Nasi Lemak (without coconut milk)

Nasi Lemak (no coconut milk)

Ingredients:
- 1 cup of rice
- 1.5 cups of water
- 2 pandan leaves (tied into knots)
- 1 lemon grass
- Eggs
- Cucumbers
- Anchovies
- Unsalted peanuts with skin
- Sambal (recipe linked: http://yensgourmet.blogspot.com/2015/11/sambal-ikan-bilis.html)

Steps to prepare the rice:

- Wash the rice and pour rice into a pot.
- Add water.
- Then, add pandan leaves and lemon grass into the pot.
- Let the mixture boil and lower the heat to minimum and cover the pot with the lid.
- Allow the rice to cook for 15-20 minutes. The liquid should be dried up and bubbles should not appear.
- After 20 minutes, switch off the stove and leave the lid on for another 10 minutes before serving the rice.

Steps to prepare the side dishes:

- Heat the oil in a frying pan.
- Fry the peanuts until browned at medium heat.
- Remove peanuts and add anchovies. Fry until crispy.
- Assemble Nasi Lemak and enjoy!

Kuih Keria 甜番薯圈

Ingredients (7 pcs):

• 200g Sweet Potatoes
• 50g Wheat Flour
• Pinch of Salt
• Oil for frying

Sugar crytals:

• 100g sugar
• 2 tablespoon water

Instructions:

1. Cut sweet potatoes into pieces/ cube. 
2. Steam sweet potatoes for 10-15 minutes until sweet potatoes are soft. 
3. Mash potatoes evenly and add a pinch of salt.
4. Add wheat flour to mash potatoes and mix well into a soft dough. * (Add additional flour bit by bit if its too soft)
5. Dust fingers and palm with some flour and make a ball. 
6. Flatten and make a hole, shape into donuts. 
7. Heat up oil in saucepan/ wok. 
8. Fry donuts on medium low heat. 
9. Flip donuts every now and then to cook it evenly. Donuts are ready when they floats and golden in colour. Leave aside to cool.

Prepare sugar crystals:

1. Heat up sugar and water. 
2. Give it a quick stir. Leave it to boil.
3. Once the mixture caramelised, switch stove off and mix donuts into the syrup. 
4. Stir to coat. 
5. Keep stirring until little sugar crystals starts to form. 
6. Leave to cool.

甜番薯圈

原料:

1. 橙薯 200克（蒸熟壓爛）, 
2. 普通麵粉 50克, 
3. 鹽 少许
4. 食油

糖漿：

1. 細糖 100克, 
2. 水 2大匙

步驟：

1. 把番薯蒸熟，壓爛。
2. 將麵粉， 和鹽加入番薯泥里，揉勻至均勻成軟團。
3. 搓圓，稍壓扁 ， 中間用手指穿洞或用模具壓出圓圈。
4. 放入熱油鍋里炸至金黃色，取出，瀝干油。

糖浆：

1. 將糖和水混合拌勻，以中火炒煮至濃縮成濃糖漿（必需不停攪拌）。
2. 將甜甜圈加入其中，熄火，翻拌使之沾上糖漿。冷卻後食用。

Reference: http://www.mykeuken.com/2015/09/kuih-keria-kumara-donuts.html

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