Recipe - "Making 'Mee Siam' with gravy"

'Mee Siam' with gravy

Recipe for 'Mee Siam' with gravy

Wet 'Mee Siam' consists of sweet, spicy, sour with tangy gravy. The key or main ingredient of this dish is the gravy. This dish is full of flavour. It is tedious to prepare but it is totally worth the effort. This dish is also perfect for party or pot luck.

Ingredients

Stir fry Rice Vermicelli

 

200 gm 'Bee Hoon'/Rice Vermicelli

20 gm dried prawns (de shelled, washed and pounded)

10 fresh shrimps (cleaned and devined); marinade with salt and pepper.

1 tsp garlic (finely chopped)

1 brown onion (finely chopped)

1 tbsp of “sambal”

2 tbsp coconut cream

1 tbsp soy sauce

½ tsp salt

2 tbsp vegetable oil or shallot oil

50 ml water

 

Gravy

"Taucu"

1 brown onion (finely chopped)

70 gm dried prawns (de shelled, washed and pounded)

2 tbsp minced bean paste (taucu)

1 tbsp of “sambal” – (refer recipe : http://5foodway.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/recipe-for-making-sambal.html )

1 tbsp coconut cream

2 tbsp tamarind juice (jus assam jawa)

1 tsp lime juice

500 ml prawn shells stock or chicken stock

2 tbsp vegetable oil or shallot oil -(refer recipe : http://5foodway.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/jennifers-secret-ingredient-in-her.html )

  

Garnishing

 

Cucumber (slice thinly)

Eggs (hard boiled or omelette)

'Tau pok' or 'tau kwa' (cut and fried)

Fish cake (fried and slice thinly)

Bean sprouts (blanched)

Crispy fried shallots

Spring onions (finely chopped)

Fresh lime

Procedure
 

Stir fried rice vermicelli

 

Method in cooking stir fry Rice Vermicelli

Sock Rice Vermicelli in cold  tap water for 30 minutes and drained.

Heat oil in wok. Add brown onion, stir fry till lightly brown.

Add garlic, stir fry till garlic turns lightly brown. Add dried prawns. Cook well until it produces aromatic fragrant.

Add ‘sambal’ and fresh shrimps. Cook it.

Add coconut cream and water. Let it boil.

Lastly add rice vermicelli. Stir fry till rice vermicelli is cooked.

Sprinkle some salt and soy sauce. Taste it. Set it aside.

 

Method in cooking Gravy

Heat oil in pot. Saute brown onion till golden brown.

Add dried shrimps; cook it well until it produces aromatic fragrant.

Add “taucu”.

Add “sambal”.

Mix well.

Add coconut cream.

Add in stock. Bring it to boil. Simmer it on low heat for a few minutes.

Add tamarind juice and lime juice.

Taste it and once satisfied with it, turn off heat and set it aside.

 

Serve 'Mee Siam' warm in a bowl. Add all the garnishing on your dish. You only pour warm gravy when you are about to serve to your guests.