Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mee siam. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Mee Siam is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Take 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)
- Take 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
- Prepare 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)
- Make ready 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Get 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Take Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic
- Make ready 4 shallots
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Take 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Make ready 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Prepare Seasonsings:
- Prepare 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Prepare 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Take 2 tsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Take 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Prepare 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. 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. Mee Siam Kuah brings back many fond memories of going to the market on Saturday and Sunday mornings with my grandmother.
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