Nasi lemak for beginners
This morning Benghui told me he wanted to learn to cook nasi lemak. I took him to market to buy coconut milk. We could not find any pandan leaf. I also bought a can of sambal ikan bilis. We came home. Mrs BB said canned ikan bilis is not healthy and so not to cook it 
. What a life!!! . I looked at Benghui. He looked at me.
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Nuts and anchovies. This was easy. I put it in the microwave. No oil, no nothing. Surprisingly it came out well.
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Curry chicken.
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Cucumber, onions and eggs.
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I call this cucumber corn chicken soup 
I used cucumber, chicken, pepper, salt and corn.
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My nasi lemak. It is so easy. Benghui wasn’t of much help today. He was too busy watching tv but he did all the food preparation and washing up afterwards. He also made tea for me. You want some nasi lemak? We all loved it. It was supposed to last for breakfast and lunch but it was barely enough for breakfast.
I forgot to blog about the nasi lemak itself. I boiled some chicken for a few minutes and used the soup to cook the rice together with coconut milk and some garlic. The leftover chicken was used to make the curry and the soup. As you can see, I used everything in small portions and it isn’t easy to cook for a small family. Total cost of meal : Rm6.00 including chicken
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no worry the next time i visit you… you can cook a meal for 6ppl ok?? talking about nasi lemak…the sambal is easy to make… the rice…of course gotta add in santan, pandan leave and slices of ginger, dash of salt =p
i couldnt find pandan leaves. but i should have put ginger. I didn’t know about ginger
Good Job Beng hui papa….what the heck..just enjoy life!
Yeah, let us just enjoy life
what is nasi lemak without anchovies?
the first pic is anchovies n nuts
Nasi Lemak is my fav food.
Are you sure that cost only RM6.00. That is really cheap. I dont think I can cook a meal so cheap at Subang Jaya.
The ingredients are simple. The main expense is the chicken itself.
cool nasi lemak
I am enjoying yr KK pics n tales
That is lots of stuff and looks good too. I would love to taste some of them.
basically it is one meal only
Interesting to cook your rice in this way. Never thought of using chicken stock for nasi lemak…thanks.
Got this idea from a shop in town. She used nasi lemak rice and used it for chicken rice. It came out good. I thought if she could do that why shouldn’t I try combining chicken rice and nasi lemak. It had a good result but slightly oilier than usual. Otherwise I would have put in a little margarine or butter
Wow yum yum! This is how you improvise when you don’t have the ingredients you want. Hehe
Btw I realize you use microwave quite often..? Microwave is no good for health lo.
It is ok if we let the food rest for a while before consuming it, i think
The curry looks nice though!
hehe thanks
pictures on my blog are all taken with budget digicam, olympus 8mp FE360 or Sony Erricson 2mp cam. just apply function on the cam. can do wonders
oh, i am so surprised. the quality of yr pix quite good sometimes
wow! i wish i can just jump over there and eat with you! but i cant! ahhh…
jump over here and eat with us!
Bravo BB on your nasi lemak! I love nasi lemak.
jump over here and eat with us!
Looks great! But too bad the sambal missing, else it will be perfect. It was very creative of you to use chicken soup in the nasi lemak!
looks like a nice dish..i like dried anchovies
it tastes good and it is so easy. just wash and microwave..the nuts too
so cheeeapppp….
Rm6 = 1.21 euro. can’t even buy a small packet fries in MacDonald.. LOLOLOL
Btw, you breakfast look nice!
we pay in local currency but earn in local currency too