Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, 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 on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Mee Siam is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must 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
- Take 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
- 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)
- Make ready 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Get Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic
- Take 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Make ready 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Get Seasonsings:
- Prepare 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Make ready 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 2 tsp sugar
- Get 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 is a spicy stir-fried rice vermicelli popular for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In Singapore and Malaysia, mee siam is often served at special events.
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.
It is garnished with shredded omelette. 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. 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.
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