Finding asian cooking ingredients here
hasn't been easy. Fortunately, Tesco has a section of shelves that
fulfil my needs. Though the supplies are limited, they do stocked
general ingredients i.e. the soya sauce, curry powder, various instant
sauces, etc. One of the best finds is rice noodle. This rice noodle is
not quite like the fine rice vermicelli but some what similar to kway teow.
On
the packing, it suggested to pour any flavour of hot soup over the rice
noodle. However, for my taste, I prefer dry version instead. The
following recipe was inspired whilst watching Nigella 's cooking programme with minor additions.
As you can see, I've prepared a small
portion of each ingredients as we're going to toss these ingredients
with the ready noodles. Clockwise - stir fried mince pork, toasted
sesame seeds, stir fried button mushrooms, fried onions in oil, finally
spring onions.
Usually, the tossing is done for one
portion of noodle. In an empty bowl, first put the fried onions in oil,
mushrooms, mince pork, dash of soya sauce and pepper to taste, mix the
ingredient, then put in the rice noodles, toss til consistent, finished
off with a sprinkle of spring onions and sesame seeds. Repeat the same
for 2nd portion. This way, the unfinished ingredients can be kept in the
fridge and heated up until the next meal :)
Verdict : the rice noodle were smooth and firm. Slurping was very easy! Give it a try :)