Vegetarian Mee Siam - one for our plant-based friends!
who says plant-based Malay food can't be good?
we love taking on new challenges! this time, we attempted to create a vegan version of Mee Siam for our friends at ACRES! check out the recipe!
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Vegetarian Mee Siam
rempah:
55g dried red chillies, soaked in hot water till softened
10 shallots, peeled
4 cloves garlic, peeled
5 candlenuts, soaked in hot water
1/2 cup oil
4 tbsp crushed peanuts
1/4 cup taucheo, roughly mashed
2 tbsp tamarind paste (asam jawa)
1.5 litres water
2 tbsp mushroom seasoning
2 tbsp brown sugar / gula melaka
200 ml coconut milk
400g beehoon (thin rice vermicelli), soaked in water for until soft
salt, to taste
6 calamansi, halved
5 sprigs garlic chives (koochye), cut into 2 inches
3 @thekampungvegan style vegan eggs (optional)
150g taupok (tofu puffs), halved
1/2 cup vegetarian sambal tumis (optional)
directions:
blend all the rempah ingredients into a smooth paste
heat 1/2 cup oil in a pot on medium heat. once the oil is almost smoking, pour in the paste and fry while stirring constantly until the oil starts to split. remove 3 tbsp of the paste and reserve for the beehoon.
add water and let the gravy come up to a boil. bring down the heat to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes, covered. add the mushroom seasoning, ground peanuts, mashed taucheo and tamarind paste. simmer for 5 minutes and stir in the coconut milk.
simmer gently for another 5 minutes. season with sugar and salt and add in the taupok to soak the in gravy. the gravy should have a balance of salty, sweet and spicy.
in a wok, heat 3 tbsp of oil and saute the reserved sambal paste. add 1/2 cup water and the soaked beehoon. stir fry until the beehoon soaks up the sambal paste evenly and become soft.
to assemble, arrange the fried beehoon in a bowl and pour over the gravy. With a few pieces of taupok. Garnish with 2 halves of a lime, garlic chives, vegan egg and a dollop of sambal tumis.
for more recipes within the ‘Mee Siam-sphere’, check these 3 recipes out!:
mee siam - an old-school dish to bring on the nostalgia <3
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