DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Nasi Lemak
Coconut and pandan rice with sambal anchovies, fish, egg, peanuts and cucumber.
About Nasi Lemak
Nasi lemak centres on coconut milk rice scented with pandan. Bee Yinn Low's Malaysian rendition surrounds the rice with sambal anchovies, fried mackerel, hard-boiled egg, roasted peanuts and cucumber.
Shallots, garlic, dried red chillies and belacan form the sambal paste. Tamarind supplies its sour note, while sugar and salt balance the sauce around the crisp anchovies and sliced red onion.
The hot rice sits in the centre of the plate with the accompaniments arranged around it. A banana-leaf lining is optional, adding its aroma where the warm rice touches the leaf.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Fish, Egg, Peanut.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Nasi Lemak
Bee Yinn Low's Malaysian nasi lemak with sambal anchovies and fried mackerel.
- RiceBase
- WaterLiquid
- Coconut milkLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Pandan leavesAromatic
- ShallotsAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Dried red chillies (arbol)Seasoning
- Belacan (prawn paste)Seasoning
- Tamarind pulpSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Dried anchoviesProtein
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Red onionAromatic
- Small mackerelProtein
- Hard-boiled eggsAccompaniment
- Roasted peanutsAccompaniment
- CucumberAccompaniment
- Banana leafBase · Optional
- Extra sambal belacanAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual160 variety unprovided.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual161/171/186/188/189 rice/cooking/tamarind/anchovywash consolidated; chile presoak113 explicit.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual162, not dairy milk; exact preparedproduct unprovided.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual163/173/186/190/191 consolidated.
- Pandan leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual164 tiedleafricearomatic removed186, not fruit.
- Shallots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual166/187.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual167/187.
- Dried red chillies (arbol): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual168 genericdriedredchile card;109 explicitly authorusesdriedArbol, actualnamedbranch retained. No freshchilli substitution.
- Belacan (prawn paste): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual169 explicitly prawnpaste, broader shrimppaste candidate; exact preparedformula unresolved.
- Tamarind pulp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual172/188 full own tmarindwater expanded rather than duplicate preparedjuice; not concentratealternative115.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual174/190.
- Dried anchovies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual176 ikanbilis driedanchovies, broadanchovy candidate species unprovided, sourceformretained.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual177/189/190/191 same frying oil reused for fish/sambal, oil species unprovided.
- Red onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual178/190 rings.
- Small mackerel: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual180 offeredmackerel option selected instead of sardines, exactspecies unprovided.
- Hard-boiled eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual181.
- Roasted peanuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Peanut source-confirmed. Actual182/196 original roastedpeanut option, not forced Planters saltedproduct.
- Cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual183/192.
- Banana leaf (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual102/198 optional plate lining/foodcontact aromatic, no newingredient union with conicaltakeawaypackaging.
- Extra sambal belacan (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual120 expressly conditional addedcondiment, broader sambal candidate with namedbelacan identity; full exactformula unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Malaysian Cuisine
- Malay CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Singaporean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.