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 (10)

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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!
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18 Aug 2009 11:34 AEST
CB
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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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).
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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
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09 Dec 2008 03:24 AEST
sophie
hornsby
servings?
how many people does this recipe serve?
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