Nasi Kerabu

Name: Nasi Kerabu
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 3 cups rice, cooked with butterfly pea flower; 2 fried fish fillets; 2 cups mixed fresh herbs, sliced; 1/2 cup toasted grated coconut

Nasi Kerabu/NAH-see keh-RAH-boo/

Also known as: Blue Rice

About this dish

Blue-tinted rice, colored naturally with butterfly pea flower, served with herbs and fried fish.

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Ingredients

🍚3 cups rice, cooked with butterfly pea flower

🐟2 fried fish fillets

🌿2 cups mixed fresh herbs, sliced

🥥1/2 cup toasted grated coconut

Method

Serves 4

Cook rice with steeped butterfly pea flower water for a natural blue color.

Finely slice a variety of fresh herbs.

Fry the fish until crisp.

Toast grated coconut until golden.

Plate the blue rice with herbs, fish, coconut, and sambal on the side.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Nasi kerabu is a specialty of Malaysia's Kelantan and Terengganu states, notable for its striking blue rice color.

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