Auntie Dolly's Mee Siam

There are many versions of Mee Siam, Malay, Indian, Peranakan and now Auntie Dolly's.

I have tried and tested different recipes and tweaked it to my family's liking.  When you have a party and there are more people, you can do the dry version.  Basically you just reduce the amount of gravy and make it thicker.  Here is the wet version. Always remember the measurements are agak agak (estimated). After you've tried it, you will know how much to use.

 

Ingredients for frying bee hoon

 

1 pkt of bee hoon soaked in hot water for about 3 mins then drained dry.

300 grams bean sprouts, tail plucked

2 tablespoons of chilli rempah (look for recipe in earlier post)

6 pcs small red onions, pounded.

chinese chives for garnishing

Hard boiled eggs, quartered for garnishing

Oil for frying

 

Method for frying bee hoon

 

Heat oil, fry onions and rempah till fragrant

Add bean sprouts, fry a little while and then add bee hoon

Using a pair of long chopsticks, keep tossing till evenly coated with rempah

Add salt and light soya to taste, then dish out

 

Ingredients for gravy

 

6 pcs red small onions pounded (you can use big onions too)

300 grams dried prawns, soaked and pounded till half fine

200 grams tau cheong pounded (fermented soya beans)

3 tablespoons chilli rempah (recipe in earlier post)

300 grams assam (tamarind pulp) soaked in 1 bowl of warm water to extract juice

200grams coconut cream (kara brand)

4 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

6 pcs dried Taupok (bean curd puff) cut in to broad strips

Water - about 300 ml

Oil for frying

 

Method

 

Heat oil, fry onions till aromatic, add dried prawns and fry for about 2 mins

Add chilli rempah and continue to fry till fragrant

Add pounded soya bean paste and fry again

Using a sieve. drain the assam juice into pot

Add water and boil for about 20 mins (adjust amount of water accordingly)

Add coconut cream and stir till dissolved

Add sugar, salt and do a taste test.

Lastly add in taupok and boil for another 5 mins

 

Dish a handful of bee hoon onto plate

Spoon gravy onto bee hoon

Garnish with eggs and chives

You can have additional chilli sambal at the side (can be bought from glory at east coast road)