Mee rojak, or loosely translated as mixed noodles is a common dish back home. it is synonymous with the rojak truck parked by the road side, with long lines around lunch or tea time and is almost always is sold next to the ABC truck.


As usual, when it comes to these kinds of food, I don't have a proper recipe, but I did try my best to get the measurement as accurate as possible. I don't have one single source for this recipe but rather put together a little bit from one place, and a little bit from another.

The good thing about mee rojak is that you don't need a lot of one thing to make it work. A little bit of everything is fine, which is an extremely good thing when food stocks are running low in the kitchen- and you get so much in the end!

Almost anything can be used to put this rojak together- it's almost like a salad, only half the ingredients are fried, and only the other half are fresh.

Some of the common things used include:

• egg noodles (i obviously used spaggetti!)
• boiled eggs
• blanched spinach
• roughly cut cucumber
• roughly cut radish (of sengkuang if you can find it)
• fried potato wedges
• fried tauhu
• fried tempe
• fried crispy dough balls (jemput2 ranggup)
• fish crackers? - keropok ikan
  

The sweet and spicy peanut sauce is the key element in binding everything together to make a rojak.

For the sweet and spicy peanut sauce, i tried to make it as simple as possible:
3 tbsp chili boh
1 1/2 cup ground peanuts
4-6 tbsp dark brown sugar (originally- unrefined cane sugar/ gula melaka)
400mls water
salt to taste

method:

1. heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan. fry the chili boh for about 2-3 minutes. add in the peanuts.
2. add the water and leave to boil.
3. gradually add in salt and sugar, tasting at intervals. it is meant to be slightly sweet.
4. if too thick, slowly add more water. leave to boil for 5 minutes.

tip: you can go through the trouble of roasting peanuts, removing the skin and grinding them, or... you can use one of my favorite cheats- use roasted salted peanuts straight from the bag- although you might want to boil them in water first then blending them till they resemble ground peanuts soaked in water. also, lessen salt as the peanuts are already salted.



For the crispy dough balls (jemput2 ranggup)
200gm plain flour
1 tsp yeast
salt to taste
1 tsp sugar
warm water- add gradually just enough to bind mixture into a thick paste

method:

1. add all into a bowl and cover with cling film.
2. allow to rise for 1 hour- don't mix as this will push all the air out
3. fry spoonfuls of the dough in hot oil until golden brown and cut in half or quaters (bite sizes)