Chow Chow Khow

This post is on how to make khousuey - a burmese noodle dish with condiments. It tastes a bit like Laksa except its probably healthier as the soup is made of lentils ( chana dal ). Its a complete meal by itself and we had it for dinner yesterday. Accompanying that was an awesome cake baked by my friend whose pic I can post today but dont have the recipe : ( ( maybe the next post )

Khousuey

Ingredients

Egg noodle – 1packet - not Maggie

300 gms chana dal

garlic – 1 tspn chopped

ginger – ½ tspn chopped

lemon – 4 tspn juiced

200 gms coconut milk

2 tspn peanuts – roasted and crushed

Chicken shredded- 1 medium bowlful

Prawn – 100-150 gms - cooked and shredded

Green chilly chopped and soaked in vinegar

Chopped coriander leaves - 1 medium bowl

Paprika crushed in oil

( 2 tblspn paprika in a small bowl, 4 tbspn hot oil. Mix the paprika in the hot oil. And whisk. Set aside for sprinkling.)

Maggie noodles – Fry dried noodle to sprinkle on top

Boiled eggs - chopped into fine pieces

How to make

Boil the egg noodles with a little salt and set aside in large bowl.

Soak Chana dal with salt ( to taste ) for 10-15 mins and boil it in the pressure cooker. Blend to a smooth paste. In a wok, put the chana dal blend and hot water. After one boil, put coconut milk and simmer. This soup will be treated further later on. Set aside for the moment.

Now, prepare the condiments which have to be sprinkled. In a hot wok, put 1 tspn oil, fry garlic and ginger and set aside. Fry shredded chicken and keep aside.Fry the prawns lightly and keep aside. Chop spring onions and keep aside. Fry the dry Maggie noodles and keep aside.

Back to the chana dal soup. Put it back on the flame in low. Put in half of the shredded and fried chicken ( the other half is for garnishing on top ) Put in some chopped green chilly, the garlic and ginger ( fried earlier). Simmer. Put in 1-2 tbspn lemon juice in the mixture. Simmer for 10 mins in v low flame. The consistency of the dal mixture has to be judged. It should be free flowing and not pasty.

To Serve

In bowls, arrange the items to be sprinkled. Crushed peanuts, Chicken shredded, shrimp or prawns, boiled egg, lemon juice, green chilly, coriander leaves, spring onions, crispy noodles etc.

Now in a flat soup bowl, put a serving of egg noodles. Put in plenty of the soup. Sprinkle all the condiments as per taste and top with coriander leaves. Eat HOT.