Chee cheong fun
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History

Chee cheong fun, pig intestine noodle in Cantonese for its folded shape, came to the Malay Peninsula with Cantonese settlers, many of whom worked the Kuala Lumpur tin mines and later ran the city's hawker trade. The batter of rice flour and water is steamed in thin sheets and rolled. Where Hong Kong serves it with soy sauce and shrimp, Malaysian stalls pour a sweet brown sauce, chilli sauce and sesame over plain rolls, and in the Klang Valley the curry version is common, with gravy and pieces of fried yong tau foo. The stalls of the old Imbi Market, now inside ICC Pudu, keep the morning trade going.

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Common allergens: Soy, Sesame

Make it at home

Yield Serves 2Hands-on 30 minTotal 45 minDifficulty Intermediate

Ingredients

  • 120g rice flour
  • 2 tbsp tapioca starch
  • 1 tbsp wheat starch
  • 350ml water
  • 1 tbsp oil, plus more for brushing
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp chilli sauce
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp fried shallots

Method

  1. Whisk the flours, starches, water, oil and salt into a thin batter and rest it 20 minutes.
  2. Oil a flat metal tray that fits in your steamer and heat it over boiling water for 1 minute.
  3. Pour in a thin layer of batter, cover and steam for 2 minutes until the sheet turns translucent.
  4. Loosen the sheet with a scraper and roll it up; repeat with the rest of the batter, oiling the tray each time.
  5. Cut the rolls into short lengths and dress with hoisin, chilli sauce, sesame seeds and fried shallots.

Tip from the editors. Stir the batter before each sheet; the starch settles fast and the last rolls come out thick and gummy.

Where to eat chee cheong fun

Chee cheong fun in Kuala Lumpur

Ah Fook Chee Cheong Fun ★ 3.7

$ Street foodPudu

Ah Fook Chee Cheong Fun inside ICC Pudu in Kuala Lumpur serves silky rice noodle rolls with curry sauce and fried yong tau fu, most mornings of the week.

TryChee cheong fun and yong tau fu

TipThe curry sauce is the draw, ask for extra if the plain soy version feels thin.

Directions

Imbi Market ★ 3.9

$ Street foodPudu

Imbi Market moved into ICC Pudu in Kuala Lumpur and still runs a morning hawker hall of chee cheong fun, popiah and curry laksa stalls every day but Monday.

TryMixed hawker breakfast

TipGo on a weekday morning, the hall thins out fast once the market's stalls sell out.

Directions

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