Mee Jawa

• 2 1/4 pounds yellow noodles
• 2 1/4 pounds prawns medium
• 1 1/8 pounds sweet potatoes mashed
• 5 1/2 tablespoons gula melaka
• 3 cornstarch heap tbsp
• 1 cup oil
• 1 salt & pepper
• water
• 3 stalks lemon grass
• 6 shallots
• 4 garlic pips
• 1 5/8 inches ginger
• 1 5/8 inches galangal
• 5 red chillies

1. Heat oil and fry the paste till fragrant. Add prawn stock, simmer and bring to a boil. Stir in the mashed potatoes and thicken with the cornstarch and season with sugar and salt and pepper.
2. Serve with fried tofu, slices of hard boiled egg, prawns, beansprouts, potatoes and a squeeze of lime juice.
3. To make prawn stock:Bring 2.5 litre water to a boil and pour in the prawns. When prawns are cooked, dish them out. Shell the prawns and keep aside for the noodles. Return the prawn shells to the pot to make prawn stock. Continue boiling the stock for another 30 minutes. Discard the shells.

yellow noodles, prawns, sweet potatoes, gula melaka, cornstarch, oil, salt, water, lemon grass, shallots, garlic, ginger, inches galangal, red chillies

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Mee-Jawa-1665310 (may not work)