My First Cooking Lesson from my Grandaunt

My grandaunt had always helped around in our family. Back in the old days when my parents were busy with work, she was always the one who took care and fed us all and boy does she know how to cook some good food. So as she promised me, she taught me how to cook one of my all time favourites, mee goreng last Saturday. If you have forgotten, I promised to upload this post the past week but I was too busy having fun during my hols. =) Anyway, it's a simple dish.

List of ingredients:
Chilli Paste:
Garlic, Onions, Dried Chilli.
Pounded into a paste. It's better to make the paste yourself as certain chilli paste bought outside might not contain all the wanted ingredients. Also, please do not use a mixer, food made with hard work and sweat always taste better. ;)

Other Ingredients:
Soy sauce
Garlic
Egg noodles
Peeled and deveined fresh prawns
Taugua (sort of a fried bean curd)
Dried shrimp (pounded)
Beansprouts
Egg
Oil of course
Lime for dressing

You can also add other stuff in, pork, chicken, anything that suits your taste. I prefer mine without greens. ;)

1) First fry taugua in a lil bit of oil until golden brown and then place in dish. (no pics)
2) Then lightly sear prawns with a little bit of garlic and dish up when cooked.

3) Fry pounded dried shrimp in oil until fragrant.

4) Add chilli paste, fry until fragrant and then add egg and beat the egg in the wok. 

5) Add prawns and fry together in mixture.

6) Add noodles and a bit of soy sauce and fry in mixture.

7) Lastly, add beansprouts and fry until cooked.

8) Gorge and feast on mee goreng.