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Vegan Nasi Lemak

Imagine a plate filled with fragrant coconut rice, crispy tempeh, tangy sambal, cool cucumber, and savory tofu - all without a hint of animal products. This dish is a vegan twist on the classic Malaysian favourite, nasi lemak, and it's guaranteed to make your taste buds do a happy dance.

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Vegan nasi lemak with pandan coconut rice, crispy tempeh, tofu puffs, cucumber, peanuts and sambal

What is Nasi Lemak?

Nasi Lemak is the national dish of Malaysia - and rightly so, rich pandan coconut rice, crispy cucumber, hard boiled egg, peanuts & anchovies and a shrimp based spicy sweet sambal.

Funky Vegan sambal was created to make a nasi lemak anyone can enjoy, so I've perfected alternatives for the other animal based products to offer a Vegan Nasi Lemak that's just as delicious as the original.

Don't compromise on taste, try it out for your next meal and impress your friends and family with this delicious and satisfying dish!

What's the Deal with Vegan Nasi Lemak?

Imagine a plate filled with fragrant coconut rice, crispy tempeh, tangy sambal, cool cucumber, and savory tofu - all without a hint of animal products. This dish is a vegan twist on the classic Malaysian favorite, nasi lemak, and it's guaranteed to make your taste buds do a happy dance.

Vegan nasi lemak with pandan coconut rice, crispy tempeh, tofu puffs and Funky Vegan sambalVegan nasi lemak on a banana leaf with coconut rice, sambal, crispy peanuts, tofu and cucumber

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Vegan Nasi Lemak

Imagine a plate filled with fragrant coconut rice, crispy tempeh, tangy sambal, cool cucumber, and savory tofu - all without a hint of animal products. This dish is a vegan twist on the classic Malaysian favourite, na...

Ingredients

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Rice

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Method

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  1. Rinse the rice well (at least 3 times).
  2. Add all the rice ingredients to a saucepan, bring to a boil, stir once, then cover and put on the lowest heat. Leave for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and, without removing the lid, leave for 10 minutes.
  3. Slice the tempeh into bite size strips. Toss with oil from Yum Phrik and airfry for 15 minutes until crispy. Toss with Funky Vegan sambal until just covered.
  4. Toss the tofu puffs with Yum Phrik oil.
  5. Airfry the tofu puffs and tempeh for 3 minutes.
  6. Remove the aromatics from the rice. Shape with a bowl and centre on your plate. Surround with the remaining ingredients. Top with a big scoop of Funky Vegan.
  7. Enjoy!
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