PLAIN TOW FOO, CHAI, AND STEWED BEEF NOODLES.

PLAIN TOW FOO.

Tow foo is a very easy dish to cook, this dish is a cold dish, no need to cook. Remove tow foo onto a plate,pour some boiling water over it and drain. Top with cut spring onions and corriander leaves.

Deep fry some chopped garlic and small red onions till brown, scoop onto the spring onions with some hot oil, pour light soy sauce and serve.

TIP.
You can fry some dried prawns or the small ikan belis for the topping.

CHAI, THE VEGETARIAN DISH.

To cook this dish, you can add alot of other vegs. The main things the chinese use for 'chai ' is, bean curd sheets, mushroom, (can and dried mushroom) tong fun, the transparent noodles, wan yee, a fungus, chook san , a white fungus and usually wong ah pak is used .

In the picture, I'm only using what I have.

For the sauce ,you need, to mix in a bowl.

4 tablesp. oyster sauce.

4 tablesp light soy sauce

4-5 pcs, lamyee or fooyee. a pinch of sugar. chopped garlic.

Deep fry the tongfun, bean curd sheets, remove and fry the garlic, add the verg, and the rest, add the sauce, and 4 bowls of water, simmer till soft. Add salt to taste.

TIP.

For this chai flavour , you have to use either foo yee or lam yee.You can add sliced carrots, can bamboo shoots, or anything you fancy. Alot of chinese cook this chai on the 1st and 15th day of the chinese calender.

STEWED BEEF NOODLES.

The best cut of beef to use is the brisket.

Cut 1 kilo.beef in big strips, add to a big pot, 3 cloves, 3 star anise, 1 pic. cininom bark, a whole clove of garlic, 2'' ginger, 3 tablesp oyster sauce, 3 tablesp, light sauce, enough water to cover the beef. simmer for 2 hrs or when beef is soft.

Add a white raddish(lobak) 1/2 before finishing .

Boil noodles, drain, boil bean shoots, serve the beef ontop of the noodles with lettuce and spring onions.

TIP.

This can also be served with rice. you can use any type of noodles, fresh or dried.

For those who like it with more soup( this is a fairly dry dish) you can add more water to the stew or make a beef stock with beef bones.

Serve with chilly sauce.

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