Malaysian laksa (cheat's laksa)

Created by Aryan Mansor
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  • Cuisine: Malaysian

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 85 Malaysian Restaurants.

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

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Comments (2)

   
05 Nov 2008 02:02 AEST
K
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!
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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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