Prawn Noodle
Soup
Preparing the
stock:
1 kilos
prawns (clear shell sea prawns)
Procedure:
1. Peel prawns (no need to give the prawns a
hair cut). Set aside the shells and heads. De-vein the prawns (note: it is
easier to de-vein the prawns before you blanch them).
2. Fridge the prawn meat.
3. Heat up your wok. Add some oil and chopped
garlic. Fry the dried shrimps. After about 5 minute, add all the prawn shells
and heads. Fry till the colour has turned into golden orange hue.
4. Pour into a pot and add some water. Put in
your stick blender and blend. It will take less than a minute to pulverize the
lot. Simmer for an hour. After this, best to leave overnight for the stock to
steep.
2 litres water
100 gm ikan
bilis (anchovies)
50 gm dried shrimps
1 stalks
lemon grass (serai)
1 teaspoon
chopped garlic
2in ginger
1. Boil water in another pot.
2. Add ginger, lemon grass stalks, and ikan
bilis (with heads on).
3. Add the prawn and dried shrimps stock.
5. Simmer the stock for about 45 minutes
with lid on.
Finishing
your stock:
10 gm belachan (shrimp paste)
salt To taste
1 tablespoon chicken
stock granules
25 gm (or
more to taste) rock sugar
2
tablespoon oil
1. After about 45 minutes, your stock should
begin to taste like..well, hae mee.
2. Blanch the prawn meat in the stock in
batches (avoid crowding or prawns will be mushy) till it is cooked (about 2-3
mins).
3. Strain your stock
4. Add belachan .
5. Add some oil.
6. Adjust taste with rock sugar and chicken
stock granules.
Preparing the
noodles and garnishes:
1 kilo yellow
mee/bee hoon (vermicilli)/ laksa mee
300 gm bean
sprout / kangkong (convolvulus)
fried
shallots- As desire
fish cake-As
desire
2. Soak the bee hoon in cold water for about
30 minutes.
3. Add a bee hoon, bean sprout into a scoop
and stick into a pot of boiling water for about half a minute.
4. Transfer to a bowl and scoop in the
stock. Go easy on the amount of noodles. The stock should cover the noodles
completely.
5. Garnish: a few slices of prawns, sliced
fish cakes and fried shallots.
6. Serve with the chili: either put a dollop
on the bowl or in a separate sauce plate.