Nasi Dagang Orang Jauh

Reeta.. This is for you... 

One of the reason why I love Malaysia is the food! I haven't found a Malaysian restaurant in Jakarta that serves this or Nasi Kerabu at all! Sigghhhh  

I've tried different variations of Nasi Dagang, and some of the gulai is more curry like and some thicker so mine is in between.

First we make the rice.. (Portion is enough for 4 people)

1.5 cups white grain rice 

1/2 cup red unpolished rice

Wash and soaked the rice for 15 minutes. Drain and add the following ingredients into your rice cooker.

1.5 cup coconut milk

1 1/4 cup water

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon fenugreek or biji halba 

1 large onion, sliced or 6 shallots

2 cloves garlic, sliced 

3 slices of ginger

2 pandan leaves

Cook in your rice cooker and once done, fluff it a bit and continue cooking on warm.

Gulai Ikan Tongkol or Tuna Curry

4 tuna, cut in half and boiled or steamed 

2 tomatoes, cut in wedges

1 eggplant, thickly sliced

1 green chilli, sliced lengthwise 

2 large onions

2 cloves garlic

1 inch ginger 

1 inch belachan

10 stalks dried chilli, soaked

Oil

Blitz all of the above in a blender and sautee until fragrant.

4-5 tablespoon fish curry powder 

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 tablespoon tamarind paste 

1.5-2 cups water

100ml coconut milk

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1-2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon Ikan bilis stock powder

Salt to taste 

Add in the above ingredients and simmer. 

Add boiled tuna and vegetables.

Next we do the side dishes to complete this Nasi Dagang..

Sambal Kelapa or Coconut Sambal

1 Ikan kembong or tuna, boiled and flaked (just the meat of course)

1 cup shredded coconut (I blend half cup to make it really fine)

2 cili padi or birds eye chilli

1 lemongrass 

1 onion 

1/2 inch ginger

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Blitz the above and Sautee with a bit of oil.. Once the spices is fragrant, add in shredded coconut and dry fry with the spices. Add in the flaked fish meat and continue cooking. Salt to taste.

Next we do the Acar or the Pencuk

1 carrot, thinly julienned

1 onion, sliced

1 cucumber, sliced

1 red chili, sliced 

1/2 pineapple, sliced

Salt to taste

1 tablespoon vinegar

1 juice of lime or lemon

1 teaspoon sugar

Put all the veggies in a bowl and salt it generously. Leave it aside for 10 minutes and drain out the excess water. Season with lemon juice, sugar and vinegar.

Sambal Lada

The last one! Pheeewwww

10 stalks red chilli

5 birds eye chilli 

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon sugar

1 tablespoon vinegar 

Juice of 1 lime

Again blitz the chili and season accordingly. Boil eggs to serve on the side .. Enjoy ..