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Nasi kerabu, a rice dish with herbs, and grilled fish

Nasi kerabu, herb rice with grilled fish

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Rice mixed with fresh vegetables and grilled fish, topped with a fragrant sauce made with coconut milk, lemongrass, and kesum, served with budu.

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Recipe from Putera Luqman Tunku Andre, Rulwarih, Aurora, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Nasi kerabu is a rice dish made with fresh herbs and vegetables, typical of the east coast of Malaysia. The addition of fish, coconut milk sauce, and budu makes it a very complete and flavorful meal.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodCooking method: boiling, grilling, and then simmering.
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
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Directions

  1. Cook the rice in water until it is dry.
  2. Grill the mackerel. Remove the flesh and finely chop it. Mix it with the shredded coconut, then dry it in a frying pan.
  3. Place all the sauce ingredients, except for the salt, in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until the sauce thickens. Add the salt, then continue to cook for another 3 minutes.
  4. To serve, mix the rice with the vegetables, then top with the fish mixture. Serve with the sauce and budu. ≈ 10 min

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of rice, thoroughly rinsed
  • water, as needed
  • 100 g of green beans, cut into thin strips
  • 10 leaves of daun kesum, cut into thin strips
  • 100 g of soybean sprouts (mung bean sprouts)
  • 2 mackerel
  • Half a coconut, grated
  • salt and budu (fermented fish sauce), to taste
  • 200 ml of thick coconut milk
  • 2 large onions
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon of ginger
  • 1 stalk of lemongrass
  • 6 dried hot peppers

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