Always on the Go? Check Out These Easy-to-Prepare Singaporean Dishes
As one of the top gastronomy destinations in the world, Singapore is home to thousands of restaurants and hawker centers serving dishes that reflect the city-state's multi-faceted culture. But despite the wide availability of dining options, nothing beats the aroma of a home-cooked meal. In this article, we’ll check out the easiest Singaporean dishes you can prepare at home even if you’re always on the go.
Fried Hokkien prawn mee
Fried Hokkien prawn mee is an all-time favorite among locals. This noodle dish comes in a smooth and silky texture, concocted with umami-filled prawn. Some prefer to mix pork lard and pork belly in the noodles.
To make a fried Hokkien prawn mee, you only need glass prawns, medium-sized squids, rice noodles, wheat noodles (yellow), bean sprouts, Chinese chives, eggs, garlic, and seasonings.
This is an easy-to prepare Singaporean dish with an approximate cooking time of 30 minutes. This includes cleaning the prawns and squid and preparing the prawn stock. It is best to serve the fried Hokkien prawn mee with small limes and sambal chili.
But if you want to order this instead, YouFu Fried Hokkien Prawn Noddle on Beach Road has one of the best in town.
Nasi lemak
Nasi lemak (coconut milk rice) is a popular dish in Singapore and Malaysia that can be cooked using a rice cooker and homemade sambal.
The rice is cooked together with pandan leaves and lemongrass to bring more flavor. Wrapped in banana leaves, nasi lemak is a concoction of cucumber slices, fried anchovies and roasted peanuts, and sambal. There are also instances when locals add fried chicken wings or fried small fish to nasi lemak.
This is an easy-to-prepare Singaporean dish because you can include as many side dishes as you want. Another option is to make the basic one, which includes hard-boiled eggs, fried anchovies, peanuts, and sambal.
You can check out Ponggol Nasi Lemak and CRAVE Nasi Lemak & Teh Tarik for a mouthwatering inspiration for this dish.
Rojak
This dish is a mixture of salad with a slightly sour dressing, combined with fried tofu and dough fritters. Don't forget to sprinkle some peanuts on top. The dressing is made from peanuts, shrimp paste, sugar, and tamarind. Locals used to eat rojak with chili padi (bird’s eye chili). The complete ingredients include bean sprouts, crushed roasted peanuts, fried dough sticks, tofu puffs, and sliced green mango, pineapple, and cucumber.
For the dressing, you need crushed red chili, grated palm sugar, lime, shrimp paste, and tamarind pulp. This is an easy-to-prepare Singaporean dish because the overall cooking time may take up to 25 minutes only.
Singaporeans like to add unusual ingredients that can be found in Asian groceries only like yam bean and water spinach (kang kong).
Keto popiah
Popiah is a type of fresh spring rolls that originated in Malaysia. It became a popular street food in Singapore but with a twist. The keto-friendly dish uses egg skin instead of wheat flour as a wrapper. You only need to wrap bamboo sprouts and Chinese sausage together.
When cooked, the popiah skin looks like a pancake. You can also add teriyaki or ketosoy sauce to the bamboo sprouts.
While it is easy to make this dish, you can also check out other restaurants that offer keto popiah such as Ann Chin Handmade Popiah if you want to indulge in this guilt-free Singaporean staple.
Mee goreng mamak
A popular stir-fried noodle dish in Singapore and Malaysia, mee goreng mamak is made with boiled potatoes, choy sum, fresh egg noodles, and fried tofu. For the sauce, you can mix dhal, peanuts, red onion, and dried chili and prawn.
Mee goreng mamak’s 40-minute preparation includes frying the paste ingredients, blending the paste, and frying the noodles. You can add some lime and sliced green chilis before serving.
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