It's a bit of a waste to use fragrant rice (beras wangi) for nasi lemak as the fragrance of the rice is lost since a nasi lemak dish is mainly counting on its sambal and the coconut santan on the rice. Also, the sticky type of fragrant rice is not suitable for nasi lemak. Only the not-so-sticky type of fragrant rice is suitable. Fragrant rice is only good when taken with normal dishes, or when used for chicken rice.

The normal (cheap) rice and beras hancur is surely more suitable for nasi lemak than fragrant rice. It's not to say that one cannot use fragrant rice for nasi lemak. It's just that for the high price of Grade AAA fragrant rice, it's a waste since the smell of the fragrant rice will be lost since the nasi lemak is mostly enjoyed for its sambal and santan on the rice which will cover/eliminate all the smell of the fragrant rice.

This post has been edited by Dwango: Apr 18 2018, 06:10 PM

Not sure the point you are making here. I am aware of the fact that every ingredient needs to be good as it's a combination as a whole, so that the dish will come up good. The point I am making here is the type of rice, that is Beras Wangi vs Beras normal. I'm not saying to use cheap or lousy rice with Beras normal but the point is the normal rice is cheaper than Beras Wangi. Beras Wangi has many types and brands, and some Beras Wangi tastes like Beras normal without the fragrance and stickiness of Beras Wangi.

For Nasi Lemak, the rice cannot be too sticky and that's the reason why Beras Wangi is not suitable. Most brands of Beras Wangi is sticky, almost like glutinous rice. The rice is not separated individually. But for some Beras Wangi, it is not so sticky and separated, so it's almost the same as the normal rice although it is claimed to be Beras Wangi with higher price.

Back to the point - i think you have mistaken my post in assuming that using cheap ingredients to make Nasi lemak. I am only talking about the rice and not the ingredients. Although I am only focusing on the rice, I am comparing between Beras Wangi and the normal rice, not cheap vs expensive. It's a known fact that normal rice is cheaper than Beras Wangi but that does not suggest that using the normal rice is using cheap ingredients.