KHOW SUEY | BURMESE DISH | ASIAN CUISINE

Hii Friends, today i am doing "Khow Suey" (Burmese coconut gravy with egg noodles) for you all. For some it might be a recipe never heard of and some like me might be in crazy love with it. Well the first time ever i had this dish was when my parents & I where invited to to the Myanmar Embassy way back in 2005 for the "THINGYAN" the Burmese water festival, yes its is quite like our festival Holi but no colours only water,(i really wished i had pictures to show you all). So, when i had it for the first time there i loved it as it was something different, something i had not tasted before. I liked it and i forgot about it(till then i didn't even know what was the dish called). Till i visited Bombay couple of years  later and my BBF and her hubby took me to this Asian restaurant in Phoenix Mill Mall in Lower Parel Mumbai. (I wonder if it still there) And the taste was to die for, the taste still lingers in my mouth. Ahhhhh... what a bliss it was to have that dish. Well i have had lots good and bad experience with khow suey. But why even talk about bad experiences here.

So the recipe goes....

KHOW SUYE

Serves - 02

INGREDIENTS 

• 01 can - Coconut Milk
• 1/2 cup - Arhar Daal (split red gram)
• 1/2 tsp - Grated ginger fresh
• 1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp - Cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp - Garlic chopped
• 1 tsp - Chopped green chillies
• 02 pc - Chicken breast
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice to taste.
• 01 packet - Boiled egg noodles. 

FOR THE  ACCOMPANIMENTS 

• Roasted peanuts
• Fried chopped garlic
• Fried Sliced onion 
• Chopped green coriander
• Chopped green chilies 
• Hard boiled eggs
• Chopped spring onions
• Lemon wadges 

METHOD

1. In a pressure cooker boil daal/lentil along with salt & turmeric. Keep aside.
2. In the mean while chop garlic & onion and fry till golden brown. Boil egg, chop coriander, chilies & spring onions and keep aside.
3. In the microwave steam chicken for 5 mins.
4. Now in a wok add a little oil add green chilies, chopped garlic and ginger and cook till aroma comes out, add the steamed chicken and cook well. Add the lentil and simmer for almost 30 mins. Add coconut milk and cumin powder just before removing from the frame. Pour in the serving dish.
5. Now place all the toppings in small bowls and serve it along with boiled egg noodles.

It's a in a bowl full meal. Enjoy it with your glass of chilled beer on a lazy crazy afternoon.