Main courses
Malaysian nasi lemak
Fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk is served with spicy sambal, crisp anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and egg. This is a home-style version of the well-known Malaysian meal.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 300 g jasmine ricerinsed
- 200 ml coconut milkfor the rice
- 250 ml waterfor the rice
- 2 pandan leavestied in a knot, optional
- 4 eggs
- 80 g dried salted anchovies
- 80 g roasted peanuts
- 1 cucumbersliced
- 2 tbsp sambal
- 1 shallotfinely chopped
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
Method
- Put the rinsed rice in a saucepan with the coconut milk, water and pandan. Bring to a boil, cover and cook over very low heat according to the rice package directions.
- Boil the eggs for 8–9 minutes. Cool, peel and halve them.
- Rinse the anchovies briefly, dry them well and fry in the oil in a small saucepan until crisp. Transfer to kitchen paper.
- Heat the shallot in a frying pan. Add the sambal, tamarind paste and a splash of water. Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce thickens.
- Serve the coconut rice with the eggs, anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and sambal.
Original recipe nutrition per serving
The nutrition values below belong to the original recipe. They are not nutrition values for the separate GL-only version. No macro package has been verified for the GL-only version.
Nutrition values have not been calculated for this recipe.
A reliable glycemic load estimate is not available.
Some ingredient data or calculation inputs could not be verified, so there is no reliable estimate for the whole serving.
Why is the estimate missing?
- A suitable GI value was unavailable for this ingredient.
GL for the study serving
Original recipe GL unavailable
The GL of 33 applies to the historical test serving in Sun et al., containing 50 g of available carbohydrate. The amounts of the side dishes were unspecified. The home recipe and current commercial servings require separate evidence.
Calculated GL · ≈ 33 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
How was the estimate calculated?
GI value reported in a source
Separate version amounts and preparation
Servings for these amounts · 1
- 179.2 g · Old Chang Kee nasi lemak, prepared test serving
- 200 ml · Drinking water
This comparison covers 1 study servings. The test serving was 179.2 g of Old Chang Kee nasi lemak with 200 ml of drinking water.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
Sources and limitations · B
- Sun et al. (2015), Old Chang Kee nasi lemak, Table 2 · Glucose-reference GI 66 ± 5 SEM. Table 2 reports n=12. The article reports that one nasi lemak outlier was excluded.HUMAN_GI
- Sun et al. (2015), test portion, Table 1 · 179.2 g prepared portion; 50 g available carbohydrate test load, with 27.9 g/100 g reported after rounding. The study served 200 ml of plain water.CARBOHYDRATE
Notes
Sambal varies in saltiness and heat. Taste before adding salt, as the anchovies are salty too.