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  • Curry Mee

    Medium difficulty
    45 minutes
    03-Jun
    Curry Mee is a traditional Southeast Asian dish that is a popular favourite among locals and tourists alike. It is a flavourful noodle dish made with yellow noodles, curry paste, coconut milk, and other ingredients. This dish can be made with chicken, pork, prawns, or even tofu, offering multiple options for any dietary preference. Adding bean sprouts, fish cake, egg, chilli paste, lime juice, sugar, salt, shallots, garlic, coriander leaves, and cumin powder adds to the dish's complexity and creates a unique flavour.
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    Ingredients

    • Noodles (usually yellow noodles)
    • Curry paste
    • Coconut milk
    • Prawns
    • Bean sprouts
    • Fish cake
    • Tofu
    • Egg
    • Chili paste
    • Lime juice
    • Sugar
    • Salt
    • Shallots
    • Garlic
    • Coriander leaves
    • Cumin powder

    Method

    • Step-by-step Method for Making Curry Mee
    • Prepare all ingredients: wash bean sprouts and coriander leaves, peel prawns, slice fish cake, cut tofu into cubes, peel and slice shallots and garlic.
    • Cook eggs in boiling water until hard-boiled, then peel and set aside.
    • Cook yellow noodles according to package instructions, drain, and set aside.
    • In a pan, fry sliced shallots and garlic until fragrant.
    • Add curry paste and cumin powder to the pan, stir and cook until aromatic.
    • Pour in coconut milk and an equal volume of water; bring to a gentle simmer.
    • Add sugar and salt to taste.
    • Add tofu cubes and fish cakes to the simmering curry base; cook for 3 minutes.
    • Add peeled prawns; simmer until just cooked through and pink.
    • In parallel, briefly blanch bean sprouts in boiling water for 15-20 seconds; drain.
    • Arrange cooked yellow noodles in serving bowls.
    • Ladle hot curry soup with prawns, tofu, and fish cake over noodles.
    • Top each bowl with sliced hard-boiled egg and blanched bean sprouts.
    • Spoon chili paste to taste on top.
    • Drizzle fresh lime juice over the finished bowls.
    • Garnish each bowl with coriander leaves before serving.
    • Serve immediately while hot.