Balinese Street Food

As a Balinese man having moved to the UK the first thing that I really missed was the convenience of getting delicious freshly cooked foods at any time of the day. I missed all those "warungs" dotted along the street, the noise of the street vendors banging their wok stirring the fried rice or noodles and the smell of barbecued satay on the charcoal barbecue pits that just makes your stomach rumble. So today I'd like to show you how to recreate one of the most loved street food dishes "Nasi Goreng" or you may call it fried rice. It's a very simple, quick and easy dish to prepare, and you can add almost any leafy vegetables that you want or any sunday roast dinner meat leftover. But now I'll show you the basic recipe for it 

Ingredients
Serves 2


180g easy cook rice
1 tbs vegetable oil
1 whole onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 cm ginger, chopped
1/2 fresh red chilli, chopped (less if you prefer it mild)
1/2 carrot, cut into matchsticks
4 mushrooms, sliced
1 handful bean sprouts
2 spring onions sliced
1 tbsp tomato ketchup

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

1 tsp oyster sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

2 eggs
salt and pepper
few sprigs fresh coriander to garnish


Cook the rice according to the instruction on the package and set aside. While the rice is cooking prepare all the vegetables and other ingredients. When all the ingredients are ready, heat the oil in a wok or  deep frying pan, throw the onion into the pan and cook until translucent. Add the ginger, garlic, chilli and stir fry for a few minutes. After that add all the vegetables and keep stirring for 3 minutes and then add the cooked rice and all the sauces and stir fry for 5 minutes until the rice is mixed properly with the sauces and season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile heat another frying pan and fry the eggs sunny side up. Serve the "Nasi Goreng" with chopped fresh coriander and a fried egg on top.