Vegetarian Khow Suey
Khow Suey is a traditional Burmese noodle soup made with egg noodles, chicken or beef in a coconut milk curry, with a variety of condiments. Spring onion, fried onion, fried garlic, peanuts, and lemon wedges to name a few.
Ingredients
Curry
- 1 Onion medium-sized
- 1 tbsp Ginger chopped
- 1 tbsp Garlic chopped
- 2 Red chillies de-seeded
- 2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 3 tbsp Gram flour/ Besan
- 3 cups Coconut milk 2 cups second milk and 1 cup first milk
- 2 cup Chopped vegetables I used carrot, pumpkin and French beans
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Sugar
Noodles
- 2 ounces Noodles of your choice I used Soba noodles
- 1 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Condiments
- 2 Onions large
- 20-25 Garlic cloves
- ½ cup Peanuts
- ½ cup Coriander chopped
- ½ cup Spring onion chopped
- 2 tbsp Chilly flakes
- 5 to 6 Lemon wedges
- Oil to fry
Instructions
Curry
- Soak the red chilies for about 10 minutes.
- In a mixer, add the chopped onions, ginger, garlic, chilies, cumin seeds, and turmeric. Add 1/2 cup water and blitz.
- Heat a pan, and dry roast the gram flour for 3-4 minutes until fragrant.
- Add the paste to the pan and combine. Cook for about 2 minutes. At this point, your gram flour might get a bit lumpy. Mix in the spices well and turn the heat off.
- Cool the mixture slightly, transfer to the mixer, and blitz again to a very smooth paste.
- Transfer this back to the pan, add the chopped vegetables, and about 3 cups water. Mix well and bring to a boil. Season with salt and sugar, simmer, and cook on medium-high heat for 15 minutes.
- Add the second milk of coconut, mix well, and cook for another 15 minutes.
- Pour in the first milk of coconut, mix, turn off the heat and let it sit for 10 minutes before serving.
Noodles
- Bring a pot of water to boil, add a pinch of salt and cook your noodles as per the instructions on the packet. Since I used Soba noodles, I ran them under cold water to avoid them from sticking together.
- Heat oil in a pan, toss your noodles with some salt and set aside in a serving bowl.
Condiments
- Peel and chop one onion into chunky pieces. Soak in cold water for 15-20 minutes to get rid of the raw smell. Drain and set aside.
- Slice the other onion as equally as possible. Heat oil for deep frying in a kadhai. Add the onions and fry until brown. Blot on the kitchen towel and set aside.
- Repeat the same for garlic. Make sure you chop them in equal pieces so that the frying process is uniform.
Notes
Scoop out some of the curry into a bowl, add the noodles, and play around with the condiments choosing your favourites.