Malaysia

Nasi Kerabu

Name: Nasi Kerabu
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 400 g Rice; 1 handful Butterfly-pea flowers; 1 bunch Fresh herbs (mint, long bean, torch ginger); 3 tbsp Toasted grated coconut (kerisik); to serve Sambal; optional Salted fish or crackers

Blue rice-and-herb salad from Kelantan

Nasi kerabu is a Malay dish from the state of Kelantan, its rice tinted blue by butterfly-pea flowers.

The rice is tossed with a wealth of finely chopped herbs, toasted coconut (kerisik) and a spicy sambal - fresh, herbal and layered.

Servings4

Time70 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Rice400 g
Butterfly-pea flowers1 handful
Fresh herbs (mint, long bean, torch ginger)1 bunch
Toasted grated coconut (kerisik)3 tbsp
Sambalto serve
Salted fish or crackersoptional

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the butterfly-pea flowers in water to draw a blue infusion.
Cook part of the rice in the blue infusion so it marbles blue.
Chop the herbs very finely.
Toss the rice with herbs and kerisik.
Serve with sambal and sides.

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Butterfly-pea flowers for nasi kerabu are in the Asia Boutique.

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