What is our kuning?
The meaning of "yellow rice", nasi kuning is an Indonesian rice bowl made of coconut milk. Rice gets its yellow color from the spice of turmeric, which is always included. Nasi Kuning is popularly served during festivals, such as Ramadan, considered symbolic food, because the yellow color of rice resembles gold, symbolizes wealth and happiness. It can be served in a hill with an attachment surrounding it or in a pointed conical shape called tunpeng .
Long -grain rice, coconut milk and turmeric are essential ingredients for NASI Kuning. Indonesian versions of Bay Listic Salam, the Indonesian version of Bay Listice, are also usually used, although bay leaves can be replaced unless Salam leaves are unavailable. For adding additional flavors can also include bruised stems of lemon grass, pandan leaves and lime juice, as well as onions and garlic. To cook rice, chicken stock or water are usually used and salt is often added to taste.
The easiest to produceENO in a rice steamboat or a Dutch furnace can also be made in a simple sauce pan, with rice often cooked in broth or water before combining with the rest of the ingredients. If garlic and onions are included, they are first chopped and fried in oil and coconut milk is cooked with the remaining ingredients before the rice is mixed. Alternatively, the spice can be added to the onion and garlic and rice coated with the resulting mixture. Then coconut milk and lemon grass are added and the mixture is covered and cooked until the rice absorbs the liquid. Nasi Kuning is often allowed to rest after it is removed from heat, with lemon grass removed before serving a bowl.
NASI Kuning is usually served with different sides, such as sliced omelettes or fried chicken, as well as many Indonesian meals. The spicy coconut relish, called serundeng , or fried potatoes, called the perkeedel Kentang , are often served with food. Other attachments include fried shrimp,Type of crushed fried beef called ipon and Kering tempere or fried, partially cooked soy cakes. The decoration is usually also included in this dish, such as sliced cucumbers and shrimp biscuits as the most common topping, although fried shallots or chopped chilli peppers can also be used.