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Shawarma “Singapore” Noodles With Corn and Cauliflower

2.9

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Photo of Hetty McKinnon's Shawarma Noodles in two bowls with forks and glasses of seltzer on the side.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Liza Jernow

This dish is a riff on Singapore-style curry noodles. Our whole family adores Singapore noodles, especially my mother’s version—when my son Huck was a baby, he loved them so much she made them for his first birthday party. This particular recipe is a bit of a happy accident—it came about one day when I was making Singapore noodles and I spotted a bottle of New York Shuk’s shawarma spice on the condiment tray next to my wok. I unscrewed the lid and took a whiff—I loved the smell so much, I impulsively decided to use the shawarma instead of the curry powder. The result was spectacular, and suddenly, shawarma noodles became a thing! Of course, if you want to make traditional Singapore noodles, simply substitute the shawarma spice with a mild curry powder. Also, I've included individual spices here, but if you have premade bottled shawarma spice, you can definitely use that (I recommend New York Shuk’s).

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