Nasi Kerabu Blue Flower
This dish originated from the north eastern states of kelantan and terengganu on peninsular malaysia but can now be found all across malaysia and even in singapore.
Nasi kerabu blue flower. The blue color of the rice comes from the petals of clitoria ternatea butterfly pea flowers bunga telang which are used as a natural food coloring in cooking it. To add on to the flower theme of the dish why not combine it with a refreshing flower salad. Heat 2 cups water and soak flowers for about 10 minutes until water is blue. Rice cooked with butterfly pea brew results in blue rice.
Utterly delicious for the eyes and stomach. The rice can be a homogenous blue but you may give it a marbled look just for fun. This recipe was first published in flavours magazine. Add kafir lime lemongrass rice and salt and cook rice normally.
Apparently butterfly pea flower tea is getting quite trendy if only for its very instagrammable colour. Nasi kerabu gets its colours from the vibrant blue of the butterfly pea flowers. Its called nasi kerabu in malaysia. There is one alluring malay dish called nasi kerabu originating from the kelantan province which presents blue rice accompanied by various salads pickles crackers and dips.
Nasi kerabu with its signature blue rice is made from the petals of bunga telang or blue peas flower. This recipe is best with.