Nasi goreng, literally meaning "fried rice" in Indonesian and Malay, can refer simply to fried pre-cooked rice, to a meal including fried rice accompanied with other items, or to a more complicated fried rice, typically spiced with tamarind and chilli and including other ingredients, particularly egg and prawns.
In Indonesian, nasi means cooked rice and goreng means fried.
The main ingredients for the plain nasi goreng include pre-cooked rice, so...
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