Mee Rebus

Description
A true marriage between Chinese and Malay kitchen. Thick boiled yellow noodles with fried tofu, shallots, bean sprouts, egg and green chilles topped with a rich shrimp sauce of Malay mixed spices and Chinese bean paste thickened with sweet potatoes! Perfect!!

Ingredients

 * thick yellow noodles (oiled noodles)
 * bean sprouts
 * beef finely sliced
 * prawns, shelled and keep the shells
 * sweet potato flour (or other flour for thickening)
 * sweet potatoes (or potatoes)
 * coconut milk
 * eggs
 * tofu
 * shallots, finely sliced
 * sour lime (or lime juice)
 * dark soy sauce (optional)
 * green chili, sliced (optional)
 * shrimp fry (baby shrimp)

Rempah (Spice paste)

 * garlic
 * dried chili
 * onion
 * turmeric
 * shallots
 * galangal
 * blacan (shrimp paste)
 * coriander powder
 * bean paste (taocheo)
 * ground black pepper

Directions

 * 1) Fry prawn shells in a little oil for several minutes, add water to make stock.
 * 2) Strain.
 * 3) Peel and boil sweet potatoes, then mash.
 * 4) Boil eggs, shell and cut into four.
 * 5) Prepare rempah in blender, add prawn and blend till smooth.
 * 6) Fry finely sliced shallots.
 * 7) Cut tofu into small cubes and deep fried in oil.
 * 8) Dry fry the baby shrimps.
 * 9) Fry rempah in oil till fragrant, add beef add prawn stock, coconut milk, mashed sweet potatoes.
 * 10) Thicken further with sweet potato flour (first mixed with water).
 * 11) The sauce should be thick and creamy.
 * 12) Bring to boil and season to taste with salt and sugar.
 * 13) Bring a pot of water to boil, blanch bean sprouts.
 * 14) Briefly boiled the noodles.
 * 15) To serve, place noodles and bean sprouts in a bowl and pour sauce over.
 * 16) Add fried tofu, eggs, fried shallots, fried baby shrimp and squeeze lime over.
 * 17) Green chilis and dark soya sauce are optional.