Curry Chee Cheong Fun 咖哩豬腸粉 - "Malaysian Monday 18"

I was more than ready to have some rice or noodles after 5 days of carbless diet. I have been planning to make some curry chee cheong fun for a while but after cooking for 8 hours a day during the week (plus our nightly dinner), I decided to do a bit of cheating. There are some really good quality ready made curry paste around and that saved me from spending too much time preparing the spice mixed. I also bought some mixed fish cakes to add to the curry, I am rather surprised by the quality of these Malaysian made products. This is a common breakfast dish found all over Malaysia, of course you may serve it for lunch or dinner as well. Toasted sesame seeds, fried shallots and pickled green chillies are compulsory for this delicious dish! For Penang style rice noodle rolls with shrimp paste click HERE.
P.S This is my lunch on Saturday when carb is allowed :)

serves 3 to 4
you'll need;
1 packet (1kg) of chee cheong fun (rice noodle rolls)
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
1/4 of a cabbage, sliced
2 Japanese eggplants, sliced
a handful of long beans, cut into 5 cm lengths
a selection of mixed fish cakes (available at Asian butchers)
1 packet of instant curry paste for vegetables
200 ml of coconut milk
300 ml of water
shallot oil 
light soy
toasted sesame seeds to serve
fried shallots to serve
pickled green chillies to serve

I found this ready made paste from Malaysia... a real time saver so look out for it!

Prepare the vegetables.

I got some mixed fish cakes and stuffed bean curd skin from my Asian butcher and I found out they are made in Malaysia :)

Lightly saute vegetables for a few minutes and set aside.

Saute chopped garlic and onion with a little oil before adding the curry paste. Fry the mixture for 2 minutes before adding coconut milk and water.

Add saute vegetables to the curry broth and simmer for 5 minutes, add mixed fish cakes and cook for a further 5 minutes, check for seasonings.

Deep fry the stuffed bean curd skin and drain well. Meanwhile steam of microwave the chee cheong fun (rice noodles)

Ladle some curry vegetables over the chee cheong fun; drizzle with some shallot oil and light soy, scatter some toasted sesame seeds and fried shallots over. Of course the meal is not complete without some pickled green chillies.

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