Vegetarian mee rebus is made with potato soup and vegetable stock.
THINK of a spicy sweet potato soup and you have the key to the gravy for vegetarian mee rebus.
I had to turn out vegetarian concoctions of hawker fare for my brother who was suffering from cancer some years ago and mee rebus was one of them.
The vegetarian version turned out to be sweet, savoury and full tasting, despite not being made with a beef stock nor with belacan, both found in the old recipe.
Not only that, it does not take long to turn out.
You need a chopper to turn out the spice paste that flavours the gravy while a hand-held blender will help liquidize it into a smooth silky mess.
Omitting the belacan is not a problem either.
If belacan is considered as a sort of stock cube that flavours a dish, a good vegetable stock would do as well. Besides, the chilli, turmeric, galangal and garlic also found in the recipe all contribute their flavours to the pot, not forgetting the sweet potato.
Indeed mee rebus is an excellent candidate for turning vegetarian especially as the traditional recipe already has tau pok or tau kwa as a topping, making it a balanced dish.
So try it and you will get a hawker favourite that is as delicious AND healthy, too!
Ingredients:
Vegetarian mee rebus (For 5-6)
Method:
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Ms Sylvia Tan
Popular Singapore food writer with seven cookbooks to her name.
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