Recently, while browsing through Lilian's blog on Penang Food about the Hock Chiew Ang Chiew Mee Sua (mee sua in red wine).....it reminds me of my intention of posting up some pictures of how the traditional way of handmade mee sua are produced back in my hometown.
First the wet dough or paste made from a mixture of wheat flour, water and salt are rolled circularly in a pail.
It is then left to ferment hanging in a special box for a few hours.....
The noodles are then pulled skilfuly to a long thin strands without breaking them.....and then push into holes on the other end of the poles to be left to dry under the sun......
The sun dried mee sua are then folded up and are ready to be sold in rolls or for distribution to sundry shops. The ones we bought from sundry shops are not really very dry and it had to be dry out in the hot sun again if the mee sua is to be kept in tins for a period of time (2 to 3 months)or else a damp mee sua will not keep for long.
There are some mee suas in shops which are made by machines and oven dried which do not really tastes as soft and as nice as the handmade ones. There are two versions of these handmade mee sua.....one is thinner and the other is the thicker version which is taken from the lower part of the pulled mee sua and the price is much cheaper too.
I have a recipe of this lovely mee sua cook in 'ang chiew' (rice wine) in my blog here.
14 comments:
Man, making mee sua is really hardwork!
OMG! this is so awesome. A treasure that still obtainable!
Thanks for showing us how this woman make mee sua.I have no knowledge that they use real hand work,I thought it's machine make!!
Very informative photos..tks for sharing.
what2see
This is sooo informative! Love the photos! I really appreciate the hard work that goes into making hand-made mee sua!
little corner of mine - yeah..this is back breaking work plus skills too.....
big boys oven - you do not find many young people picking up such skills any more...hope we will still get our handmade mee sua for many years to come...
beachlovers - you do get machine made ones in big towns...you will only see these man made ones in small villages or towns......
ck lam - its my pleasure to share something unique for my readers...thks for dropping by...
noobcook - now you know why handmade mee sua taste so special...a skill handed down from older generations....hope it will be pass down to the younger generations.....
WOW!! This was amazing! I hope I get to taste the handmade stuff one of these days. Thx for sharing.
anonymous - oh..you should try these handmade mee sua....can get them from sundry shops in Sitiawan and Ayer Tawar, Perak....
Hi! We call them misua here in the Philippines. I haven't really had the chance to cook them yet. Look forward to your recipes...
sweetjasmine,
I didn't know handmade mee sua is made that way. hehe.
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