Fried Dry Mee Siam

This recipe i just try this weekend - its works wonderful for me

Ingredients:
Mee Siam Paste
35 gm dried chillies - soak in hot water for 10 mins, take out the seeds
70 gm shallots (small onion)
3 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 tbsp blachan
3 1/2 tbsp bean sauce paste (taucheo)
80 gm dried prawn (pounded)

Method:
1. Grind dried chillies, shallots, garlic together.

2. Mixed them with blachan, bean sauce paste, dried prawns then set aside.


OR

1 bottle of Woh Hup Mee Siam Paste

100 gm chives
500 gm prawns (optional)
3 pcs deep-fried taukwa (cut into cubes) - brownish kind
750 ml of water (mixed with asam paste)
3 tbsp of asam paste
3 tbsp of sugar
3 tbsp of oil

300 gm bean sprouts (stir fry a while on wok - scoop up n put aside)
1 packet of Beehoon (500gm) *
Garnishing:6 small limes (cut half)
3 eggs - fried as omelette & sliced

Method:
1. Beehooon preparation: soak in tap water for 1 min then drain dry, turn upside down to drain again. Do not soak the beehoon for too long cos water will be absorbed into the beehoon.

2. Heat oil, fry beansprout for 1 mins, to get rid of the greenish smell scoop up and set aside. Heat oil, put in prawns to fry, once the prawn start to curve, scoop it up and set aside.

3. Warm oil, small fire, put in the mee siam paste to fry a while. Add 750 ml of water, sugar, add beehoon to cooked in the wok, let the beehoon absorb most of the mee siam paste. Then add beansprout, taukwa, chives, prawn together. While frying if you find it too stiff to fry, try using chopstick to go along, add oil if necessary. Once the beehoon smell a bit fragnant, try taste a bit of the beehoon, if it soft, it will be ready to be serve. Serve with eggs and limes

This recipe can be eaten for 8 person

*Note: Beehoon (600 gm) - 3 bowls of water (1 bowl = 300 ml)
Beehoon (500 gm) - 2 1/2 bowls of water
Beehoon (400 gm) - 2 bowls of water