Malaysian Cuisine

Malaysian laksa (cheat's laksa)

Cuisine: Malaysian Created by Aryan Mansor

For a variation on this recipe, try this prawn laksa. Vegetarians might also like our tofu laksa recipe. Plus, if you like your food hot and spicy, browse our collection of authentic Malaysian recipes.

Ingredients

Spice Paste
4-5 shallots, chopped
6-7 cloves garlic, chopped
Thumb size piece ginger, peeled and chopped
1 fresh red chilli (more if you want more kick!)
1 heaped tbsp dried prawns
½ cup water

Broth
12 green prawns
4 tbsp vegetable oil
180 mls of laksa paste
1 litre chicken stock
1 can coconut cream
Fish balls
Fried tofu puffs
1 tsp sugar
Fish sauce
Salt to taste
Juice of 1 lime

Finishing Touches
Rice vermicelli noodles
Egg noodles
Shredded cooked chicken meat (boiled-stock can be used for the broth!)
Bean sprouts
Spring onions, chopped
Red chilli, sliced
Coriander leaves
Deep fried shallots
Fresh lime wedges

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Preparation

Process in blender, shallots, garlic, ginger, chillies, dried prawns and water until it forms a smooth paste. Set aside.

Shell prawns and reserve meat. Heat oil in a large pot and fry prawns shells for about 1 minute until they turn red then remove from pan. Add spice paste to prawn flavoured oil and fry for a minute before adding the laksa paste. Fry until fragrant, about 2 minutes and pour in the stock.

Bring to the boil and then add coconut cream. It's always good to allow time to simmer for the flavours to come out. Add fish balls and fried tofu. Add sugar, fish sauce and salt to taste. Squeeze in the lime.

Blanch rice and egg noodles in boiling water and transfer some of each to serving bowls. Poach reserved prawn meat in same water. Pour over the broth and top with chicken, prawns and bean sprouts. Garnish with the spring onions, chilli, coriander and fried shallots. Squeeze in the lime before eating.

Malaysian Restaurants

Displaying 10 of 194 Malaysian Restaurants.

Restaurant		Suburb
1.	Chinta Ria	St Kilda
2.	Harry's Singapore Chilli Crab	Sydney
3.	Abell's Kopi Tiam	Manuka
4.	Asian Cafe	City
5.	Dickson Asian Noodle House	Dickson
6.	Leong Kitchen	Campbell
7.	Rasa Sayang	Dickson
8.	Sammy's Kitchen	City
9.	Timmy's Kitchen	Manuka
10.	Rendezvous Cafe	Darwin

19 Mar 2012 12:24 AEST

tayla mueller

caloundra

cooking

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02 Aug 2011 04:02 AEST

Bruce Wayne is gay

Campbelltown

Bruce Wayne is gay

Bruce Wayne is gay. This is easy to make and nice to eat.

04 Jun 2011 07:42 AEST

sundrop2204

WPH

Really a cheat's laksa alright!

CHEAT's laksa alright! From watching video I can see the laksa gravy is not even orangey-red enough,and VERY diluted. You will never get the kind of authentic M'sian/S'porean style laksa if you do it this way. Also, we NEVER use FRESH chillis. Always DRIED red chillis and have to be soaked in hot water beforehand. Totally agree with Steve why safari is cutting cost to use novice student for a highly traditional dish as this. This probably suits Caucasian taste, but Asian taste no way!!

03 Jan 2011 10:19 AEST

RIZZO

CASTLE HILL

TASTE GREAT

I HAVE EATEN A LOT OF LAKSA FROM MANY STORES & CAFE'S, EVEN OVER SEAS. THIS WAS GOOD BUT TRY TO ADD YOUR OWN TOUCHES. EVERYONES TASTE IS DIFFERENT

22 Sep 2010 06:36 AEST

shady

sydney

Very Easy Laksa True Flavours !!!

Absolutely Fabulous !! Very easy to make and the local Asian grocer had all the ingredients I needed. Will be making it again...

02 Jun 2010 11:55 AEST

LAURA THOMPSON

MACKAY QLD

Where do I buy Fried Tofu Puffs?

This was great, but couldn't get the Fried Tofu puffs in Mackay. Does any one know where you can by them and get them sent up to Mackay?

07 May 2010 11:51 AEST

Cate Stone

Chittering

A big pinch of Cardomon

This recipe is a classic, If you love it and want to spice it up add a big pinch of freshly ground cardamon. Cardamon and Orange rock! www.chitteringvalleyretreat.com.au

20 Aug 2009 10:05 AEST

Stephanie

Wynnum

Excellent

This was so easy and tasted great! With a shellfish allergy, I was concerned that it might not taste as good without the dried prawns in the spice paste. I was wrong!

18 Aug 2009 11:34 AEST

Greensborough

Sublime

I am a better diner than cook but tried this dish with my limited cooking experience. It was utterly sublime, full of contrasting flavours. I not only impressed family and friends, but myself! I will be making it again soon. Thanks SBS for spicing up my kitchen life!

15 Aug 2009 09:10 AEST

steve

mosman

Laksa ??!!

Billed as a quick Laksa I eventually after much toil sat down to something akin to a 'Pot Noodle'. Honestly SBS, we're supposed to be on a Food Safari not quick-student-noodle option.

14 Aug 2009 12:00 AEST

aryan mansor

randwick

paste!

The laksa paste i used on the show was a brand called 'Tean's' which i got from an asian grocery store in Randwick, though almost any brand will do with equally good results. good luck!

18 May 2009 02:03 AEST

Bin Laden

In a Cave

Must Try

After reading everybody's comments I've gotta give this a go, I'm eating to many prunes in this cave.

11 May 2009 03:17 AEST

Amanda

Bendigo, VIC

Very tasty...

This was a very tasty and fragrant dish. Although it takes a little bit of extra work than other laksa recipes I have tried, it is definitely worth the effort. I left out the fish balls and chicken and found it was still a delicious meal and very satisfying. I'm not sure where to find the laksa paste used in the recipe, I just used whichever one I could find at my local Asian grocer and it worked fine. Number of people it serves? 2 for a large meal and 4 for smaller servings (3 prawns each).

17 Jan 2009 07:17 AEST

iizman

fawkner

Which laksa paste?

Hi, I looked carefully in the video, Aryan had a different paste (when she was pouring some into the pot) than the one showed at the grocery scene. Aryan's laksa paste was a maroon coloured bottle as oppose to the white bottle. Just wondering, what brand did she use and where can I get that? Thanks

09 Dec 2008 03:24 AEST

sophie

hornsby

servings?

how many people does this recipe serve?

05 Nov 2008 02:02 AEST

Thornbury

Awesome!

This is the best laksa I've ever made. It's now a regular on our menu at home! And Bruce, if you care to read the recipe properly you'd know to put 1 heaped tablespoon of dried prawns in (I assume that's what you're asking??) Awesomest Laksa Ever!

02 Nov 2008 12:00 AEST

Bruce Wayne

Gotham

Bruce Wayne is confused!!!

I thought that this recipe was very tasty but how dried prawns was I meant to add??? That's what I want to know...be more clear with instructions next time please, is that so hard?! Yours Sincerely, Bruce Wayne (entreperneur).

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