Nasi dagang

Nasi dagang

Nasi dagang from Terengganu.
Course Main course, usually for breakfast
Place of origin Malaysia
Region or state Kelantan and Terengganu (Malaysia)
Creator Malay cuisine
Serving temperature Hot or room temperature
Main ingredients Rice with cooked in coconut milk served with Malay fish,chicken and prawn Curry
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Nasi dagang (Jawi: ناسي داڬڠ) is a Malaysian and Southern Thai dish consisting of rice steamed in coconut milk, fish curry and extra ingredients such as fried shaved coconut, hard-boiled eggs and vegetable pickles. Nasi Dagang literally means "Trading Rice". It is a well-known breakfast food in the states on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, such as Terengganu and Kelantan and Southern Thailand territory of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. The most famous Nasi dagang of Terengganu comes from Kampung Ladang, an area within the Kuala Terengganu district.[1] Nasi Dagang would not be completed without a portion of cucumber pickles on it. The pickles is a combination of cucumber mixed with reddish carrot and red chillies preserved in a vinegar.

Rice

The combination of fenugreek seeds and coconut milk gives Nasi Dagang its unique flavour and fragrance. The rice may first be soaked in water for several hours to soften it. It is then mixed with thick coconut milk, sliced shallots, lemon grass and fenugreek seeds. The rice is steamed until cooked. It may also be steamed twice, where more coconut milk is added when it is half-cooked. Then the rice is steamed again until cooked. This method ensures a more creamy finish to the rice.

Fish curry

This accompanying dish is only specially prepared for nasi dagang and is sometimes locally called gulai darat. This curry the fish is cooked in is not an Indian-style curry powder but a Malay-style curry, i.e., coconut milk mixed with traditional Malay spices such as lemon grass, galangal, chilli paste, and turmeric.

Tuna is the standard choice of fish but other fish can be used as well, such as tenggiri[2] and salmon. Prawns are also used sometimes; however, the gulai is prepared slightly differently.

Fried coconut

Coconut is freshly shaved, mixed with sliced shallots and fried until golden brown.

Hard-boiled eggs

Hard boiled eggs are cut into four or eight slices.

Vegetable pickle

The vegetable is pickled in rice vinegar and sugar. The vegetables commonly used are cucumber, chilli and carrots.

Sambal

Chilli sambal can sometimes be included.

Variants

The Terengganu version uses the normal white rice, while the Kelantan variety uses a type of rice locally called 'beras nasi dagang', which is a type of wild rice that has a light purple colour and a little glutinous.[3] The Terengganu version is also much simpler, eaten only with the fish curry (sometimes with belimbing buluh 'averrhoa bilimbi' added) and pickles.[4]

Erroneous claim

Some people from the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia claim that Nasi Dagang is the 'Nasi Lemak' of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, in the states of Terengganu and Kelantan. This claim is actually unheard of in either place as both dishes can commonly be found sold side by side for breakfast.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tourism Terengganu,Terengganu Darul Iman.
  2. ↑ Growing Up in Trengganu, By Awang Goneng
  3. ↑ Malaysia & Singapore, By Tan Su-Lyn
  4. ↑ Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, By Simon Richmond, Damian Harper
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