Khow Suey (Pakistani Curried Noodles)
Khow Suey (Pakistani Curried Noodles) is a lightly spicy chicken coconut curry served over egg noodles with an assortment of toppings.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ¼ cup cooking oil
- 1 onion
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 2 lbs boneless chicken
- 2 tsps red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 2 tsps salt
- ½ cup gram flour (besan) ((see notes))
- 2 tomatoes ((see notes))
- 4 cups water
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1 package egg noodles ((see notes))
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 eggs
- 4 green onions
- ½ cup crispy noodles ((see notes))
- 2 lemons
- 4 tbsp crushed red pepper
Instructions
- 1
Heat the cooking oil and saute the finely diced onion in it.
- 2
Once the onion is light brown, add the garlic paste and saute for 30 seconds.
- 3
Add the cubed chicken pieces and sear them till they are no longer pink and translucent.
- 4
Add all of the spices and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- 5
Add the gram flour(besan) and roast for a minute or two (see notes)
- 6
Add the diced tomatoes and saute till they release water.
- 7
Add the 4 cups of water to the mixture, stir, cover, and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes (see notes)
- 8
Add the coconut milk and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- 9
Fill a 6 quart cooking pot 3/4 full of water, add a teaspoon full of salt and bring the water to a boil.
- 10
Once the water is at a rolling boil, add the packet of egg noodles to it and boil till the pasta is cooked.
- 11
Drain the water and toss the pasta with the 2 tbsp of olive oil so it doesn't stick together.
- 12
Hard boil the eggs, and then cool, peel, and dice them.
- 13
Chop both the green and white parts of the green onions.
- 14
Quarter the lemons.