#Throwback Post
For working professionals or people who want to have our local delicacies at the comfort of their home without too much of hassle, such paste or cooking kits are really saviour in our life. Don't require you to be expert in cooking. Just follow the instruction behind the packaging, prepare the ingredients needed and throw everything into a pot of boiling water and done! Nothing from scratch (actually it will taste better and less preservatives) which will take you hours to do it starting from the broth.
Got myself Mee Rebus and Laksa paste from NTUC and ready to try cooking them at home.
The packaging looked simple with hardboiled eggs, yellow mee, red and green chillies, and beansprouts. But we added more like tau pok and meat. That's the advantage of cooking at home because you add whatever you want and still taste good.
Blanched the noodles and boiled the eggs and meat separately then air-fried the tau pok. And Mister laid them out in the bowl so to pour in the gravy directly once ready.
There we have it. Mister drizzled some dark sauce on top and mixed it. I liked thick gravy for Mee Rebus and the noodles absorbed them easily and tasted so delicious.
Tried many different laksa paste and was disappointed because either the water they indicated on the packaging made the laksa too diluted or too spicy without the laksa flavour.
When they asked for just tau pok, fish cakes, beehoon and beansprouts, we went slightly opposite with yellow mee and prawns. Not sure about you but I'm yellow mee fan. It really my kind of comfort food and whether soup or gravy type of meals, having it with Yellow Mee always the best. The absorption level is better than any other types of noodles. Maybe Ramen and Udon are next in line of my favourite list too. Then it makes the overall flavour so good.
Spicy, yet again. Didn't matter. Needed more laksa flavour. Probably more coconut milk? Laksa gravy couldn't be diluted as well. I just couldn't deal with watery gravy.
Sometimes I really think that we have to gauge ourselves on the amount of water required for the paste. The instruction at times, quite misleading. All you need to do is keep tasting it till it hits the spot.
They have other pastes like Curry, Satay Beehoon and Mee Siam. Yet to try. Do let me know if you have and tell me your verdict. Cheers.