Nasi Lemak (Sihat)

Ingredients:
(a) for rice
270 g (1 3/4 cups) rice
4 shallots, sliced
1 pip garlic, chopped
200 ml (1 cup) water
350 ml (1 3/4 cups) diluted coconut milk from 1/4 coconut
20 g (2) pandan leaves
1/2 tsp salt

(b) for sambal
20 dried chillies + 1 pip garlic + 4 shallots, blended with 250 ml (1 1/4 cups) water
1 big onion, sliced finely
1 tbsp tamarind, mixed with 60 ml (1/3 cup) water.
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp vegetable oil

(c) for anchovies and groundnuts
30 g anchovies, discard head and entrails
50 g groundnuts

(d) swamp cabbage (kangkung)
4 stalks swamp cabbage, cut
125 ml (3/4 cups) water

(e) accompaniments
1 egg, boiled
1 small size cucumber, cut into rings

Rice:
1. Wash rice.
2. Add water, diluted coconut milk, shallots, garlic, pandan leaves and salt.
3. Cook rice. (Cover with cloth to preserve fragrance of rice)

Sambal:
1. Saute blended ingredients until cooked or fragrant.
2. Add onion and mix.
3. Stir in tamarind juice. Mix and leave to boil.
4. Add sugar and salt. Remove.

Anchovies and groundnuts:
1. Clean anchovies and groundnuts.
2. Grill both in an oven at 170 degrees Celcius for 30 minutes or until crispy.

Kangkung:
1. Boil water. Add swamp cabbage and boil for one minute.
2. Remobe and drain.

Serves 5