Principles of superb salads.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Curry laksa


Ingredients:
1 kg cooked prawns
250 grams of fried bean curds (cut into bite sizes)
Cooked and shredded chicken
Soaked cuttle fish (par boil)
2 packets of vermicelli (soaked and par boil)
2 kg of Hokkien noodles
Bean shoots
1½ cups oil
1 tin of coconut milk, add 6 cups of water





Spices:
150 grams shallots (minced)
20 grams garlic (minced)
60 grams coriander powder
40 grams chilli powder
40 grams ground lemon grass

Chilli Oil (for garnish):
80 grams of ground chilli
3 minced garlic
½ cup of oil (cook these 3 ingredients for 5 minutes or so till red chilli oil appears)

Method for the laksa soup:
Heat 1½ cups of oil in a deep sauce pan, when hot, add all the spice ingredients, stir in low heat for at least ½ hour before adding the coconut milk. When the soup start to boil add in 4 tablespoon of salt, 2 tablespoon of rock sugar.

6 cups of water can be substituted with chicken stock.

No comments:

Post a Comment