Nasi Kerabu (Herbed Rice)

Ingredients

• 6 - 8 cups cooked rice
• For the kerabu :
• 3 mackerel, grilled and flaked
• 8 shallots
• 2 cm ginger
• 250g grated coconut to make kerisik
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• For the sauce:
• 4 cups (1l) coconut milk
• 10 dried chillies, soak in hot water discard seeds
• 8 shallots
• 2 slices asam keping
• 2 stalks lemongrass, crushed slightly
• 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• For the garnish :
• 1 cucumber, cut in matchstick slices
• 6 sprigs polygonum leaves, sliced finely
• 6 long beans, sliced finely
• 2 lemongrass bulbs, sliced finely
• 6 sprigs basil leaves, sliced finely
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) budu, a pungent Kelantanese fish sauce
• 5 bird's eye chilies, sliced
• 1 lime, sliced in segments