Nasi Minyak (Berenj-e-Roghani)

When translated to farsi, nasi minyak seems very unhealty. Imagine rice with oil. But it is just a name. It is actually really delicious. Nasi minyak normally cooked during Malay aroosi (wedding). Yesterday mak saw nasi lemak at one of woman's talk show and since that she keep on saying about that. I know she want me to cook it, so today's lunch I made it for her. Just simple one. With two side dishes; ayam merah and acar nenas.

(Rice)
Ingredients:
~ 2 cups rice
~ 2 cups water
~ 1 cinnamon stick
~ 2 star anise
~ 3 cardamom
~ 3 cloves
~ 1 large onion, slice
~ 5 garlic cloves, slice
~ 2 inch ginger, slice
~ 2 screw pine leaves
~ Oil
~ Salt and MSG

Methods:
1. In a pot, with some oil fry cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom and cloves until fragrant, add onion, garlic, screw pine leaves and ginger. Fry everything until golden brown.
2. Pour rice, water, salt and msg and place the pot on rice cooker.
3. Done!

(Ayam Sambal - Morgh ba felfel ghermez)
Ingredients:
~ Chicken
~ Dried chillies, cut, boil for 15 minutes to soften the chillies*
~ 1 medium onion*
~ 3 garlic cloves*
~ 1 inch ginger*
~ half inch shrimp paste*
~ 1 lemon grass, bruise
~ Chilli sauce, 2 tbsp
~ Ketchup, 2 tbsp
~ Oil
~ Sugar, salt, msg

*blend

Methods:
1. Fry the chicken until crispy. Set aside.
2. Heat some oil, fry the blended ingredients and lemon grass until the chillies cooked, make sure the color turn a little bit darker. Add in chilli sauce and ketchup.
3. Taste with sugar, salt and msg.
4. Add in the chicken. Cook for another 30 minutes until the chillies coated well to the chicken.

(Acar Nenas)
~ Pineapple, dice
~ 1 medium onion, slice
~ 1 bird eye chilli, finely slice
~ 1 green clili, slice
~ Juice of 1 lime
~ 1 tbsp white vinegar
~ 1 tspn sugar
~ Pinch of salt

Methods: Mix well everything

I whassap-ed the photo to bff in Iran. He said "fekr kardam faghat baraye man ghaza ghashange doros mikoni". Javabe man, "baraye shoma ghashangtar doros mikonam" haha. poyo right? After 2 and half months, I know he misses my cook :p. Till then, bye.