Medha Imam: Nothing says comfort food
quite like fried rice
and Indonesia's national dish is no different.
It's called nasi goreng.
And this dish takes fried rice
to a whole 'nother level.
Hey guys, my name is Medha
and I'm here with Indonesian rapper, Rich Brian.
He just released his album this past July.
It's called...
Rich Brian: The Sailor.
Medha: He's joining me today
to teach me how to make Indonesian fried rice.
Rich: Aka nasi goreng.
Medha: Nasi goreng is said to date back
to the 10th century when Chinese immigrants
began migrating to Indonesia.
With their migration came fried rice
and the ensuing cultural exchange gave birth to nasi goreng.
Indonesian fried rice.
Now this dish can be seen all over the country,
eaten by all social classes as street food
or at a five-star restaurant.
Jazz Souisay: Because Indonesia has islands
so every islands, they form their own style
of fried rice.
Different kind of meat.
Snake or bat or turtle.
We can make a fried rice.
And also in Bali, they use
different kind of spices.
Brian: It's basically one of those, like, dishes
where you just wake up in the morning
and you just, like, you smell it.
And you just know it's gonna be a good day.
All right, I haven't cooked in a while
so I'm, you know, it's fine.
Medha: But you usually cook, right?
Brian: I usually cook, yeah.
And I've cooked fried rice before.
Medha: That sizzle.
Brian: Yep. (pan tapping)
All right, cool.
I'm gonna mix it around.
Like, generally when you cook fried rice.
You put, like, the seasoning and stuff part like in first
and then the rice always kinda comes last.
Just kind of like trying to get the seasoning
just throughout the whole, the whole rice.
I take the turmeric and like the...
The garlic and oh (squeaks).
That was way too much pepper. Medha: It's okay.
Brian: I did not know it was gonna come out that much.
Can you hand me the sweet soy sauce?
Medha: Of course.
The kecap's distinct flavor is what sets nasi goreng apart
from Chinese fried rice
and other fried rice variants.
Brian: When I first started learning English,
I was super confused about, like, you know.
Medha: Kecap?
Brian: The fact that, like, tomato sauce is called ketchup
and I was, like...
Medha: Like, what is this?
Brian: Yeah, exactly. Medha: What's going on?
Brian: I'm pretty confident about this one.
I think it's gonna be pretty good.
Medha: Oh. Oh!
Brian: This is not working out.
I'm gonna stop trying to look cool for camera.
Medha: I think it's good.
Brian: You think it's good? Medha: Yeah.
Brian: Okay. Medha: Do you want more salt?
Brian: You know what?
At this point, I just wanna eat.
This is the cup that I'm...
Is it super spicy?
(Medha coughing)
The white pepper's gettin' to her.
Medha: I'm fine, I'm fine.
Brian: Okay, cool.
So while she's coughing,
I'm gonna put the rice in this bowl and uh...
Medha: I'm gonna step out for two seconds.
(Brian laughs)
(Medha coughing)
Brian: Oh man, this is going so well guys.
Do the old switcheroo.
Make sure it's all.
Ooh.
Ooh, look at that.
That looks super neat
and, like, super delicious and not too spicy.
Jazz: And then on top, you put a sunny-side up
and then a drizzle with fried shallots.
And then put some pickles and chips,
either shrimp chips or garlic chips.
Medha: So this is ours.
Brian: This is the fried rice that we made.
Medha: I think we did a great job.
Brian: Yeah, this is what your product looks like
on Amazon and then this is what it looks like
when it actually comes.
Viral content!
Medha: Ooh.
Brian: Oh man.
More salty than I thought.
Medha: I think it's a good amount of salt.
Brian: Okay, okay. Medha: Yeah.
I would eat this all day if I could.
Brian: Okay, the spices are definitely there.
And it tastes great.
Let's try the egg.
Medha: It's good.
Especially with the egg. Brian: Yeah, yeah.
My mom used to make it, like, kind of
like the way that we made it.
She wouldn't actually put any sweet soy sauce in it.
So, like, as soon as I got here,
I'm, like, oh, I miss Indonesian food right now
and so now what I do
because I live alone is, like,
I love cooking.
It's, like, my favorite thing to do to relax
and I would just, like, ask my mom or my dad
for recipes of, like, certain dishes
that they made me as a kid
that I remember liking
and I would just make it here.
This is like that little piece of home that I have.
And I can have it any time
as long as I have, like, ingredients
and a kitchen and, like, I can just make it any time.
I feel like it could be a little juicer.
Oh my god! Oh my god!