Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mee Siam is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Mee Siam is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Read Customer Reviews & Find Best Sellers. Mee siam, which means "Siamese noodle" in Malay, is a dish of thin rice vermicelli, originating from Maritime Southeast Asia, popular in Singapore and Malaysia. It is said to have originated from the Malay community.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. 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:
- Get 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)
- Get 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)
- Get 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Prepare 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Prepare Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Take Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Get 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Make ready 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Get 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Make ready Seasonsings:
- Make ready 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Make ready 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 2 tsp sugar
- Get 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Make ready 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 2 cups water
Prawns and bean sprouts are also added to the rice vermicelli. It is then served with a sweet and sour gravy which is slightly spicy and finally topped with hard-boiled eggs, fried bean curd, half of a calamansi lime and some chinese chives. 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. It is made with vermicelli noodles which are fried with small shrimps, bean sprouts, soybeans, and chili paste.
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.
The dish is usually topped with spring onions, red chili peppers, fried onions, coriander, and omelet strips, while lime wedges are. 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. I decided to go for the Malaysian version because it was easier to modify in order to make it into a quick dish. Mee Siam is a spicy stir-fried rice vermicelli popular for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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