Food, Dining & Family

Mee Rebus Johor ( Johore Yellow Noodle in Thick Sweet Potato Nutty Sauce )

A combination of blanched yellow noodles with thick yellow curried base gravy with ground peanuts and mashed sweet potatoes is the feature of traditional Johore Mee Rebus . It resembles the ' Mee Jawa ' version but with less garnishes . Few versions there are , in the Northern state - The Mamak style - top with 'cucur udang ' ( Prawn cake ) , in the Malacca state - the Nyonya syle - accompanied with fishballs and sliced fishcakes. With different ingredients and presentations , the original taste of the ' Mee Rebus ' however lies on its original base - the gravy , which it is recognised for . The simpler version of the noodle is cast for you to try .

For the gravy :

1 sweet potato - peeled and boiled until really soft and mashed
10 shallot
5 cloves of garlic
1 inch of ginger
10 strips of dried chili - washed and boiled to soften
1 tablespoon of dried prawns
1 tablespoon of tauchho - fermented beans
( Blend the above ingredients )
A stalk of lemongrass ( you can add in two ) - bruised
A small bowl of finely ground fried ground nuts ( 20 gm )
3 - 5 pieces of Asam Gelugor
1/2 cup fresh thick coconut milk
A packet of seafood curry powder / beef curry powder
150 gm of beef thinly sliced
150 gm of fresh prawn ( optional )
Oil - for sautee
salt and palm sugar to taste
water or 500 ml of beef stock

To make the gravy :

Heat oil in a pot . Sautéed the ground spices and the bruised lemongrass until fragrant . Add in the curry powder ( mix with water ) . Stir and let it fry . Once sizzled , add in beef stock , the sliced beef , the asam gelugor. Leave it to boil . When the liquid boiled , add the fresh prawns with coconut milk . Stir and leave it to boil again . Add the mashed potatoes and the ground nuts . Stir to combine the ingredients thoroughly without forming any lumps . Add salt and sugar . Cook over low heat until the gravy boiled and thicken . The gravy is done once oil starts forming on surface .

To serve

500 gm of yellow noodles ( Blanch or soak in boiled water )
Spring onions and chinese celery - sliced
Fresh green chilies - thickly sliced
Calamansi - halves
Hard boiled eggs - halves
Fried shallots
A bowl of blanched bean sprouts

In a bowl , scoop in the yellow noodles . Pour in the gravy and garnish with spring onions , celery , green chilies , calamansi ,bean sprout , fried shallots and half of hard boiled egg .