Mee Goreng Mamak

There are many variations of cooking mee goreng mamak. Here's one of my versions, using sambal lotet.

Mee Goreng Mamak

Ingredients:
Fresh noodles (kway teow/yellow mee), washed and drain
Beef (boil till tender, sliced and keep the stock)
2 stalks chye sim
1 handful of bean sprouts
2 pcs of fish cakes
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbls of light soya sauce
1/2 tbls dark soya sauce
1 tbls sambal lotet
2 tbls ketchup
2 tbls of sweet soya sauce (i use cap kipas)
1 cup beef stock
2 eggs
1 tsp msg
Cooking oil

Methods:
1. Heat oil and fry garlic till fragrant.
2. Add fresh noodles and stir fry for a few minutes.
3. Add light and dark soya sauce for 1 minute.
4. Add chye sim and bean sprout and half cup of beef stock.
5. Add sweet soya sauce, ketchup and sambal lotet, msg and stir well.
6. Push noodles to side of the wok. Add 2 tbls of oil and break eggs, stirring the noodle mix back over them.
7. Add the remaining half cup of beef stock, fish cake and stir well.
8. Stir to mix well.

Mee Kuah

My MIL family call this dish 'mee paklah'. I came to know this when i served them years ago during hari raya. They said 'oh, mee paklah'. They told me that during their time, there's this 'wak' that goes round the kampung selling mee rebus and mee kuah. Not knowing that the dish sold is called mee kuah, they gave a name, calling it mee paklah after the seller's name (Abdullah). So the name remains in our family too.

Ingredients:
Fresh noodles - blanched
Beef fillet - boiled till tender and slice thinly (keep the broth)
3 tbls sambal lotet (more if preferred)
1 clove garlic - pounded
1 tbls oyster sauce
4 tbls tomato sauce
2 tbls chilli sauce
3 eggs
Green vegetables
Salt to taste
Sugar (optional)

Garnishing:
Fried shallots
Spring onion/coriander leaves
Red or pickle chillies

Methods:
1. Heat oil and add in the pounded garlic. Fry till fragrant.
2. Add in the sambal lotet. Mix well. Add enough beef broth.
3. Put in the oyster, chilli and tomato sauce. Let it boil.
4. Break the eggs into the soup, don't stir.
5. When eggs are cooked, scoop out the eggs and place in another plate.
6. Add in vegetables and meat. Let it cook and remove from the heat.
7. Dish noodles into a serving boil. Place egg on top and pour the soup.
8. Garnish with springs onions and shallots.