Stewed Beef Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 1 kilogram kway teow thin
• 12 beef meat balls
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 500 grams bean sprouts fresh
• 1 bunch kangkong water spinach
• 1 cup coriander leaves chopped
• 4 spring onions white and green parts, chopped
• 500 grams beef soup trimming, boiled in 3 litres of water with crushed ginger and 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 500 grams tripe
• 500 grams beef tripe, boiled in 3 litres of water with crushed ginger and 2 teaspoons salt
• 15 cups stock from boiling the soup trimming & tripe; add water if insufficient
• 2 star anise
• 2 stalks lemongrass cut in two and crushed
• 2 inches galangal crushed
• 5 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 head garlic cloves crushed
• 20 white peppercorns cracked
• 1/2 cup coriander roots and stem sections, crushed
• 5 spring onions leave whole including roots
• 2 tablespoons black soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar or palm, more to taste
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 6 tablespoons fish sauce more to taste
• 10 red chilli padi
• 2 red chilli seeds removed
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 1/4 teaspoons sugar