Nasi Uduk Jakarta

Name: Nasi Uduk Jakarta
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 5 serving
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups basmati rice; 1 ½ cups + 2 tablespoons canned coconut milk; ¾ cup water; 1 lemongrass; 1 Salam leaf; 1 ¼ teaspoon salt

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Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
1 hr 45 mins
Servings
5
Calories
1296 kcal
Course
Brunch
Cuisine
Indonesian

Nasi Uduk Jakarta

Liam Rios

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Nasi Uduk is deliciously fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk and herbs. It's originally from Jakarta and traditionally enjoyed for happy occasions and comfort breakfast.

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Ingredients

Servings

1 ½ cups basmati rice.
1 ½ cups + 2 tablespoons canned coconut milk.
¾ cup water see the note.
1 lemongrass sliced diagonally.
1 Salam leaf see the note.
1 ¼ teaspoon salt.

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Instructions

Wash and rinse the rice until the water is clear. Soak the rice in plenty of cold water for at least 1 hour.
In a cooking pan, boil the coconut milk, ¼ cup of water, lemongrass and Salam leaf. Let it boil and simmer until the milk turns greasy and shiny. It takes approximately 25 minutes at low heat to simmer.
Halfway of boiling the coconut milk, get your steamer ready. And steam the pre-soaked rice until the grains are half cooked. It takes about 10-15 minutes to cook at moderate heat.
Then add the steamed rice into the coconut milk. Add ½ cup of water and salt in. Cook further until all the liquid evaporates then put the lid on. Wrap the pan cover with a kitchen towel before you put on the pan. Turn the heat to the lowest and let it cook until the steam comes out.

Notes

If you use long grain rice, just put ¼ cup of water when you boil the rice with coconut milk.
And if you use a rice cooker, for long-grain rice you only need to put ¼ cup (80 ml) water, and for Basmati rice you put ½ cup (120 ml) water.
Slice the lemongrass diagonally to get the most of its fragrance.
In case you don’t have Salam leaf, you could substitute with a mix of 3 curry leaves and 2 bay leaves for this recipe.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1g Calories 1296kcal (65%) Carbohydrates 37g (12%) Protein 14g (28%) Fat 131g (202%) Saturated Fat 116g (580%) Polyunsaturated Fat 7g Sodium 678mg (28%)