BREAKFAST MENU - KERABU BIHUN CHEF WAN

I saw this on AFC - Best Wan program. Chef Wan prepared 3 main Nyonya dish, Ayam Pong Teh, Laksa Lemak Nyonya and this Kerabu Bihun.  I remembered my mom used to make during our school days. It's nice delicious bihun. You dont have to fry but blanched the rice vermicelli and mixed with all the kerabu ingredients with sambal belacan, dried shrimps, fried shallots and of course the seasoning a combination of gula Melaka, fish sauce and calamansi juice. Just like kerabu...very tasty and delicious.

Ingredients: 

200g Rice vermicelli - blanced and drain / 200 g bihun dicelur dan toskan

300g Prawn shelled and blanched / 300 g udang dibuang kulit dan dicelur

100 g squids, clean and cut into ring / 100 g sotong dibersihkan dan hiris bulat

3 strig Coriander leaves (Finely sliced) / 3 tangkai daun ketumbar dihiris halus

7 Kafir lime leaves (Finely sliced)/ 7 helai daun limau purut dihiris halus

15 Mint leaves (Finely sliced) / 15 helai daun pudina dihiris halus

2 lemongrass thinly sliced / 2 serai dihiris halus

15 Shallots (Slice) / 15 biji bawang besar dihiris halus

1 Ginger flower (Finely sliced) / 1kuntum bunga kantan dihiris halus

1/2 Coconut (Grated & Toasted) / 1/2 cawan kerisik

1 cup taugeh blanced / 1 cawan taugeh dicelur

1 cup fried shallots / 1 cawan bawang goreng

1/2 cup dried shrimps toasted and grind till fine / 1/2 cawan udang kering digoreng dan dikisar halus

Sambal

2"  Shrimp paste (Sightly toasted) / 2" belacan dibakar dahulu

7  Fresh red chillies / 7 biji cili merah

15 dried chilies / 15 cili kering

7 bird's eyes chilies / 7 biji cili padi

Blend into wet paste / Kisar seperti membuat sambal belacan

Seasoning

3 tbsp fish sauce / 3 sdb sos ikam

5 calamnsi juice / Jus dari 5 biji limau kasturi

2 tbsp grated gula Melaka / 2 sdb hirisan gula Melaka

salts to taste / garam secukup rasa

1. Soak bihun in cold water.
2. Mix lime juice, sugar, fish sauce salt, bird’s eye chilli and chopped ginger flower. Taste. It should be sweet, sour and a bit over salty.
3. Blanch bihun in boiling water until cooked. Put cooked bihun under running cold water, drain well.

4. Add the sambal belacan ingredients, dried shrimps and kerisik. Mix well. Taste. The saltiness should be slightly less, but the sourness will surface, accompanied with subtle sweetness. Anyway, adjust it to ur liking.
5. Drain red onion from marinade, do not discard marinade. Mix squids and prawns in marinade for few seconds, drain.
6. Sprinkle fried shallots green onion, squids, prawns, chopped cilantro, mints, daun keseum and red onion onto bihun. Toss well.

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Arwah umi selalu juga buat kerabu bihun...makanan kegemaran malah menu sarapan yang paling digemari oleh masyrakat peranakan Nyonya. Bihun ini tidak perlu masak..semuanya dicelur dan gaulkan...macam buat kerabu biasa...tapi kalau hendak sedap bahan mesti cukup...daun kesum..daun limau  daun pudi, bunga kantan, bawang goreng..taugeh, udang kering, kerisik dan yang paling penting sosnya..campuran sos ikan dan limau kasturi. Boleh dimasukan telur rebus atau telur dadar. Memang harum bihun ini. Biasanya diletakan hirisan limau kasturi kalau ada yang inginkan masam lagi...letak juga sambal belacan kalau tak cukup pedas. Sesuai buat sarapan pagi dan kalau hendak ke picnic pun sesuai...masuk aje dalam TUPPPERWARE....selamat menjamu selera dan selamat memulakan minggu hari pertama minggu ketika bulan December...kita sudah menghampiri penghujung tahun...kepada yang sdang menghabiskan cur=ti tahun seperti saya...selmat bercuti....pada yang hendak naik pelamin..selmat penggantin baru...pendek kata selamat...selamat semua.

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