Colourful and spicy stir fried vermicelli (Bee hoon)

Colourful and spicy stir fried vermicelli ( Bee hoon)

This is a popular street food in Singapore and Malaysia. It is called Indian Bee hoon  goring. It is spicy but delicious.

                            Recipe summary
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         Colourful and spicy stir fried vermicelli (Bee hoon)

Preparation time:40 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4


Making of chili paste. 

1. Add two table spoons of chili paste

2. Blend 10 dry red chillies, 100 grams tomato, 25 grams candle nuts,40 grams lemon grass, 5 shallots, 6 cloves garlic, 25 grams blue ginger (galangal), 5 grams ginger, 1 tsp salt  in a blender adding enough water. 

Ingredients for the chilli paste

3. Heat up ¼ cup vegetable oil. Add the blended mixture in medium heat, taking care that oil does not splatter on to your body.

The thick chili  paste

Fry until all the water is evaporated and the mixture becomes a very thick paste.

You can store the paste in a bottle and keep it refrigerated for future use.

To fry Vermicelli
1. Soak the vermicelli in hot water for about 10 minutes. Drain and keep aside for 15 minutes

2. In a large wok heat up 3 tbsp oil.

3. Add 100 grams chopped onion and chopped 15 grams green chili and fry for 8 minutes.

Ingredients

4.  Add 100 grams cabbage.

Frying tofu

5. Crack 2 eggs and scramble well.

6. Add 100 grams tomato pieces and fry for 5 minutes.

7. Add 15 grams chives fry for 2 minutes.

8. Mix a pinch of vegetable red colouring in a table spoon of water and add to the mixture.

Fish cake

9. Add 100 grams  beans sprout fry for 1 minute.

10. Add the noodles (vermicelli) and stir well. 

11. Add boiled potato pieces

13. Add the fried tofu pieces and fry for 2 minutes. 

14.  Add 150 grams fried fish cake pieces and cook well for 3 minutes

15. Add 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp soy sauce and 2 tbsp tomato ketchup. Fry for 5 minutes. Add two or three table spoon of water if the noodles become dry.

Colourful and spicy 
stir fried vermicelli

16. The vermicelli would be cooked by now

17.Taste for seasoning and adjust.

18. Garnish with 15 grams spring onion and 15 grams green chili.

This is a complete meal by itself.
          
 Stir fried vermicelli is ready.

               

                   Recipe follows in detail with pictures.



Preparation time:40 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Main
1 packet dry vermicelli (bee hoon)

100 grams onion, coarsely chopped
200 grams fried tofu, cut into small pieces
150 grams fried fish cake , cut into small pieces
100 grams cabbage, cut into small pieces
15 grams green chili, cut into small pieces
15 grams spring onion, cut into small pieces
100 grams tomato, cut into small pieces
100 grams beans sprout
1 pinch of red vegetable colouring
3 table spoon of vegetable oil
2 eggs
½ tsp salt

Spice
1 tsp soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
3 Prepared chili paste (Recipe is given below)

Ingredients

Prepared chili paste (Recipe is given below)

I bought fried tofu and fried fishcake from the store.

                             Preparation

Step 1
Soak the vermicelli in hot water for about 10 minutes. Drain and keep aside for 15 minutes for the noodles to absorb the extra moisture and become dry.

Cut and fry the tofu pieces

Frying tofu

Slice the fish cake and fry

Fish cake

Frying fish cake

Step 2
Chili paste
This is the most important ingredient in making fried noodles.

Blue ginger (galangal)

Ingredients
10 dry red chillies
100 grams tomato
25 grams candle nuts
40 grams lemon grass
5 shallots
6 cloves garlic
25 grams blue ginger (galangal)
5 grams ginger
1 tsp salt

¼ cup vegetable oil

Ingredients for the chilli paste

Blend all the ingredients, except oil,  in a blender adding enough water.

Paste in the blender

In a medium sized pan or a wok, add the oil and heat it up. Add the blended mixture in medium heat, taking care that oil does not splatter on to your body.

Chili paste in the wok

You will have to fry until all the water is evaporated and the mixture becomes a very thick paste.

The thick paste

You can store the paste in a bottle and keep it refrigerated for future use.

Method
Wok is well suited for this recipe. But you can also use a large frying pan, if you do not have a wok. In a large wok add the oil. Heat up the oil and add onion and green chili and fry for 8 minutes or until the onion become translucent. 

Add onion and green chili 

Add cabbage and stir fry

Adding cabbage 

Crack the eggs and scramble well. and add tomato. stir well for 5 minutes

Adding egg followed by tomato

Add two table spoons of chili paste(recipe given under preparation). 
Add chives and stir fry for 1 minute
Mix a pinch of vegetable colouring in a table spoon of water and add to the mixture

Adding chives and colouring

Add the beans sprout and fry for 2 minutes
Add the soaked noodles (vermicelli)

Adding noodles

Add the cooked potatoes 

Adding  potatoes

Add the tofu pieces and  fish cake pieces.Fry for 2 minutes.

Adding tofu and fish cake pieces

 Add salt, soy sauce and tomato ketchup. Fry for 5 minutes. 

Soy sauce

Add two or three table spoon of water if the noodles become dry. . 
The vermicelli would be cooked by now. Taste for seasoning and adjust. 
Garnish with spring onion and green chili.

Fried vermicelli noodle

This is a complete meal by itself. It is delicious and ideal for dinner.