Mie aceh
Course | Main course |
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Place of origin | Indonesia |
Region or state | Aceh |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Noodle, meat (goat meat or beef) or seafood (shrimp and fish), curry-like spices, celery, scallion, shallot |
Variations | Mie Aceh Goreng (fried and dry) and Mie Aceh Kuah (soupy) |
Mie aceh or mi aceh ("Aceh noodle") is an Acehnese curried spicy noodle dish. The dish is often described as Aceh-style spaghetti.[1]
Ingredients
The thick yellow noodles are served with slices of
pasta. To ensure its authenticity, most of mie Aceh restaurant's noodles are home made.History
Mie Aceh demonstrates the cultural history of Acehnese people and foreign influences that formed the
Malacca strait, Andaman Sea and Indian Ocean, also the way of life of majority of the Aceh population as traders, farmers and fishermen. Today, mie aceh eating establishments could be found in most of Indonesian major cities, and also neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia
.
Variations
Mie Aceh is available in two variations; mie aceh goreng, which is stir-fried and dry, and mie aceh kuah which is soupy. The noodle is also available in two options of ingredients; meat either beef, lamb or mutton, or seafood either shrimp or crab. Aceh noodle is usually sprinkled with fried shallot, and served with emping, peanuts, slices of shallots, cucumber, and dash of kaffir lime.
See also
References
- ^ "Aceh Noodle (Mie Aceh)". Indonesia Foods. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ Ni Luh Made Pertiwi F (16 June 2012). "Hmm... Kaldu Berempah Mi Aceh" (in Indonesian). Kompas.com. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
External links
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