Mamak fried noodles - mee goreng mamak

Ingredients

• 2 shallots, sliced finely
• 2 garlic, sliced finely
• 2 teaspoons of curry powder, any
• 1-2 or 3 tbsp curry sauce,any (buy some curry from your nearest Indian restaurant/mamak shop)
• 2 teaspoonns dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons of fish sauce
• 1-2 teaspoon chillie paste (made from ground dried chillies)
• some shredded cooked (fried or roasted) chicken
• a couple of large prawns (halved sideways or anyway you like)
• 1 egg
• a handful of bean sprouts
• a handful of sliced cabbage
• a handful of greens (any greens)
• 1 tomato, halved
• a few slices of fried firm bean curd cake
• slices of 1 small boiled potato
• slices of prawn fritters (optional)
• 3 or 4 slices of fresh red chillies
• 1 small stalk of spring onions, chopped
• 2 kalamansi limes (limau nipis), halved
• salt
• about 2-3 tablespoons of cooking oil

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Preparation

• Before starting to cook, mix all the sauces, curry powder and chillie paste together.
• Heat pan, heat oil and throw in the sliced shallots, garlic and stir till softened.
• Add the prawns, chicken meat and stir over very high heat. Add the mixed sauces.Stir over very high heat all the time.
• Add the cabbage, greens, bean sprouts, sliced potates, tomato, bean curd, sliced prawn fritter if using and stir, stir and stir.
• High high heat. Add salt. Add about 2 tablespoons of water if too dry. (it should be a little saucy). Add noodles, stir and push aside.
• Break an egg into the cleared portion of the pan, let it cook half way and scramble the noodle mixture over and into it; over high heat all the time.
• Mix well, the mixture should be wet (moist-moist wet) but no sauce. The noodles should be coated with all the sauce.