This spicy curry-like noodle soup is one of Babe's favourite dish. I would love to have a second bowl if Rapunzel had cook enough, hee! Slurp!Ingredients:
Rice Vermicelli, scalded and drained
150ml coconut milk
12 medium prawns
2 fish cakes, sliced
50g bean sprout, blanched
8 pcs small Tau Pok, halved
3 hard boiled eggs
3 sprig laksa leaves
1 cup dried prawns, grind
salt and sugar to taste
Grind the following into laksa paste:
2 garlic
5 shallots
1/2 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp Galangal
4 candle nuts
1 stalk lemon grass
2 tsp Balachan
2 tbsp chili paste
Method:
1. Boiled the prawns in a pot of water till cooked.
2. Remove the prawns and set aside.
3. Add in laksa leaves into the pot of stock and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Heat oil in wok and fry the laksa paste for 15-20 minutes.
5. Add in dried shrimp and stir fry for another 5 minutes.
6. Pour the paste and shrimp into the pot of boiling stock.
7. Gradually add in coconut milk and let it simmer till red oil surfacing.
8. Add salt and sugar to taste.
9. Add in the tau pok, fish cake and cooked for 2 minutes, let the tau pok absorb laksa gravy before serving.
10. Put rice vermicelli in a bowl, top with the prawn, bean sprout and egg.
11. Pour hot gravy over and serve immediately.
Chop some laksa leaves or shred some cucumber for garnishing if you like. Add chilli paste if your prefer your laksa to be more spicy.
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