Nasi Dagang

Hello,

I've made classic nasi lemak last few weeks and last weekend I made another Malaysian dish popular in east coast region especially in Kelantan and Terengganu. Nasi dagang is another delicious dish consisting of rice steamed or cooked in coconut milk and served with fish or prawn curry, hard boiled eggs and vegetable pickles.

This recipe might not exactly the same as the original nasi dagang because I don't have a special curry spice from the east coast Malaysia but it close enough to the recipe that I follow from cikwankitchen.com website.

NASI DAGANG

Ingredients;

For the rice;

1 1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup glutinous rice
200ml coconut milk mix with 1 cup of water
1 shallot, sliced
1 clove garlic, sliced
2cm ginger, sliced
1 teaspoon fenugreek

Method;

- Soak both rice in water for 4 hours or overnight.
- Drain well and transfer to rice cooker. Add shallot, garlic, ginger, fenugreek, a pinch of salt and 2 cups of coconut milk. Press the cook button and let the rice cooked.

For the prawn curry;

Ingredients;

300g prawns
2-3 hard boiled egg
200ml coconut milk
2 shallot
2 cloves garlic
1cm ginger
1cm ganagal
1 teaspoon chili paste or chili powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek
2-3 red or green chilli, optional

Method;

- Place shallot, garlic, ginger, ganagal, chili paste and turmeric powder in a blender or food processor and blend into fine paste.
- Heat little oil in a saucepan and fry fenugreek for a few seconds.
- Add shallot garlic paste and cook for a few minutes.
- Add in curry powder and a bit of water and cook for another few minutes until the oil separated. Add a bit more water if necessary.
- Pour in the coconut milk and bring to a gentle boil over low heat until thickened and slightly reduced.
- Add prawns and hard boiled egg, cook until the prawns are cooked through.
- Add red or green chili and season with salt, pepper and a bit of brown sugar.
- Serve rice with prawn curry and pickles.

Enjoy nasi dagang!