Nasi lemak (sort of)

I recently borrowed Yotam Ottolenghi's book Plenty from the library. It is a beautiful and inspiring cookbook. I have never seen such gorgeous photos of salads. Luckily (since I had to return the book) many of the recipes are actually published on the web -- Ottolenghi does a series for the Guardian called The New Vegetarian.

One of our favourites from the book was his take on the Malaysian dish nasi lemak. It's coconut rice (with ginger and kaffir lime leaves), topped with sambal (chili sauce, with tamarind), fried shallots, coriander (cilantro), and lime. We've had it a few times now, but I used roasted okra or roasted eggplant. One day I had leftovers for breakfast and it was a most excellent way to start the day.