Mee Rebus

Is there a chef that you like very much, and you have no doubt that his recipe will work out perfectly everytime? 

Since young, I had seen my mom watching cooking show on TV. I didn't enjoy much of them but I didn't mind watching Chef Wan's show, mainly because the way he present himself- confident and humorous. Although I didn't understand much that time, I could still watch on. Fast forward the time now... now that I enjoy cooking, his recipes had become some of my best inspirations. 

Today, I am using his recipe to make mee rebus for my family. Mee rebus is a noodle dish with sweet curry-like gravy. It is very popular in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, and is a must try if you are visiting these areas. It is only mildly spicy, even my toddler enjoy it! Hope that you will like it too.

Recipe adapted from the book "Simply Sedap 2", written by Chef Wan

Mee Rebus

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 30g curry powder
• 1/2 cup perserved soy bean paste (taucu)
• 750ml water
• 2 medium size orange/yellow flesh sweet potato, boiled, peeled and mashed
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 tbsp ground peanuts
• salt, to taste
• sugar, to taste
• 1 1/2 tbsp corn starch, mixed with 3 tbsp water
• 700g -1 kg yellow noodles, cooked as per instruction on the packaging
• 80g beans sprout, blanched

Spice Paste

• 7 shallots
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 cm ginger

Garnishing

• 2 hard boiled egg
• 1 tau kwa (firm bean curd), fried and cut into cubes
• 1 sprig chinese celery, chopped
• 1 green chilli, seeded and sliced
• 4 calamansi, cut into half
• 4 tablespoon fried shallots

Cooking Directions

1. Blend the spice paste in a blender until smooth
2. Heat oil in a pot, add spice paste and curry powder, fry until fragrant.
3. Add soy bean paste, water and sweet potatoes. Stir through and bring to the boil.
4. Add tomato, peanuts, then season to taste with salt and sugar.
5. Stir in corn flour solution. Continue to simmer, stir constantly until the gravy is thick.
6. To serve, place the yellow noodles and bean sprout in a bowl, then ladle hot gravy over. Top with desired amounts of each garnishing ingredient.

马来卤面

4 人份

材料

• 1/4杯食用油
• 30克咖喱粉
• 1/2杯黄豆酱（taucu）
• 750毫升水
• 2个中等大小的橙色/黄肉地瓜，煮，去皮，捣碎
• 番茄1个，切碎
• 1汤匙的花生碎
• 盐，适量
• 糖，适量
• 1 1/2汤匙玉米淀粉，用3汤匙水混合
• 700克-1公斤的黄色面条，照包装上指示煮熟
• 80克豆芽，烫水

香料

• 辣妹粘贴
• 7瓣小葱头
• 2瓣大蒜
• 2厘米生姜

配料

• 2粒鸡蛋
• 1块豆腐，炸好后切成四方块
• 1棵中国芹菜，切碎
• 1条青辣椒，去籽，切片
• 4粒酸柑，切成一半
• 4大匙炸葱头子

做法

• 用搅拌机把香料打成泥。
• 锅中烧热油，加入香料和咖喱粉，翻炒爆香。
• 加入豆瓣酱，水和番薯。搅拌均匀，煮沸。
• 加入番茄，花生，然后用盐和糖调味。
• 拌入玉米粉水。不断搅拌，直到酱汁浓稠。
• 食用时，将黄色面条和豆芽放入碗中，然后舀入热酱汁。随喜好加入配料。