fried noodles (instagram.com/tinahoney91)
Mihun or vermicelli, which are thin white noodles from China, are familiar to Indonesians. Usually, this food is processed as a mixture of meatballs or fried noodles.
But if you visit Samarinda, vermicelli is a breakfast menu, you know. Often cooked by frying, see, come on, the following fried noodle recipe!
1. Prepare the necessary materials
vermicelli illustration (pixabay.com/mayken)Materials:
- 500 grams of vermicelli
- 10 shallots
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 1 knuckle ginger
- 2 carrots
- 1 stalk of green onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon mushroom stock
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 2 sticks of celery
- 1 boiled egg
- Fried onions to taste
- Sauce according to taste
- 100 ml of water
2. Soak the vermicelli first
illustration of soaked vermicelli texture (pexels.com/cottonbro studio)Soak vermicelli in room temperature water for 10 minutes. While waiting, peel the carrot skin and thinly slice it into pieces according to taste.
Apart from that, also slice onions, celery leaves, and boiled eggs. After 10 minutes have passed, discard the water used for soaking and drain the vermicelli until there is no water left.
3. Blend the spices and stir-fry until cooked
illustration of smoothing spices (unsplash.com/Mufid Majnun) Blend the shallots, garlic and ginger until soft. Then, heat 3 tablespoons of cooking oil in a pan over medium heat.
After the oil is hot, add these ground spices and stir-fry until cooked. Keep stirring so that the spices don't burn.
4. Add vermicelli, water, and the rest of the ingredients
illustration of cooking Samarinda-style fried noodles (pixabay.com/41330)Once cooked, add the carrots and spring onions. Keep stirring until the carrots look a little wilted.
Then, add water, salt, mushroom broth, ground pepper, and ground nutmeg. Stir and leave briefly to boil.
When it's boiling, add the vermicelli. Cook while continuing to stir until the gravy shrinks because it is absorbed by the vermicelli.
5. Finally, the typical Samarinda fried noodle is ready to be served
fried noodles (instagram.com/barokahofshalawat) Don't get left behind to not correct the taste. You can add spices according to taste if it's still lacking, you know.
But if it's just right, immediately turn off the stove and transfer it to a serving plate. Sprinkle with celery leaves, boiled egg slices, fried onions, vegetable bakwan, and chili sauce. Now, you can have breakfast with the typical Samarinda fried noodles.
It turns out that this Samarinda-style fried noodle recipe is truly unique. Starting from the addition of crushed ginger seasoning to serving fried bakwan. Do you want to try it or not?
(irp/Maz)