There are many versions of Nasi Goreng in Indonesia itself. It seems that every restaurants, food stalls and individuals have their unique way of preparing it. I guess it is this flexibility in preparing this food that makes it unique. When I am in Indonesia, I will try to have nasi goreng at least once a day. I have also try cooking it myself when I am at home and this is my version.
1) You need to prepare 2 to 3 cups of white rice and cook it. When it is done, just let the rice cool off. Take the cooked white rice and place it in a large bowl and allow it to cool. Rice that is totally cooled is best for preparing nasi goreng.
2) Get some medium size prawns, wash and remove the heads and shell, then devein them. Normally about 20 - 25 medium size prawns will be sufficient, unless of course you are totally crazy with prawns.
3) Take some eggs (3 to 5) and beat them up nicely until it is totally blended. Fried them in omelette style ( thin ) when it is ready, just sliced them and put it aside.
4) Put in some mixed vegetables. This consists of green peas, carrots and corns. It comes in a bag and you can easily buy them from any supermarket. It comes frozen, so what you do is to boil them for say 5 minutes.
5) Heat up the frying pan or wok ( with cooking oil of course) and put in the fresh prawns, mixed vegetables and some garlic and onions that has been sliced thinly, and stir fry them for 5 minutes,
6) Add in the rice and fry them evenly. You can now add in the sambal chilli sauce - this again you can get it in the supermarket. It is normally packed in a small jam bottle. If you cannot take spicy food, then just skip the sambal chilli sauce. You can alternatively add chilli sauce to your nasi goreng after it is ready. It is flexible. Your style and your choice.
7) As you are frying it, just add in 2 tablespoon of dark ( black) soya sauce - you can dilute it first with some water an pour it evenly into the rice. Just continue to stir fry the rice. Add in a little water into the pan if you find that it is too dry. The dark soya sauce will give the rice the unique brown colour. You can also add in 2 or 3 tablespoons of light soya sauce. Put in some spring onions if you like them, and continue to stir fry them thoroughly until it is totally heated up.
8) Now it is ready to eat, serve it in plates - then add in your egg omelette on top and enjoy the delicious Nasi Goreng.
If you get it quite right the first time cooking it, just try again and again. It is quite simple to cook nasi goreng - controlling the heat in the frying pan is essentially the main element in getting it cook right. Try it and share it with your families and friends.
