Mee Rebus

Ingredients

Serves: 8 

         600g yellow noodles

         300g sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed

         250g lean beef, sliced thinly

         3 cm cinnamon stick

         4 cloves

         3 star anise

         8 cups (2l) beef stock

         1/3 cup (75 ml) tamarind juice

         1 teaspoon ground fennel

         1/2 teaspoon tumeric powder

         1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

         Salt and sugar to taste

         Oil for cooking

       

           Spice Blend:

           8 shallots

      3 cloves garlic

      1 cm ginger

      1 cm galangal

      8 dried chilli peppers, soak in hot water discard seeds

      For the garnish :

      1 cucumber, peeled and cut into matchstick size

      250g beansprouts, tails remove tails and blanch in hot water

      150g fried shallots

      3 stalks spring onions, chopped

      3 red chillies, sliced

      3 hard boiled eggs, quartered

      8 small limau kasturi, halved

      Prawn crisps ( see recipe)

Directions

Prep:40min  ›  Cook:30min  ›  Ready in:1hr10min 

1.      Grind all the spice ingredients until fine. Heat a little oil in a pot and fry the spice blend until fragrant. Mix in the fennel, tumeric, black pepper, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves and fry until the oil separates.

2.      Add the sliced beef and stir fry for 2 minutes. Pour in the beef stock, tamarind juice and mashed potatoes. Stir well and cook over low heat and bring to a boil. Season with salt and sugar to taste.

3.      Blanch the noodles in boiling water and drain. To serve, put noodles in bowl and ladle the soup over it. Garnish with each of the ingredients.