Malaysia

Mee Rebus

Name: Mee Rebus
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 400 g Yellow egg noodles; 400 g Sweet potatoes; as paste Shallots, garlic, chilli; 1 tbsp Shrimp paste (belacan); 1 tbsp each Curry powder & tamarind; to top Eggs (boiled) & tofu; to garnish Lime, spring onion, green chilli

Malaysian noodles in spiced sweet-potato sauce

Mee rebus – “boiled noodles” – is a Malaysian-Singaporean dish of Malay cuisine. Its hallmark is the thick, sweet-savoury sauce.

The sauce is thickened with sweet potato and seasoned with shrimp paste; served over yellow noodles, garnished with egg, tofu, lime and green chilli.

Servings3

Time70 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Yellow egg noodles400 g
Sweet potatoes400 g
Shallots, garlic, chillias paste
Shrimp paste (belacan)1 tbsp
Curry powder & tamarind1 tbsp each
Eggs (boiled) & tofuto top
Lime, spring onion, green chillito garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil the sweet potatoes soft and purée finely.
Fry the spice paste with belacan and curry powder.
Stir sweet-potato purée and water into a thick sauce.
Season with tamarind and simmer.
Place noodles in bowls, sauce over, garnish with egg and tofu.

Make it original

Belacan, curry powder and tamarind for mee rebus are in the Asia Boutique.

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