
Nasi Minyak and Sambal Prawns with Arabic Salad
Level
easy
Cooking
45 min
Preparation
60 min
Ingredients
Servings
5
Prawn deshelled and deveined | 500 g |
Yellow Onion | 1 |
Shallots | 3 |
Garlic | 3 |
Lemongrass | 1 |
Ginger | 2 cm |
Ghee melted | 2 tbsp |
Basmati Rice | 2 cups |
Star Anise | 1 |
Cinnamon Stick | 1 |
Green Cardamom | 2 |
Pandan Leaf knotted | 1 |
Evaporated Milk unsweetened | 100 ml |
Salt | 1⁄4 tsp |
Turmeric Powder | 1⁄2 tsp |
Coriander for garnish | 1 bunch |
Dried Red Chillies deseed half, cut into 1 inch segments | 20 |
Shrimp Paste | 1 tbsp |
Large Onion 1/2 thinly sliced and the other 1/2 roughly chopped | 1 |
Sugar | 1 tbsp |
Lime juice | 1 tbsp |
Cucumber deseeded and cut into 1 cm cubes | 2 |
Tomatoes deseeded and cut into 1 cm cubes | 2 |
Red Bell Pepper deseeded and cut into 1 cm cubes | 1 |
Radish cut into 1cm cubes | 4 |
Fresh Parsley washed and leaves only | 1 bunch |
Green Onion green part only | 2 |
Olive Oil | 3 tbsp |
Sea Salt | 1 tsp |
Lemon juice | 1 |
Black Pepper | 1⁄2 tsp |
How to cook
Prepare nasi minyak
- Turn on rice cooker and select “cook” function. Warm up for 2 minutes.
- Add in the melted ghee. After 10 seconds, add in the lemongrass stalk, shallots, onion and ginger.
- Saute until soft. Add in the garlic and gently fry.
- Stir in the star anise, clove, cardamom pods and cinnamon stick and continue frying until fragrant.
- Add in the pandan leaf and stir for 30 seconds before adding in the washed rice.
- Add the evaporated milk, water and salt into the pot.
- Mix well and once it bubbles, close the lid and cook as per normal white rice function.
- Once the rice cooker is done, set it to “keep warm” function.
- Open the lid and remove the spices before mixing the turmeric with the water mixture.
- Add in the raisins and coriander. Mix thoroughly.
- To serve, garnish with crispy shallots, more coriander and roasted cashews.
Prepare sambal prawns
- Deseed half the red chillis and cut them into 1-inch segments.
- Soak them in a bowl of hot water for 15 minutes to rehydrate.
- In a blender, add in the roughly chopped half portion of onion, garlic, shrimp paste and drained chillies.
- Blend into a fine paste and set aside.
- If the paste is too dry, you can drizzle in water until it forms a paste-like consistency.
- Heat up a wok and cook the half portion of sliced onions and saute until soft.
- Add in the sambal paste and continue frying for 2 minutes.
- Add the water, salt and sugar to the mix and bring it to a simmer.
- Reduce heat and cook for 20 minutes until sambal is reduced and thickened.
- Add in the prawns, bring the heat back up and cook for about 3 minutes until the prawns are cooked.
- Turn off the stove and stir in the lime juice before serving.
Prepare salad
- In a large mixing bowl, add cucumbers, tomatoes, red bell pepper and radish.
- Chop a whole bunch of fresh parsley and add it to the mixing bowl.
- Add in the green onions (green parts only).
- Add in the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and black pepper.
- Toss your salad well to combine.
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