Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mee Siam is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Mee Siam is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Mee siam (name of this dish in Malay) is vermicelli in spicy gravy. This is a rather popular dish in Singapore and Malaysia. 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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:
- Make ready 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
- Make ready 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Get 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
- Prepare 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
- Make ready Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Get 4 cloves garlic
- Make ready 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Take 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Prepare Seasonsings:
- Take 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Prepare 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Prepare 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Take 2 tsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Prepare 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Prepare 2 cups water
It is a perfect dish for breakfast as the beehoon (thin rice vermicelli) soaked in the light and sour-tasting gravy immediately awakens up your. Mee Siam or "Siamese noodles" is basically spicy fried rice vermicelli with various toppings such as shrimp, chicken, fried firm tofu, and shredded omelet. Peranakan Dry Mee Siam local favourite boasts a unique blend of sweet, sour, savoury, spicy and tangy flavours that is sure to tantalise your taste buds and keep you coming back for seconds! This Mee Siam is based on the Malaysian version - which is a hot and spicy dry noodle dish.
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.
Peranakan Dry Mee Siam local favourite boasts a unique blend of sweet, sour, savoury, spicy and tangy flavours that is sure to tantalise your taste buds and keep you coming back for seconds! 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. 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.
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