Nasi Goreng (3) Fluffy Mixed Rice

Ingredients to be pounded

1 big red chili (buy from TESCO)

4 small red cili padi (buy from TESCO)

2 shallots (bawang merah kecil)

6 pips garlic (ulas bawang putih)

1 slice of ginger (halia)

1-2 tablespoonful dried prawns (udang kering) / fine anchovies (ikan bilis halus)

Seasoning 1

1 tablespoonful chopped celery

1 tablespoonful chopped spring onion

1 tablespoonful chopped cardamom leaves (daun ketumbar)

2 hen's eggs

Rice

Buy Thai white rice and Moghul rice from TESCO

For fluffy fried rice, use mixed rice 

Mix 1 part of each rice: Thai white rice (cap arnab) + Basmati rice + Moghul rice

Warm 2 plates of cooked rice

Crumble and heat up in microwave

Seasoning 2 

1 teaspoonful iodised refined salt

1/2 to 1 tablespoonful castor sugar

1 tabspoonful HABHAL salty soy sauce (kicap masin HABHAL)

Frying oil

Use Murni cooking oil (minyak masak Murni) or any bleached oil

Do not use coconut oil, peanut oil or olive oil

Utensils

Kuali

Wooden spoon

Method

Clean and pound all ingredients into a wet paste, and fry in kuali. Add celery, spring onion and cardamom leaves. Fry till fragrant. Add eggs and stir to mix. When eggs are cooked, add rice and stir to mix. Turn off fire. Add seasoning 2 - salt, sugar and soy sauce to taste. Serve hot.

Nasi Goreng (2) Sos Tomato

This is a simple breakfast recipe for the uninitiated. Instead of the usual tomato sauce, I used Dolmio spicy tomato sauce with pepper. Turns out better than the usual tomato sauce. Try it!

Nasi goreng sos tomato

Ingredients

2 plates cold rice/overnight rice 

a bunch of kacang botol

3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoonful dried prawns

1 red chilli

2 eggs

3 tablespoonful cooking oil

salt

2 tablespoonful Dolmio tomato sauce (spicy pepper) - buy from TESCO

Method

Heat rice in microwave oven.

Wash and cut kacang botol slantwise (potong serong)

Soak dried prawns in hot water till soft and then pound finely.

Add garlic and pound.

Add chilli and pound.

Heat oil in kuali.

Fry dried prawn-garlic-chilli paste/mixture till fragrant.

Add 2 eggs and stir to cook through.

Add kacang botol and stir. 

Add some salt and stir.

Add rice and stir carefully. Cook on low fire to avoid burning (jadi kerak).

Add salt to taste.

Add Dolmio tomato sauce.

Immediately turn off fire. 

(Do not use fire when using tomato sauce as it creates harmful substances which can cause cancer.)

Stir to mix.

Adjust taste.

Serve hot with salty soy sauce.

Nasi Goreng (1) Mixed Vegetables

There are many versions of nasi goreng (fried rice). Plain nasi goreng is the easiest to make for any beginner. Then progress to vary the flavour - soy sauce (kicap), tomato sauce/paste, etc.

PLAIN NASI GORENG

Ingredients:

3 cloves garlic (3 ulas bawang putih)

2 eggs (2 biji telur)

1-2 plates of cooked rice (1-2 pinggan nasi) - overnight rice is best/nasi semalam

salt to taste

1 teaspoonful granulated sugar (1 sudu kecil gula halus)

3 tablespoonful cooking oil (3 sudu makan minyak masak)

spring onion/onion leaves - chopped (daun bawang)

celery - chopped (daun sadri)

1 red chilli (1 cili merah)

Optional ingredients:

1 inch ginger (1 inci halia) 

half small bowl of mixed vegetables (sayur campur) 

1 tablespoonful soy sauce (1 sudu besar kicap masin) 

3 teaspoonful tomato paste/sauce (3 sudu kecil sos/pes tomato) - for Italian style nasi goreng

1 paket Perencah Nasi Goreng Adabi - for Malay style fried rice

1 tablespoonful margarine/butter - for Chinese style fried rice

Method:

Peel and crush or pound garlic and ginger (optional). Tumbuk bawang putih & halia.

Fry crushed garlic (and ginger) till brown.

Add eggs. Stir to mix.

Add chopped onions leaves and celery. 

Stir to cook added vegetables.

Wash and cook mixed vegetables in microwave oven (cook without water).

Add mixed vegetables to mixture. 

Chop red chilli and add to mixture.

Add a little salt and stir.

Heat rice separately in microwave oven.

Add rice to mixture and stir.

Add salt and sugar to taste

Season with optional ingredients for additional flavour:

Add soy sauce and tomato paste.

Or add Perencah Nasi Goreng Adabi.

Crushed or pounded garlic. 

Fried garlic and eggs 

Frozen onion leaves and celery. 

This is how much onion leaves and celery to add - about a tablespoonful of each. 

After adding onion leaves, celery, eggs, garlic. 

Mixed vegetables from TESCO (RM3.50 per packet). 

Cooked mixed vegetables (half a small bowl). Must heat this properly as the frozen mixture tends to harbour Streptococcus (a type of bacteria). 

Frozen red chilli. Wash first. Cut while still frozen. 

Coarsely sliced/chopped frozen red chilli 

After adding all vegetables and chilli. 

Break up overnight rice (keep in refrigerator overnight). Heat up in rice cooker. 

This is plain nasi goreng (putih). Modify this to get other flavours. Adjust seasoning:

Add soy sauce (tambah kicap) 

Use any tomato sauce or paste. Do not use very sour tomato paste. 

With added soy sauce and tomato paste. Then stir to mix.