Rice cooked in coconut milk with pandan, served with sambal, fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, cucumber and egg, traditionally wrapped in a banana leaf.

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Make it at home

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Ingredients

Jasmine rice
Coconut milk
Pandan leaves
Dried anchovies (ikan bilis)
Dried shrimp
Red and dried chilli
Onions
Belacan (shrimp paste)
Cucumber
Roasted peanuts
Eggs

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Editor tip. The sambal must be cooked long enough for the oil to separate; undercooked sambal tastes raw and harsh.

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