Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mee siam. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
SUPER EASY Singapore Mee Siam 米暹 Malay Noodles • Bee Hoon Recipe • Singapore Street Food. 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.
Mee Siam is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Mee Siam is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Get 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Make ready 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Take 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Make ready 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Get 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Get 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Prepare 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Take Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Prepare Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic
- Take 4 shallots
- Take 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Take 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Prepare 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Make ready Seasonsings:
- Make ready 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Take 2 tsp sugar
- Get 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Prepare 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 2 cups water
Mee Siam is a Malaysian favorite often served during public functions. This spicy and flavorful dish comes with a variety of colorful toppings. Mee Siam, which means "Siamese noodle", is a dish of thin rice noodles (vermicelli) in spicy, sweet and sour light gravy. It is one of the popular one-dish meals in Singapore.
Steps 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.
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. 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. 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. 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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