Soup ingredients:
0.5kg prawns (just need the prawn head)
100g ikan bilis
1tbs dried shrimps
5- 6 cups water
0.5tsp sugar
1tsp fish sauce/ light soy sauce
(can use been hoon/ kway teow or any noodles)
Fish cake sliced
Prawn
1.5 tbs shallots
cooking oil just enough to cover the shallots
Method:
- Peel prawn body away form its head, use the prawn head for broth.
- Fried prawn head with little oil for 2-3mins. add in the rest of soup ingredients.
- Boil and simmer for 1-1.5hours. Before done, add in sugar and fish sauce.
- Shallots- place sliced shallot and oil in a microwave proof cup and microwave for 2m30s (high) till gold brown. (timing will varies from different microwave so adjust accordingly)