Tag: Burmese

Ingredients

• Ingredients for Spice mix:- ⅛ cup Coriander seeds, 1 tbsp. Cumin seeds, ¼ cup Poppy seeds, 12-15 Cashews, Ginger ½ inch size piece, 1 tsp. Black pepper, 4-5 whole red chillies, 4-5 cloves of Garlic, 1 tsp. Turmeric powder, 1 cup fresh tender coconut.
• Vegetables :- 1 cup Cauliflower florets, ½ cup Carrot pieces, ¼ cup French beans, ¼ cup Beans, ¼ cup Green Peas (optional).
• Ingredients for making Gravy :- 2-3 Medium size Onions, 2 Medium size Tomatoes OR 4-5 soft Kokum ( I used Kokum), 5 tetra packets of Coconut milk or 1 liter Coconut milk from dehydrated coconut powder.
• 4-5 Bay leaves.
• 8-10 Curry leaves.
• 2 tbsp. Oil.
• 1 tsp. Salt.
• 2 tsp. Red chilli powder.
• Ingredients for Garnishing :- 1 cup Peanuts, ½ cup finely chopped Coriander leaves, ¼ cup Garlic slices. 1 cup Noodles, ½ cup Onion slices, fresh Lemon juice.

Method

1. Dry roast Coriander seeds,Cumin seeds, Black pepper and Whole Red chillies, Cashews, Poppy seeds. Keep aside for cooling.
2. Grind all roasted spices into fine powder and keep aside.
3. Grind fresh tender Coconut, Garlic and Ginger and Turmeric powder into a fine paste and keep aside.
4. Grind onion and kokum into a fine paste and keep aside.
5. Simultaneously heat 2 cups of water and boil all the vegetables. Add salt while boiling. Once the vegetables cook, switch off the flame and keep aside.
6. Heat oil in a big sauce pan. Add Bay leaves and Curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds and add Onion Kokum paste.
7. Saute onion paste till it separates oil. Now add dry spice powder and saute for one or two minutes till it separates oil.
8. Add tender coconut paste and cooked vegetables with water . Stir continuously otherwise coconut paste starts curdling .
9. After 2-3 boils add coconut milk and give 1-2 boils . Don’t forget to stir continuously till you switch off the flame.
10. Khowsuey is ready.
11. Deep fry peanuts on slow flame and keep aside.
12. Deep fry noodles on medium heat and keep aside.
13. Deep fry Onions and Garlic on medium flame and keep aside.
14. Serving Suggestion :- In a deep plate, serve noodles and pour khowsuey curry over it. Sprinkle all deep fried ingredients over it one by one and lastly garnish with coriander leaves.
15. Enjoy