Nasi dagang

Malaysia · Southeast Asia

Short description: This rice-and-fish meal balances rich coconut rice, savory curry, crisp pickles, and gentle spice.
Ingredients: Rice and glutinous rice, coconut milk, fenugreek, shallots, ginger, fish curry, tamarind, pickled vegetables, egg, and chile sambal.
Cultural note: It is associated with morning stalls and coastal rice traditions where fish curry turns coconut-scented rice into a complete meal.
Common misconception: Despite the name, it is not simply plain rice sold by traders; the coconut-steamed rice and fish curry define the dish.

image credit

creator:: Amirudin Mohd Zani
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC BY 2.5
modified:: Copied from Wikimedia Commons and center-cropped/resized/re-encoded for Gochizu; no other edits.