The Malaya Classic, Birmingham
The Arcadian Centre, 70 Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TD
Malaysian and Malaysian Chinese dishes such as nasi lemak and char kway teow.
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The flavours of Malaysia
Malaysian cooking blends Malay, Chinese, Indian and Indigenous traditions — coconut, chilli, lemongrass and pandan in every bowl.
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Med Salleh Kopitiam, Bayswater
35–39 Inverness Terrace, London W2 3JS
Malaysian street food, including roti canai and Grandma Hainanese Chicken Rice.
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Nasi lemak
Malaysia’s beloved breakfast: coconut rice with sambal and crunchy sides.
Home recipe · serves 4 +
Ingredients
- 300 g jasmine rice
- 250 ml coconut milk + 200 ml water
- 2 pandan leaves, knotted
- 1 thumb ginger, sliced
- 4 eggs, boiled
- 60 g dried anchovies (ikan bilis), fried
- 60 g roasted peanuts
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- Sambal: 10 dried chillies, 2 shallots, 2 garlic cloves, 1 tbsp tamarind paste, 1 tbsp sugar, salt
Steps
- Rinse the rice, then cook with coconut milk, water, pandan, ginger and a pinch of salt.
- Blend soaked chillies, shallots and garlic; fry in oil for 10 minutes until dark and fragrant.
- Add tamarind, sugar and salt to the sambal and simmer until thick.
- Plate rice with sambal, anchovies, peanuts, egg and cucumber.