Mie Aceh Tumis (Stir Fry Acehnese Spicy Noodle)

So back then i made a bowl of Pangasius balado for breakfast and surprisingly it tasted good that my husband liked to take almost all fishes to the office. I was left with sauces leftover and stumbled upon @masakTV webisode, showing recipe of Acehnese noodle.

There it was, a combination of balado spices and Indian spices made this stir fried noodle tasted like Sumatran food with a smell of Indian curry. Nevermind, it was still good.

Here goes the recipe.
For balado sauce:
1 tomato
2 sticks red chili
2 stick bird eye chili
4 cloves garlic
1/2 onion
Process all of them in a food processor to get a thin paste.

1 stick lemongrass
2 bayleaves
2 tbsp vegetable oil
200 ml Chicken broth

Salt, pepper to taste
Saute the tomato paste with lemongrass and bayleaves. Add chicken broth and stir until it thickens. Season with salt and pepper. This is the base of balado sauce. You can put hard boiled eggs, fish, chicken, or any kind of meat inside the sauce.

For mie aceh:
Prepare dry spices:
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp ginger powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chili powder
Mix together. This is the base of mild curry powder.
You can use garam masala instead, just like i did. But that was what happened, a smell of India. Hehe. That was because garam masala contains other spices such as cardamom and aniseed, typical to Indian food.  

Prepare noodle ingredients:

100 gr dry noodle. Boil noodle so you have damp, ready to use noodle. You can also use preboiled noodle.

100 gr pokcoy, chopped

100 gr cabbage, thin sliced

100 gr enoki mushroom

1/2 tomato, diced

Salt for seasoning

Sliced tomato and chopped cucumber for condiment. 

Prawn crackers/chips/kerupuk.

Preheat pan/skillet on top of medium heat. Stir together balado sauce and 1/2teaspoon dry spices. Add a little water, approximately 150 ml, we want to have a moist and 'watery' mixture. Toss tomato into the batter then put in pokcoy and cabbage. Cook until vegetables are tender. Put noodles and enoki mushroom into the mixture, stir evenly. You can add chili powder if you think that this is not hot enough for your taste. Sprinkle salt to season. Serve with condiment (and with prawn chips!)

Smakelijk!