Blue Rice Salad (Nasi Kerabu)

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Blue Rice Salad (Nasi Kerabu)

Living outside Malaysia and craving for Nasi kerabu? Try this recipe! I've adapted it for people outside Malaysia who want to enjoy this amazing meal.

Prep Time2

Cook Time1

Servings: people

Author: Bea & Marco

Ingredients

Fried Fish

1 lb fish (450 gr)
1 cup rice flour (130 gr)
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon coriander powder
½ teaspoon fennel powder
½ teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper powder
1 egg
½ cup water (125 ml)
oil for deep frying

Fish Coconut Floss

½ red onion
2 lemongrass
2 can tuna in water (2x2.8 oz or2x80 gr), lightly drain the water
1 ½ cup coconut flakes (110 gr)
¼ teaspoon salt
few grinds of black pepper

Sambal

15 bird eye chillies
¼ teaspoon sugar
Pinch of salt
lime juice to taste

Sweet And Spicy Coconut Sauce

2 shallots
½ thumb sized ginger
15 dried chillies , soaked until soft & drained beforehand
1 oz anchovy fillets (30 gr)
1 lemongrass
1 cup coconut milk (250 ml)
1 tablespoon coconut sugar , or brown/granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lime juice
salt to taste

Stuffed Pepers (Solok Lada)

10 Spanish padron peppers
½ red onion
2 garlic cloves
½ thumb sized ginger
¼ cup coconut flakes (20 gr)
¼ cup coconut milk (60 ml)
2 can tuna in water ,(2x2.8 oz or2x80 gr), lightly drain the water
¼ teaspoon salt
few grinds of black pepper

Blue Rice

1 ½ cup basmati rice (280 gr), soak for 20 minutes and drain
2 ½ cup boiling water (625 ml)
4 kefir lime leaves
1 lemongrass
¼ teaspoon salt
few drops of blue food colouring

Herbs Salad

2 cup thinly sliced cabbage (90 gr)
2 cup bean sprouts (100 gr)
1 cucumber , cut into matchsticks
10 green beans , thinly sliced
1 cup mint leaves (10 gr), chopped
1 cup coriander leaves (10 gr), chopped

Others

some shrimp crackers
spiced chicken with coconut milk , please see my recipe in the link above
boiled salted eggs , please see my recipe in the link above

Instructions

Fried Fish

Prep the fish and cut into halves if they're too big. Pat dry with kitchen paper and set aside.
In a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients except the oil. Mix everything together into a thick batter. Set aside.
Heat a pot with abundance of oil on medium heat. Dip the fish in the batter and let the excess batter drip before putting the fish in the oil. Fry until golden brown and fully cook. Set aside on kitchen paper to absorb the oil
Repeat with the rest of the fish. Do in batches and don't over crown the pot. Set aside.

Coconut Tuna Floss

Blend red onion and lemongrass into a fine paste.
Transfer into a pan together with the rest of the ingredients and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes or until the mixture is slightly dry. You can cook it longer if you like the mixture drier. Set aside.

Sambal

Blend the chillies together with salt and sugar. Transfer into a bowl. Squeeze in some lime juice to taste. Set aside.

Sweet And Spicy Coconut Sauce

Blend shallots, ginger, chillies, anchovies and lemongrass into a fine paste. Saute the paste with some oil in a pan on medium heat for 5 minutes or until the paste is shiny and drier.
Then add in coconut milk and cook for another 1-2 minutes or until the sauce slightly thickens. Turn the heat off. Adjust salt if need then add in lime juice and mix well. Set aside.

Stuffed Peppers (Solok Lada)

Slit the peppers and discard the seeds. Set aside. Meanwhile heat your steamer.
Blend red onion, garlic and ginger into a fine paste. Transfer to a bowl together with the rest of the ingredients and mix everything well.
Stuff the peppers, making the filling a bit visible. Place the stuffed peppers in the hot steamer and steam for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.

Blue Rice

Transfer the drained rice into a casserole pan. The wide surface of the pan helps in cooking the rice faster and more evenly.
Add in the rest of the ingredients and bring it to a simmer. Cover the pan with a lid, reduce heat to low and cook for 15 minutes or until fully cooked.
Fluff the rice with a fork. Set aside.

Herbs Salad

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.

Assembling Nasi Kerabu

Scoop some rice into a plate. Place some of each components all around the rice. Serve.
To eat, mix everything together except for grilled chicken, fried fish and stuffed peppers. Crush the crackers and mix together also. Grab a bite of those 3 components while eating. Enjoy!

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