THURSDAY BREAKFAST WITH MEE JAWA

This is wonderful, this noodle is really delicious but I am a little bit confused with the identity of the noodle. As the name indicates, we obviously think that this noodle was from Java, but if you will to ask people in Java about this Mee Jawa, non of them can answer you. There's no such thing as Mee Jawa in Jawa Island. You can only find Mee Jawa in Malaysia..strange ha...But one thing for sure there is Mie Rebus in Indonesia..and may be the Javanese brought the mie rebus to Malaysia and the Malaysian named it Mee Jawa. Some logic there ...It's just my thought.

There are a few version of Mee Jawa, some said it was originated from Jawa, some said it was a Peranakan dish ..what ever it is and where the noodles came from the dish is made of yellow egg noodles, which are also used in Hokkien mee, with a spicy slightly sweet curry-like gravy. The gravy is made from potatoes, curry powder, water, dried shrimps, and peanuts. The dish is garnished with a hard boiled egg, calamansi limes, spring onions, Chinese celery, green chilies, fried firm tofu (tau kwa), fried shallots and bean sprouts. Many.

This noodle is very flavourful with the hints of lemongrass, galangal, curry powder and sweetness of beef and potatoes. Mee Jawa is a popular breakfast menu among the Chinese and Johorean.

Mee Jawa

1/2 cup Vegetable Oil / 1/2 cawam minyak masak

1 kg / 2 pounds 3 oz Beef, cubed, include bones and fatty meat cooked and retain stock/ 1 kg tulang dan isi daging rebus sehingga empuk dan simpan air rebusan, daging dihiris untuk taburan atas mee

200 g shrimps -boiled the shells and blend together with the stock/ 200 g udang isi digoreng kulit direbus dan diblend sehingga hancur dan ambil airnya

1 kg  Sweet Potatoes, boiled until soft and mashed until smooth / 1 kg keledek direbus dan lecek

2 cups coconut milk / 2 cawan santan

Water (as much as is required to make the gravy) / air secukupnya

Paste

15 shallots / 15 biji bawang merah

7 cloves garlic/ 7 ulas bawang putih

3 lemongrass / 3 batang serai

4" galangal / 4 " lengkuas

15 dried chilies / 15 tangkai cili kering

2" ginger / 2 " halia

2 packet curry powder / 2 bungkus rempah kari

Blend all ingredients to form wet paste / Blend semua bahan menjadi pes basah

Garnishing Ingredients:

1-2  Kg Yellow Egg Noodles / 1-2 kg Mee Kuning

250 g Bean Sprout (Tauge), blanched / 250 g taugeh dicelur

4 blocks Bean Curd (Tofu, Tauhu), fried and cut into small cubes / 4 keping tahu digoreng dan dipotong dadu

4 hard-boiled Eggs - halved / 4 biji telur rebus

6 Spring Onion (Scallions), finely chopped / daun bawang daun sup dihiris nipis

1 cup  crisp-fried Shallots / 1 cawan bawang goreng

11 Calamansi Lime/ 11 biji limau nipis dibelah dua

7 green Chilies, sliced thinly / 7 biji cili hijau dihiris nipis

200 g shrimps, fried / 200 g udang digoreng

200 g beef thinly slice / 200 g daging dihiris dari air rebusan

Method:

Heat Vegetable Oil in a pot and stir fry the Paste, till light brown./ Panaskan minyak dan tumis bahan tumbuk sehingga gareng

Add in the Beef. Render all ingredients in pot well. Masukan air rebusan daging

Add Mashed Sweet Potatoes. Stir until the  dissolve into soup./ Masukan keledek yang dilecek tadi sehingga sebati dengan kuah

Add in coconut milk / Masukkan santan Stir evenly and let simmer for approximately 20 minutes until the gravy thickens and meat becomes tender./ Masukkan santan dan renehkan kuah selama 20 minit atau sehingga kuah pekat

Note:

If gravy is not thickening, add in some cornstarch to thicken it. Mix a tablespoon or two of cornstarch and mix them thoroughly with some water, and pour into the gravy. Serve gravy with the Garnishing Ingredients.

Mee Jawa ini adalah salah satu mee kesukaan saya. Cukup meminati mee ini.Saya gemar memasukkan tulang-tulang daging dalam mee ini untuk menjadikan ianya lebih manis. Menariknya mee ini, nama yang diberi melambangkan seolah-olah ianya makanan orang Jawa, tetapi jika kita tanya orang Jawa tentang mee ini haram mereka tidak tahu. Mee jawa tidak pernah wujud di Tanah Jawa malah orang Jawa tidak pernah ketahui kewujudan mee ini, tetapi kalau mee rebus memang ada di Jawa, kemungkinan besar mee rebus dari jawa dibawa masuk ke Malaysia, lalu orang-orang Malaysia menamakanya bersempena dengan orang-orang Jawa yang membawa masuk mee ini. Menarikan cerita Mee Jawa. Mee ini juga terkenal dikalangan masyarakat Peranakan, malah ada yang mengatakan bahawa masyarakat Peranakan yang memperkenalkan mee ini.

Apa pun ceritanya mee ini memang sedap, malah mee ini adalah salah satu daripada variasi mee rebus dimana mee kuning dicelur dan dimakan bersama kuah. Mee Jawa ini lebih popular sebagai sarapan pagi orang-orang Johor dan masyarakat Cina. Disebelah utara ni kedai-kedai kopi Cina banyak menyediakan Mee Jawa ini sebagai Menu sarapan pagi.

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