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Monday, August 30, 2010

Nasi Goreng

Ingredients
450g plain cooled
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
10g coriander leaves sliced
10g spring onion sliced
salt to taste-ground paste
5 red bird's eye chillies
50g dried anchovies 
4 green chillies chopped
1 red chili chopped
4 big eggs beaten
2 onion chopped
6 cloves garlic chopped
garnish & accompaniments
fried anchovies as desired
crisp fried shallot as desired
100g dried prawns soaked for 10 minutes drained before use

Method
Prepare ground paste using a mortar & pestle grind soaked dried prawns
& dried anchovies set aside. Grind rest of ingredients separately then mix 
with dried prawns & dried anchovies until well combined. Alternatively,
combine all ingredients in blender & process into a coarse paste.
Heat oil in wok over medium heat. add ground paste & stir fry until lightly
browned & fragrant. add eggs a quarter at a time until well combined with
paste. leave eggs to cook for a few minutes before adding rice. add rice to 
fry a few minutes until ingredients are well mixed. 
Season to taste with salt.
Toss in coriander leaves & spring onion. fry for another minute 
before removing from heat.
garnish with crisp fried shallots & sprinkle over some fried anchovies
ready to serve.

Note
The ground paste will be more flavourful when ground using a mortar 
& pestle instead of a blender as the paste should be coarse & not too fine.
adjust the number of chillies used according to taste.