Mee Rebus Jawa
Ingredients:
1 kg yellow noodles (scalded)
500 g beansprout (scalded)
Garnishes:
sliced green chillies
6 hard boiled eggs
4 pieces fried beancurd
fried sliced shallots
chopped spring onions and celery
Ingredients for gravy:
1 cup fermented bean paste (washed and drained)
1 cup dried shrimps (geragau)
1 cup peanuts
6 buah keras
1 piece blachan (toasted and pounded)
1 cup water
4 tbsp flour
1/2 cup cooking oil
Ingredients to ground:
1 inch ginger
1 inch blue ginger (lengkuas)
5 cloves garlic
2 stalks lemon grass (serai)
30 shallots
20 dried red chillies
Method for gravy:
1) Fry peanuts and buah keras in a little oil and blend together with fermented bean paste, dried shrimps and blachan.
2) Heat 1/2 cup cooking oil and fry grounded ingredients until aromatic and well cooked.
3) Add in blended ingredients from (1) and fry for a few minutes more.
4) Add in 80 oz water or stock and let it boil.
5) Thicken stock with 1 cup water mixed with 4 tbsp flour and stir until gravy is thick (dilute according to thickness).
6) Add salt and sugar to taste.
To serve:
Mix scalded noodles with some beansprouts and pour some gravy over it. Garnish with egg slices, sliced green chillies, a cut lime, some taupok and fried shallots. Add a dash of black soya sauce.
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Alamak no curry on the receipe to make the kuah brown. Unless this is a different style mee rebus.
Comment by Nasser | September 26, 2007
Nasser, this recipe does not use curry powder. Why don’t you try out the recipe, it is quite tasty.
Comment by rose | October 1, 2007
Hello. This recipe requires fermented bean paste. What bean is that
xx
CC
Comment by CC | January 24, 2010
Hi Rose,
What type of peanuts to use, roasted or raw? Please advice. Thanks.
Regards,
Vincent
Comment by Vincent | February 7, 2010