Mee Bakso

I've been craving for mee bakso a couple of months ago.  I told my helper, who is an Indonesia to cook mee bakso for me.  Unfortunately, the bakso she cooked is totally different from what I ate at Batam.....So, I asked around my neighborhood & one of the helpers (Indonesia) gave me the recipe.   Immediately, I asked my helper to go market to get all the ingredients to make this dish.....I prepare lunch for my 2 lovely princesses, as you know, kids are very fussy about what they ate! To my surprise, Allison & Ashley loves it!  They said "Mummy, this is very delicious.  Can you cook this again?"....So sweet!

Ingredients:
1kg yellow noodle

Chye Sim ~ cut

Carrot ~ sliced thinly

500g beef ball

Beef Stock/Soup:

1 Large onion

4-5 clove garlic

2” ginger

1” galangal ~ meshed lightly

1 lemongrass ~ meshed lightly

5 cloves

3-4 cardamom seeds

1 stick cinnamon

1 tsp white pepper

1 tsp black pepper

4 cube beef stock

200ml water

Salt

Chili Sauce:

5-6 bird’s eye

5 clove garlic

1 tbsp sugar

3-5 tbsp sweet soy sauce

1 tbsp lemon juice

Salt

Directions:

1. Blend large onion, garlic & ginger to form a paste.
2. Heat oil, add galangal, lemongrass, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick & fry the paste till fragrant.
3. Add beef ball & beef cube & continue stirring.  Then add water & let it boil.  Add white/black pepper & salt to taste & boil for another 3-5 mins.
4. To serve, put the noodle in a big bowl with the vegetables, beef ball & beef soup.  Topping with chili sweet soy sauce.