NASI LEMAK KACANG HIJAU

NASI LEMAK KACANG HIJAU(GREEN BEAN NASI LEMAK)
Recipe since 1950s

INGREDIENTS:
-A piece of banana leaf enough to be as a wrapper or a small piece to be placed on top of a serving platter
-½ cup of green beans (soaked for 4hours & drained)
-2 cups of rice (best option long grain rice)
-2 pandan leaves tied in knot (scewpine leaves)
-1 cup thick coconut milk (recommended fresh coconut milk)
-1 slice ginger
-Salt to taste

*Ingredients for garnishes:
-½ cup fried crisped ikan bilis (anchovies)
-2 tbsps fried or roasted peanuts
-4 slices of cucumber
-4 slices of tomatoes

*Optional garnishes:
Fried fish, fried chicken thigh or wing, otak-otak (spicy fish paste) & cherries.

Prepare Rice:
-Wash, clean & drain rice
-Add soaked green beans
-Add 2cups of water with coconut milk & salt
-Add ginger, pandan leaves
-Bring to boil, lower heat, simmer for about 10-15mins until water has been absorbed (optional use rice cooker)
-Loosen rice grains with wooden ladle
-Cover pot & leave rice to cook for another 10-15mins
-After rice cooked, loosen rice grains again (if using rice cooker, once it tripped to warm, loosen rice grains again)

Serving:
-Serve Hot Green Bean Nasi Lemak on top of banana leaf with chilli sambal, fried ikan bilis, fried or roasted peanuts, slices of cucumber & tomatoes (Add optional garnish with fried fish, fried chicken wing, otak-otak & cherries).


Wish you the best of good luck for trying DIY cooking ………….