Mee Siam Lemak

Ingredients:

80g dried salt cod
4 pieces hard beancurd, cut into small cubes and rub with salt
25 dried chillies, cut and soak
10 shallots
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp salted soyabeans
300g thick dried rice noodles, soak for about 1-2 hours then cut into shorter lengths
300g shrimps, remove shells
cooked coconut crumbs made from milk of ½ coconut
300g bean sprouts, remove tails
salt to taste
12 tbsp oil

For garnishing:
4 hard boiled eggs, sliced
a bunch of coarse chives, cut into 3-cm lengths
a few small limes, cut into half


Method:

• Roast the pices of dried salt cod in a dry, hot pan until fish is slightly brown. Remove from heat, flake it then grind into a fine paste with chillies, shallots, garlic and salted soyabeans.
• Heat oil, fry beancurd cubes till slightly brown, then put aside in a dish. In the same oil, fry the ground ingredients, adding salt, till fragrant. Add shrimps, stir fry for a few minutes then add coconut crumbs. Stir, add noodles and stir fry, mixing the noodles with other ingredients. Add bean sprouts, mix and stir fry for a few more minutes then remove from heat. Garnish with fried beancurd, sliced hard boiled eggs, chives and limes.