Nasi Goreng Teri Medan

This is another variation of my fried rice, Nasi Goreng Teri Medan. My first fried rice post is Pineapple Fried Rice (October post). Literally, Nasi means rice, Goreng means fried, Teri means small fish, Medan is an Indonesian’s province in Sumatran island. The difference of this fried rice compare to the usual Indonesia Fried Rice is that this fried rice doesn’t use a sweet soy sauce, also known as Kecap Manis, and it uses teri as its main feature.

I believe that some of you might think that this particular fried rice is too much hassle, because the fish need to be washed, patted dry, and then fried. Not only that, if you live in a small apartment, the fried smell will last for at least two days. Ehmm what was I thinking posted this recipe? Encouraging people not to cook this particular fried rice. To be honest, I actually got the fried teri from my friend, because we got a lot of left over from our charity market. I felt sorry to the fish and then decided to turn them into fried rice dishes. However, I still need to do the frying all over again because they weren’t cooked and crunchy enough.

My tips before you start:

• It is best to have an overnight rice for fried rice (mine wasn’t).
• Always use a generous amount of oil to stir fry the rice so that your rice stays dry and the grain doesn’t stick to each other.
• Although the fish has been washed before they are deep fried, they are still salty. Be careful on the amount of salt used. The taste of the rice should be mild in terms of saltiness, so that when they are combined with the fish, they are kind of balancing each other.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of uncooked rice, cooked (for a better result, store it overnight in the fridge)
• 1 cups fried small fish (you could find a dry small fish pack in Asian groceries store) *see note
• 1 large carrots, slice thinly or cubes
• 250 gr of fish cakes or balls, dice thinly
• 3 eggs
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cloves of shallots, sliced thinly
• 1 or 2 small chillies, sliced
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce (I used Cap Dua Angsa Brand)
• salt and white pepper to taste
• generous amount of oil for stir frying
• spring onions to serve
• slices of cucumber to serve