Ingredients
- 1.5 kg of fresh yellow egg noodles, blanched
- 200 g bean sprouts, blanched
- 4 tbsp vegetable Oil
- 600g beef – sliced (see notes)
- 400g fresh shrimps/prawns – remove shells and deveined
- 500g sweet potatoes, boiled until soft and puree.
- 1/2 cup peanuts – roasted and pound/blend till fine
- 2 tbsp meat curry powder
- 1 lemon grass – bruised
- 2L Water
- 1–2 tbsp palm sugar/brown sugar (only required if the sweet potatoes isn’t sweet)
Paste Ingredients:
- 10 Shallots or 2 large onion
- 1 inch fresh Ginger
- 1 inch Galangal
- 6 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp dried baby shrimps (omit if not available, see notes)
- 2 tbsp fermented Soy Bean Paste (Tahuco)
Garnishing ingredients:
- 2 firm bean curd (tofu) – cut into 1cm cubes and fry
- 4 hard-boiled Eggs – halved
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup spring chopped onion/scallions
- 1/2 cup crisp-fried shallots
- 10 calamansi lime – halved
- 4 green chilies, sliced thinly
Instructions
- In a blender, place ingredients to be blended with ½ cup of water and blend into a fine paste.
- Heat vegetable oil in a pot and fry the blended ingredients and lemon grass for about 5 minutes.
- Add the curry powder and cook for a further 10 minutes or until fragrant.
- Add in beef, water and season with salt. Cook till the beef is tender.
- Once beef is tender, add shrimps/prawns and cook for a further few minutes.
- Stir in the mashed sweet potatoes till it dissolves into the gravy.
- If the gravy is too thick at this point, do add some water to thin it down.
- Finally add in peanuts and season with more salt and sugar if required.
To assemble:
- Place some noodles and beansprouts in a bowl.
- Pour some gravy over the beansprouts and yellow egg noodles.
- Sprinkle with green chilli, firm bean curd slices, fried shallots, spring onions and parsley.
- Top with half an egg and lime.
- This is best served hot/warm.
Notes
If baby dried shrimps are not available, add another 300g of fresh prawns/shrimps
If you do not consume beef, you can use more prawns or shrimps instead.
- Cuisine: Asian