Ingredients

• ribbon noodles - 150 gm
• onion - 1/2 cup, chopped
• ginger 2 cm
• garlic - 8 flakes
• chilli powder - one and a half tsp
• beans sprouts - 1/2 cup
• spinach leaves a handful
• cooked minced meat - 1/2 cup
• oil - 2 tbsp
• soya sauce - 2 tsp
• tomato sauce - 4 tbsp
• msg - 1/4 tsp
• meat stock - 2 to 3 tbsp
• oriental sesame oil - 1 tsp
• eggs 2, scrambled
• salt to taste

How to Make Quay Theow

• Cook noodles in plenty of boiling water, to which 1 tsp salt is added.
• Drain, toss in a tsp of oil and keep aside.
• Grind onion, ginger and garlic together to a paste.
• Chop spinach roughly.
• Heat oil in a fry pan (preferably non-stick and large enough to toss the noodles easily).
• Add the ground paste and fry well.
• Add chilli powder and fry for 1/2 minute.
• Add beans sprout and a pinch of salt.
• Stir-fry for 1 minute.
• Add spinach, cook till just soft.
• Add the meat and noodles.
• Add soya sauce, tomato sauce, sat and MSG.
• Mix well. Add sesame oil and stock.
• Toss the noodles till they are very hot and just moist (not soggy). Mix in the scrambled eggs and serve immediately.
• The water in which minced meat was cooked.