Nasi Goreng
Serves 2
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
3 tbsp oil
50g shallots, sliced
2 spring onions, sliced
200g mixed vegetables, cut into smallish pieces (carrots, cabbage, greens, peas, etc)
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 makrut lime leaves, very finely sliced
1 large red chilli, deseeded and very finely sliced
250g cold cooked rice
2 tbsp kecap manis, plus more to serve
1 tbsp tomato puree
1½ tbsp soy sauce
1½ tssp sesame oil
2 eggs
2 tbsp crispy fried shallots
Sambal
Method
Heat a wok on a medium heat until almost smoking. Add 2 tbsps of the oil to the wok followed by the shallots, spring onions and stir-fry for a few minutes until softened. Add all the remaining vegetables including the garlic, lime leaves and chilli, and continue to stir-fry until lightly caramelised, about 5 minutes.
Mix the kecap manis, tomato puree, soy sauce and sesame oil together.
Add the rice, and the sauce mixture to the wok and very carefully mix through so you don’t break the rice grains up. Reheat gently, turning the rice carefully.
When everything is steaming hot, put a lid on and leave to one side whilst you cook your egg.
Put 1 tbsp of oil into a frying pan and heat on medium high. Break your eggs into the pan and cook so that the bottom is crispy and lacy, about 2 minutes then put on a lid and cook for a further minutes or too, you want the top to be softly set.
Once you dish up put a drizzle of kecap manis over the top along with some sambal and a sprinkling of crispy fried shallots.
- An adaptation of a recipe in Fire Islands by Eleanor Ford