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Burmese Khowsuey Video by Tarla Dalal

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This one-dish meal is sure to strike every single of your taste buds with its vibrant flavour! The Burmese Khowsuey features layers of noodles, a vegetable curry made with coconut milk and an elaborate masala of spices, coconut and cashew nuts, and an elaborate garnish of fried onions, garlic, vaal dal and spring onions. This gives the dish a unique texture and a really unforgettable flavour. Although this dish obviously involves too much effort, right from preparing the noodles and the curry to the garnishes, it is completely, absolutely worth it!

  

Recipe Description for Burmese Khowsuey

Soaking Time:  3 hours
Preparation Time: 
Cooking Time: 
Makes 4 servings
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Ingredients


For Burmese Khowsuey
4 cups boiled rice noodles

To Be Ground Into A Smooth Paste (using Approx. 1/2 Cup Water)
5 whole dry kashmiri red chillies
1 1/2 tbsp coriander (dhania) seeds
1/2 tsp black peppercorns (kalimirch)
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tbsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
2 tbsp freshly grated coconut
2 tsp chopped ginger (adrak)
2 tbsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
1 tbsp chopped cashew nut (kaju)

For The Curry
3 tbsp oil
2 bayleaves (tejpatta)
7 to 8 curry leaves (kadi patta)
1/2 cup grated onions
3/4 cup grated tomatoes
2 cups chopped and boiled mixed vegetables (french beans, carrots , green peas and cauliflower)
2 1/2 cups coconut milk (nariyal ka doodh)
salt to taste

For The Garnish
1/2 cup garlic (lehsun) roundels
1 cup thinly sliced onions
1/4 cup vaal dal (split field beans/ split butter beans) , soaked for 3 hours and drained
oil for deep-frying
1/2 cup chopped spring onions
1/4 cup finely chopped coriander (dhania)
1 tsp dry red chilli flakes (paprika)
salt to taste
2 tsp lemon juice

Method

For the curry
  1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, add the bayleaves, curry leaves and onions and sauté on a medium flame for 2 minutes or till it turns light brown in colour.
  2. Add the prepared paste and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
  3. Add the tomatoes and sauté on a medium flame for 2 more minutes.
  4. Add the mixed vegetables, coconut milk and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.

For the garnish
  1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan on a medium flame, lower the flame, add the garlic and deep-fry on a slow flame till they turn brown in colour. Drain on an absorbent paper and keep aside.
  2. In the same hot oil, add the onions and deep-fry on a slow flame till they turn brown in colour. Drain on an absorbent paper and keep aside.
  3. In the same hot oil, add the vaal dal and deep-fry on a slow flame till they turn brown in colour. Drain on an absorbent paper and keep aside.

How to proceed to serve burmese khowsuey
  1. Divide the curry into 4 equal portions. Keep aside.
  2. Take 1 cup of rice noodles in a serving bowl, top it with one portion of the prepared curry evenly over it.
  3. Garnish it with little fried onions, fried vaal dal, fried garlic, and spring onions evenly over it.
  4. Finally sprinkle coriander, chilli flakes, little salt and lemon juice.
  5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 to make 3 more servings of {span class="bold1"}burmese khowsuey{/span}.
  6. Serve the {span class="bold1"}burmese khowsuey{/span} immediately.

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