Mee Rebus

Mee rebus courtesy of Kak Zainorah! Not sure the recipe serves how many persons, but seems quite a lot, maybe 10pax? I use lesser coz only for Jason and me... Half and it serves about 4-5 shares...

Ingredients
- 0.6kg beef, sliced thin and small
- 1.2kg yellow noodles (hokkien mee), parboiled
- 0.9kg beansprouts

Garnishes
- 6 beancurd cakes (tau kua), fried and sliced
- 10 limau kesturi, cut half
- 5 stalks spring onions, cut crosswise
- 10 stalks Chinese celery, cut small
- 10 green chilies, cut crosswise
- 30 shallots (bawang merah), sliced and fried
- 6 to 8 eggs, hardboiled & quartered

Gravy
- 4 tbsp curry powder, mixed with 8 tbsp water
-6 tbsp salted soybeans (taucheo), pounded slightly
-4 tbsp dried prawns, pounded
-160g peanuts, toasted & ground
-300g potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed, & mixed with 1.42 litres/ 50 oz water
-1 tbsp salt
-1 tbsp sugar
-15tbsp oil

Rempah
-12 slices lengkuas
-5 slices ginger
-8 candlenuts (buah keras)
-20 shallots (bawang merah)
- 5 cloves garlic
-10 dried chillies, discard stem & soak in water to soften
-1 tbsp shrimp paste (blachan)

Directions
1. Heat a frying pan until very hot, add in 15 tbsp oil. When the oil is very hot, stir-fry the rempah. After a few minutes, add in the curry paste, pounded taucheo and sprinkle with a little water to prevent burning. Stir-fry in the dried prawns and the sliced beef. Add in the potatoes mixed with water, 1 tbsp salt, 1 tsp monosodium glutamate, 1 tbsp sugar, and the peanuts. Bring to boil and then simmer until fragrant (about 15 minutes).
2. To serve: Place the bean sprouts, and the noodles on a serving platter. Pour the gravy over the noodles. Arrange the limau kesturi and green chilies around the edges of the plate and then spread the remaining garnishes over the noodles.