Shortcut Burmese Ohn No Khow Suey

Making Ohn no (coconut milk) khow suey (noodles) is a long drawn laborious process, with every ingredient freshly made. Here’s a shortcut method I learnt from my mom.

Ingredients

• Egg noodles 1 packet
• Breast pieces of chicken 2 (cut into small pieces)
• Chilli powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder ½ tsp
• Fish sauce 1 tbsp
• Chopped large onion 1
• Ginger piece 1 inch
• Half pod of garlic
• Lemon grass with roots
• Small tetra pack of coconut milk 1
• Lightly roasted gram flour (besan) 1 tbsp

Method

• Garnish- chilli flakes- spring onions or coriander leaves- lime- hard boiled eggs
• Boil a packet of egg noodles and keep aside.
• Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric, chilli and fish sauce for half an hour.
• Grind onion, garlic and ginger into a rough paste, then fry till golden brown. Add chicken, and lightly pounded lemon grass roots. Once it’s cooked add water (about 1 litre), coconut milk, gram flour and salt to taste. Tie the lemon grass into a bunch and boil with the soup till the flavours fill your kitchen.
• To serve, place some noodles in a bowl, top it with soup, and add garnishing as per your preference.