Simple Feast

Salam 'Aidil Adha to all Muslims!

It feels so good to be back. ^_^ Seems like ages ago since the last post!

So, how do we spent the day off?!

Let see...

 We had Mee Jawa (Javanese Noodle) for breakfast and lunch:

Acik tried to concentrate on doing her Math assignment between Facebooking, chatting and Googling:

Shin-kun having a personal time sun bathing on the balcony:

And my dad was totally fixed on telemovie Qurban Tak Jadi:

Having said that, the fever was taking turn on everybody in the house and lucky for me I'm all better. Alhamdulillah... ^_^  Does the Mee Jawa above made you salivate? If so, lets get to the recipe!

Mak Teh's Mee Jawa 

A recipe from an auntie of mine

Serves 8-10

• 1 kg fresh yellow noodle (blanched)
• 8 hard-boiled eggs (skinned and halved)
• 4 pieces of tofu (not the soft, egg tofu kind). Cut each tofu into 12 small slices. Deep fried in hot oil until crispy
• A bunch each of scallion and parsley (chopped up)
• 2 red chilies (thinly sliced)
• 2 limes (sliced)
• Fried shallot (Store bought)

Soup :

• 500 g sweet potato (boiled and mashed)
• 15 dried chilies (soaked in hot water)
• 500g meat, sliced (chicken / beef)
• 200 g prawn (cleaned and deveined) 
• 3 Tbsp dried shrimp*
• 1 big onion*
• 3 cloves garlic*
• 1 inch ginger*
• 1 inch galangal (lengkuas)*
• 1 stalk lemon grass*
• 3 Tbsp beef curry powder
• Salt & sugar to taste
• Water

1. In a food processor, process all (*) ingredients. Set aside. Process the soaked dried chilies into a paste
2. Heat enough oil in a heavy-bottom pot to stir-fry the chili paste. Then add in the processed mixture and cook until fragrant
3. Make a paste out of the curry powder by adding some water. Add into the pot and cooked until  the oil comes out
4. Add meat into it. Stir- fry just until the meat half cooked. Then add in mashed sweet potato. along with a jug of water, about 1.5 Liter into the pot. Add the prawns also. Stir and let it cook until it comes to boil
5. Season with salt and sugar. I started with 1 Tbsp salt and 1 Tbsp sugar. Taste, add on from that to your liking. The soup should taste sweet and spicy
6. Serves by placing noodle first in a bowl. Topped with crispy tofu, half hard-boiled egg. Cover with sauce. Sprinkle fried shallot, and chopped scallion+parsley. Squeeze a slice of lime ove it. Done! ^_^

Bon Appétit!