Nasi liwet is rice cooked in coconut milk, chicken stock, lemongrass, and Indonesian bay leaves (daun salam), giving the rice a very rich and aromatic taste.
Nasi liwet is typically served alongside a set of side dishes such as telur pindang, ayam suwir or ayam opor, tumis labu siam, and telur areh.
Of course you don’t need to prepare the whole set, but I think at least serve this with ayam suwir or ayam opor and either telur pindang or telur areh.
Nasi Liwet in Rice Cooker
Ingredients :
450 gram Thai jasmine rice, washed and drained (about 3 rice cooker cups)
4 Indonesian bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
2 lemongrass (Indonesian sereh), cut into 2-inch sections, bruised
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup coconut milk from canned coconut milk
2 3/4 cup water, or unsalted chicken stock for non-vegetarian
Instructions :
- Place all ingredients in rice cooker pot, give it a stir so everything is mixed together.
- Put the pot in your rice cooker machine, and press cook until the rice is fully cooked.
- Let the cook rice sit unopened for 10 minutes, then open the rice cooker lid, use the rice spatula to gently fluff and stir.
- Keep warm until ready to serve.
