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Nasi liwet is an Indonesian dish rice dish cooked in coconut milk,
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. Common
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is usually cooked in water, but nasi liwet is rice cooked in coconut milk, chicken broth, salam leaves and
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, thus giving the rice a rich, aromatic and succulent taste. Nasi liwet is a traditional Javanese way of cooking rice in coconut milk. There is one variant of liwet rice, the style of Nasi Liwet Sunda from
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with its unique Sundanese cuisine a different taste and presentation from
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eating tradition called ''ngeliwet'' or ''botram'' (a dish made with banana leaves and eaten together).


Serving

Nasi liwet is topped with a slice of
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, shredded chicken that had also been cooked in coconut milk and a spoonful of a thick aromatic coconut cream called ''kumut''. Served alongside nasi liwet is ''
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'' (eggs boiled slowly with spices),
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and ''labu siam'' (
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) as the vegetable. Traditionally, the pan used for cooking was made of clay. The taste and aroma is generally better if it is cooked on a wood fire, but different regions have different ways of preparing it. Traditionally, it is served on a banana leaf or
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leaf. Frequently, people prefer teak leaves to plates, because of the natural fragrance of the leaf. Nasi liwet complements (side dishes) always consist of coconut milk.


Popularity and variants

In
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, nasi liwet is usually eaten for
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, but also a popular choice for
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or
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. In Keprabon subdistrict, Surakarta, nasi liwet is only served for supper at the nighttime. Similar rice-coconut milk dishes can be found in other parts of
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, such as '' nasi uduk'' from Betawi cuisine, '' nasi gurih'' from
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, and '' nasi lemak'' from
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.


See also

* Nasi bogana *
Nasi campur Nasi campur (Indonesian for 'mixed rice'), also known as nasi rames or sega campur (; ) in Java, refers to an Indonesian dish of a scoop of ''nasi putih'' (white rice) accompanied by small portions of a number of other dishes, which includes me ...
*
Nasi goreng ''Nasi goreng'' (English pronunciation: ) is a Southeast Asian fried rice dish, usually cooked with pieces of meat and vegetables. One of Indonesia's national dishes, it is also eaten in Malay-speaking communities in countries such as Malaysi ...
*
Nasi kucing ''Nasi kucing'' (; also known as (''sěgá kucing'') and often translated cat rice or cat's rice) is an Indonesian rice dish that originated in Central Java, primarily in the Yogyakarta, Semarang, and Surakarta areas but has since spread throu ...
*
Nasi kuning Nasi kuning ( Indonesian for: "yellow rice"), or sometimes called nasi kunyit (Indonesian for: "turmeric rice"), is an Indonesian fragrant rice dish cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, hence the name ''nasi kuning'' (yellow rice). In the ...
*
Nasi pecel Nasi pecel is an Indonesian rice dish from Java served with pecel (cooked vegetables and peanut sauce).
* Nasi uduk *
Nasi ulam ''Nasi ulam'' is a traditional Indonesian dish of steamed rice (''nasi'') served with various herbs and vegetables (''ulam'') The herbs being used especially the leaves of ''pegagan'' (''Centella asiatica'') or often replaced with ''kemangi'' ( ...
*
Oyakodon , literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a ''donburi'', or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a kind of soup that is made with soy sa ...


References

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