A plate of five things
75 minutes Β· serves 4 Β· Medium
What you need
- 300g rice
- 400g chicken, in pieces
- 4 eggs
- 200g tempeh
- 200g long beans
- 4 tbsp sambal
- 1 tin coconut milk
- Turmeric, lemongrass, galangal
- Fried shallots
- Prawn crackers
What you do
- 1Rice first, with a pandan leaf or a little turmeric.
- 2Chicken simmered in coconut milk with lemongrass and turmeric, 30 minutes, then fried until the edges brown.
- 3Tempeh cut into batons and fried crisp, then tossed in sweet soy and chilli.
- 4Beans blanched and tossed with sambal and a spoon of coconut milk.
- 5Boiled eggs halved. Everything arranged round the rice in small heaps, fried shallots over the lot. No two plates the same and none of it mixed until you eat it.