract 3/4 cup thick coconut milk and 3/4 cup thin coconut milk
  • tsp Fenugreek seeds (halba)
  • 2 cloves Garlic (sliced finely)
  • 3 shallots (sliced finely)
  • 2 cm Young ginger (sliced finely)
  • tsp Salt

Instructions

  • Wash rice well and soak for five to six hours. Drain well, then steam rice for 20 to 25 minutes or until half-cooked.
  • Stir in thin coconut milk and continue steaming for 15 minutes until rice is nearly cooked.
  • Combine thick coconut milk, shallots, garlic, ginger, fenugreek and salt. Stir into the cooked rice then steam once more for 10 to 15 minutes or until rice is properly cooked.
  • Serve rice with kari ikan tongkol.