Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mee siam. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mee siam, which means "Siamese noodle" in Malay, is a dish of thin rice vermicelli, originating from Maritime Southeast Asia, popular in Singapore and Malaysia. It is said to have originated from the Malay community. As the name suggests, it is inspired or adapted from Thai flavours. Mee Siam (Spicy Rice Vermicelli) Mee Siam or "Siamese noodles" is basically spicy fried rice vermicelli with various toppings such as shrimp, chicken, fried firm tofu, and shredded omelet.

Mee Siam is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mee Siam is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mee siam using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mee Siam:

1. Take 300 g rice vermicelli (meehoon) - soak in water for 5 minutes and drain
2. Prepare 300 g prawns - peel and devein
3. Prepare 1 cup beansprouts (peel both ends to get a crunchier bite texture)
4. Get 1 cup chives, cut into 3cm length
5. Get 1/4 cup dried shrimps, wash and chopped coarsely
6. Prepare 2 pcs firm tofu, slices (optional - I am not a big fan of tofu)
7. Make ready 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded finely
8. Take 1/3 cup cooking oil
9. Take Calamsansi cut in halves to serve at the side (optional)
10. Take Ingredients to be pounded or blended together:
11. Get 4 cloves garlic
12. Get 4 shallots
13. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
14. Get 3 Tbsp chopped ginger flower (Bunga Kantan)
15. Take 1 stalk lemongrass chopped finely
16. Get 3 bird eye chilies (if you like it spicy)
17. Take Seasonsings:
18. Prepare 2 Tbsp fish sauce
19. Take 1 Tbsp soy sauce
20. Take 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste
21. Prepare 2 tsp sugar
22. Prepare 1 tsp chicken stock granules
23. Prepare 1/2 tsp white pepper
24. Take 2 cups water

Mee Siam is made by stir frying rice vermicelli with some chilli paste. Prawns and bean sprouts are also added to the rice vermicelli. It is then served with a sweet and sour gravy which is slightly spicy and finally topped with hard-boiled eggs, fried bean curd, half of a calamansi lime and some chinese chives. Mee Siam is a Malaysian favorite often served during public functions.

Instructions to make Mee Siam:

1. Prepare all the ingredients!
2. Heat oil in the wok. Lightly fry the dried shrimps and tofu but separately. Dish out and put aside.
3. Stir fry the pounded ingredients and kaffir lime leaves until aromatic. Add prawns and fry until they are half-cooked. Dish out only the prawns and put aside.
4. Add in seasonings and bring to boil. Then add meehoon and stir-fry.
5. Mix in dried shrimps, tofu, prawns, chives and beansprouts. Mix them well for 3 minutes or until everything are cooked.
6. Serve with cut lime at the side to drizzle if preferred.

It is then served with a sweet and sour gravy which is slightly spicy and finally topped with hard-boiled eggs, fried bean curd, half of a calamansi lime and some chinese chives. Mee Siam is a Malaysian favorite often served during public functions. This spicy and flavorful dish comes with a variety of colorful toppings. Mee Siam, like Siamese Laksa has a name attributing it to a neighboring country. It is in fact, a Malaysian dish probably inspired by Thai flavors.

So that is going to wrap it up with this exceptional food mee siam recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I’m sure you can make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!