Thursday, February 25, 2010

Mie Jawa - Javanese Noodle

It's interesting that I have not been in the mood to blog although I have been eating really well in the past week since I'm on vacation back in Indonesia. I took food pictures left and right but somehow I just couldn't force myself to sit down and start writing about them. I felt like I needed to cook something to get motivated to blog. So this morning, I helped my Mom make Mie Jawa (Javanese-style stir fry noodle) and Tahu Campur (Tofu with Bean Sprouts and Peanut Sauce) - both are easy to made traditional Indonesian vegetarian dishes.


Ingredients:
2 tablespoon unsalted butter (or margarine)
10 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon white peppercorn, freshly ground
1/2 cabbage, cut into strips
3 green onions, roughly chopped
1 cup chopped parsley leaves
3 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 eggs
1 lb fresh egg noodle
1.5 cup fried shallots

Directions:
  • Heat up the butter in a wok over medium heat.
  • Stir fry the garlic, salt and pepper for 1-2 minutes until fragrant and the garlic cloves turn golden.
  • Add the cabbage, green onion, parsley, sweet soy sauce and oyster sauce into the wok and cover for approximately 2 minutes until the vegetables begin to cook.
  • In the mean time, blanch the fresh noodle for a couple of minutes in a separate pan. If you use dry noodles, cook them according to the package minus 3 minutes or so.
  • Create a well in the center of the wok and add in the eggs, breaking the yolks in the process.
  • Let the eggs cook for a minute or so until they begin to harden and then stir them to make some kind of scramble eggs.
  • Add in the noodle and a cup of the fried shallots, continue cooking for 3 more minutes while mixing everything together.
  • Serve the noodle with the rest of the fried shallots. Enjoy!

4 comments:

  1. this looks delicious! I've actually been looking for a recipe like this - not too many ingredients - most of which I already have. and really filling on its own without any meat. cute blog too!

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  2. Nice looking version of mie jawa. Good to see authentic brambang goreng. Mie jawa and tahu campur are definitely Indonesian comfort foods.

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  3. Delicious! Can imagine the fried shallots adding so much robust flavors to it!

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  4. Nice! Noodles are my favourite food ever! I don't think I've tried these kind of noodles before! This dish looks so yummy.

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