How to Cook Perfect Mee Siam

Mee Siam.

You can have Mee Siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mee Siam

1. You need 300 g of rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain.
2. You need 300 g of prawns - peel and devein.
3. It's 200 g of beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture).
4. It's 2 pcs of firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu).
5. Prepare 80 g of dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely.
6. It's 150 g of chives, cut into 3cm length.
7. You need 4 of kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely.
8. Prepare 1/3 cup of cooking oil.
9. It's of Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:.
10. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic.
11. You need 4 of shallots.
12. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
13. Prepare 3 Tbsp of chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan).
14. You need 1 stalk of lemongrass chopped finely.
15. Prepare 3 of bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy).
16. You need 3 of calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional).
17. Prepare of Seasonsings:.
18. It's 2 Tbsp of fish sauce.
19. It's 1 Tbsp of soy sauce.
20. You need 1/2 Tbsp of tamarind paste.
21. You need 2 tsp of sugar.
22. You need 1 tsp of chicken stock granules.
23. You need 1/2 tsp of white pepper.
24. You need 2 cups of water.

Mee Siam instructions

1. Prepare all the ingredients!.
2. Heat oil in the wok. Lightly fry the dried shrimps and tofu but separately. Dish out and put aside..
3. 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..
4. Add in seasonings and bring to boil. Then add meehoon and stir-fry..
5. Mix in dried shrimps, tofu, prawns, chives and beansprouts. Mix them well for 3 minutes or until everything are cooked..
6. Serve with cut lime at the side to drizzle if preferred..

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