Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mee Siam is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Mee Siam is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
This Mee Siam recipe belongs to my mom. Her Mee Siam recipe is easier compare to a lot of other recipes out there as she would use the same base ingredients for both the rice vermicelli and the gravy. SUPER EASY Singapore Mee Siam 米暹 Malay Noodles • Bee Hoon Recipe • Singapore Street Food.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Prepare 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Get 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Make ready 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Make ready 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Take 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Make ready 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Take 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Prepare 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Get Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Make ready Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic
- Take 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Prepare 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Get Seasonsings:
- Make ready 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Prepare 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 2 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Get 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Get 2 cups water
In Singapore and Malaysia, mee siam is often served at special events. It is garnished with shredded omelette. Mee Siam is a Malaysian favorite often served during public functions. This spicy and flavorful dish comes with a variety of colorful toppings.
Instructions to make Mee Siam:
- Prepare all the ingredients!
- Heat oil in the wok. Lightly fry the dried shrimps and tofu but separately. Dish out and put aside.
- Stir fry the pounded ingredients and kaffir lime leaves until aromatic. Add prawns and fry until they are half-cooked. Dish out only the prawns and put aside.
- Add in seasonings and bring to boil. Then add meehoon and stir-fry.
- Mix in dried shrimps, tofu, prawns, chives and beansprouts. Mix them well for 3 minutes or until everything are cooked.
- Serve with cut lime at the side to drizzle if preferred.
Mee siam or Siamese noodles is a dish that is popular in Malaysia and Singapore, and it is believed to have been inspired by Thai cuisine and flavors. My sister and I would walk to a market on the weekends to do some grocery and then we would stop by the hawker center to have. This Mee Siam is based on the Malaysian version - which is a hot and spicy dry noodle dish. There's also a Singapore version that's similar, but is served with a spicy gravy. Peranakan Dry Mee Siam is a local favourite that boasts a unique blend of sweet, sour, savoury I learnt to cook Peranakan Dry Mee Siam from a Peranakan friend who used to share her Mee Siam.
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