Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 considered one of Singaporean's favourite dishes and amongst the most notable in Singapore.
Mee Siam is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Mee Siam is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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
- Take 300 g prawns - peel and devein
- Make ready 200 g beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
- Get 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
- Take 80 g dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
- Make ready 150 g chives, cut into 3cm length
- Get 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup cooking oil
- Get Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic
- Get 4 shallots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
- Get 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
- Take 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
- Prepare 3 calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
- Make ready Seasonsings:
- Prepare 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- Get 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Take 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Take 1 tsp chicken stock granules
- Make ready 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Get 2 cups water
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. 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.
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.
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. Mee siam, to us, is one of the most underrated yet hugely satisfying things to have for breakfast here in Singapore. You can't call yourself a true blue Singaporean if you haven't heard of or tried mee siam. Mee Siam is a Malaysian favorite often served during public functions.
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