Sen Mee Neua Poo

Sen Mee Neua Poo (Thin rice noodles with poached crab meat in homemade yellow curry)

Ingredients for yellow curry paste (serves 1)

• 7 large dried red chili
• 10 dried bird’s eye chili
• 1 cilantro root
• 1½ tbsp thinly sliced lemongrass
• 1½ tbsp thinly sliced galangal
• 4 shallots, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1½ tsp thinly sliced kaffir lime zest
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground white pepper
• 1½ tbsp roasted ground black pepper
• 1 tsp roasted coriander seeds
• ½ teaspoon shrimp paste
• 1 ¼ inch piece fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped

Other ingredients

• 250g crabmeat
• 400g dried vermicelli
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 1½ tsp palm sugar
• 1½ tsp fish sauce
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 100g betel leaves, thinly sliced
• 10 whole betel leaves
• red finger chili, finely sliced lengthwise

Method

Step 1: Make the curry paste, soak the dried chili in warm water for 15 minutes then drain and chop. Pound the chili and the remaining curry paste ingredients in a mortar with a pestle until smooth.

Step 2: Boil the vermicelli at medium heat for 1-2 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. Set aside.

Step 3: Heat the oil in a pan and add 3 tbsp of the curry paste then cook for 2 minutes. Add coconut milk seasoned with the fish sauce, sugar and lime leaves, then add the sliced betel leaves and cook for 2 minutes. Add the crabmeat and gently stir for 1 minute.

Step 4: Ladle the curry into a serving bowl and place vermicelli roll on a betel leaf. Top with coconut milk cream and kaffir lime leaves thinly sliced.

About the chef

Chef Roj
Chef Roj started working in restaurants at a young age. Over the years, he developed his own unique cooking methods focusing on locally sourced products and herbs, while staying close to the roots of the traditional local cuisine.

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