Nasi Uduk
This Indonesian side builds jasmine rice, pandan leaves and shallots into a proper meal you can have ready in about 65 minutes. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for pan and large pot. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, every ingredient resolved to a plant source.
What you'll need
Shopping list (4)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegan — no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: none of the major allergens we track from the ingredients listed.
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How to make it
- Rinse the jasmine rice in several changes of water until it runs clear, then drain well to remove excess starch.
- Bruise the lemongrass stalks and knot the pandan leaves, and finely slice the garlic and shallots.
- Combine the rice, coconut milk, water, salt and all the aromatics in a heavy pot, stir once, and bring gently to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally so the coconut milk does not catch.
- When most of the liquid is absorbed and steam holes appear on the surface, cover tightly, drop the heat to very low, and cook undisturbed for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and let the rice rest, still covered, for 10 minutes so it finishes steaming and the grains set.
- Remove the lemongrass, pandan, bay and lime leaves, then fluff the rice gently with a fork to separate the grains.
- Serve warm scattered with fried shallots, traditionally alongside fried chicken, omelette strips, sambal and sliced cucumber.
You'll use: Pan · Large pot · Saucepan · Steamer
Ingredient substitutions
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
- Lemon
- lime · 1 tbsp white wine vinegar per lemon
- Lime
- lemon
- Shallots
- ½ small onion + a little garlic
What to serve with Nasi Uduk
- Ayam Penyet Chicken
- Bakso Beef
- Bubur Ayam Breakfast
- Dadar Gulung Dessert
Tips & common questions
How long does Nasi Uduk take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 11 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of milk?
Try any unsweetened plant milk. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Nasi Uduk vegan?
Every ingredient listed on this page resolved to a plant or mineral source in our ingredient ontology — no meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, egg or honey. Labels can still differ by brand, so check packaged items.
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Original recipe — developed in-house by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Nasi Uduk is an original Indonesian recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Nasi uduk netherlands.jpg by Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.