Mee soto and Soto ayam
Mee soto is a spicy chicken noodle soup commonly found in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Mee means noodles. The spiciness depends on how much black-ish color chili you put in your noodles. This hot chili topping is optional, to add zest to the taste. If you have been to Indonesia, you probably would have come across soto. Soto originates from Indonesia, which is a soupy dish of broth, meat and vegetables. Simple yet delicious.
The main ingredients of mee soto are yellow Hokkien noodles, bean sprouts and slices of chicken (ayam) sprinkled with fried shallots and some mint leaves. The soup or gravy contains coriander and lemongrass that gives it a unique fragrant smell and taste.
Mee soto can be found in many hawker centres or food courts and sells for between $2.50 to $3.50. This noodle is usually sold by Malay stall holders. Cheap, spicy, good and tasty! The yellow noodles are similar to the ones in mee rebus, only the soup or gravy is different.
The other variant is soto ayam, but instead of noodles they come with cubed rice cakes. Ayam is a Malay word for chicken. The cubed rice is similar to that found in lontong, gado-gado or ketupat, the rice cubes that come with satay, just that the cutting and mould types are different. The rice cubes are not glutinous rice or rice dumplings.
Soto ayam usually comes with begedel, or fried roundish meshed potato stuffed with a bit of vegetables and sometimes meat. Ayam, by the way, is the Malay word for chicken.
There is another variant of soto called Coto Makassar, consists of beef stew broth with seasoning and ground peanuts, which originates from Makassar, a city in South Sulawesi. The Buginese believe that soto is an off shoot of Coto Makassar. Well, what is certain is that soto or coto is indeed an Indonesian dish.
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| Mee soto |
Mee soto can be found in many hawker centres or food courts and sells for between $2.50 to $3.50. This noodle is usually sold by Malay stall holders. Cheap, spicy, good and tasty! The yellow noodles are similar to the ones in mee rebus, only the soup or gravy is different.
The other variant is soto ayam, but instead of noodles they come with cubed rice cakes. Ayam is a Malay word for chicken. The cubed rice is similar to that found in lontong, gado-gado or ketupat, the rice cubes that come with satay, just that the cutting and mould types are different. The rice cubes are not glutinous rice or rice dumplings.
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| Soto ayam with begedel |
There is another variant of soto called Coto Makassar, consists of beef stew broth with seasoning and ground peanuts, which originates from Makassar, a city in South Sulawesi. The Buginese believe that soto is an off shoot of Coto Makassar. Well, what is certain is that soto or coto is indeed an Indonesian dish.
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