Sarawak Laksa
It's Laksa for lunch today.I woke up early this morning, just to prepare this delicious meal.
Laksa is a famous dish among the Sarawakian here besides Kolo Mee.I heard that you can even find Sarawak Laksa in London,mostly by Malaysian people who went there to sell.Which other place can you find Laksa?
Here's what you need:
1 small packet(200g) of Laksa paste(available in most supermarkets)
500 ml water
1 packet santan powder/milk
1 chicken stock
1 tsp salt
1 packet of Beehoon/Vermicelli
1 packet of Beehoon/Vermicelli
limes
omelette
bean sprout
half chicken meat
100g prawns
For garnishing:
parsley or spring onion
parsley or spring onion
Method;
Boil the laksa paste with 200 ml of water in a pot for 15 minutes under low fire.Take it out and strain it thru a strainer.If you don't strain it,you'll feel like you're eating sand.
In another cooking pot,boil 500ml of water and put the prawns in to cooked for a while,not overcooked.Take the prawns out.put the chicken in to boil in the same water.(I'm doing this as to enhanced the flavour of laksa with the chicken and prawn taste)Turn to low fire and wait till it is cooked.
While waiting for the chicken to get cooked,unshell the prawns but leave the tail intact.
Fry the omelette and cut into strips.
Next,boil half pot of water and put the beansprouts in.Take it out.Turn off the fire.
In the same pot of water,put the bi-hoon in and soaked till it turns soft..Quickly take it out.
When the chicken has cooked,Take it out and cooled.
Put the strain laksa soup into the water that you had taken the chicken out.Boil for abt 10 minutes under low fire.Put the santan in and cook for another 10 minutes.Turn off the fire.
In the meanwhile,use you finger to shred or tear the chicken to long pieces.
Now you're on your way to a delicious laksa!
To serve:
First take a bowl and put in one handful of bi-hoon/vermicelli.Add some strips of omelette and chicken and also some beansprouts and not forgetting prawns.You can opt the prawns out if you're allergic to prawns.Squeeze half lime or 1 lime,as desired whether you want it more sour or not.You can also add in some sambal if you want it more spicy style.
Garnish with coriander leaves or parsley or cut spring onion according to your taste.
To make the sambal;
10 fresh chillies
10g belacan/shrimp paste
some dash of lime or vinegar
Pound the chillies and belacan paste together until fine.Put into a small bowl.(oh yeah!you've to fry the belacan for a while first,then pound)
Enjoy the taste of laksa!
Another alternatives Laksa recipe: Bigger portion
Ingredients:
200g prawns
100g bean sprouts
3 eggs
Limes
parsley
300g Laksa paste
200 ml coconut milk/santan
2 chicken or prawn stocks
1/2 tsp salt,or to taste
1.2 litre water
Method:
1.Boil the water in a cooking pot.When it's boil,add in the prawns and blanch for a while.Take it out.
2.In the same pot of water,add the chicken in to cook until done.Take out and let cool.
3.Next add in the laksa paste into the flavor soup.Cover and cook for 10 minutes.After that filter it through a net into a clean bowl.
4.After filtered,pour the soup back into the cooking pot.Add prawn or chicken stocks,salt and lastly coconut milk.Cook for further 5 minutes.
5.In another cooking pot or wok,boil enough water to soften the bee hoon/vermicelli.take it out when it has soften,
6.Blanch the bean sprouts in boiling hot water for 2 minutes.
7.Beat the eggs in a clean bowl.Now make omelettes.
8.Cut the omelettes into long thin strips.
9.Tear the chicken meats into long thin strips.
10.Ready to serve.
Video by: www.cocomintt.blogspot.com
Written and posted by: www.cocomintt.blogspot.com
Boil the laksa paste with 200 ml of water in a pot for 15 minutes under low fire.Take it out and strain it thru a strainer.If you don't strain it,you'll feel like you're eating sand.
In another cooking pot,boil 500ml of water and put the prawns in to cooked for a while,not overcooked.Take the prawns out.put the chicken in to boil in the same water.(I'm doing this as to enhanced the flavour of laksa with the chicken and prawn taste)Turn to low fire and wait till it is cooked.
While waiting for the chicken to get cooked,unshell the prawns but leave the tail intact.
Fry the omelette and cut into strips.
Next,boil half pot of water and put the beansprouts in.Take it out.Turn off the fire.
In the same pot of water,put the bi-hoon in and soaked till it turns soft..Quickly take it out.
When the chicken has cooked,Take it out and cooled.
Put the strain laksa soup into the water that you had taken the chicken out.Boil for abt 10 minutes under low fire.Put the santan in and cook for another 10 minutes.Turn off the fire.
In the meanwhile,use you finger to shred or tear the chicken to long pieces.
Now you're on your way to a delicious laksa!
To serve:
First take a bowl and put in one handful of bi-hoon/vermicelli.Add some strips of omelette and chicken and also some beansprouts and not forgetting prawns.You can opt the prawns out if you're allergic to prawns.Squeeze half lime or 1 lime,as desired whether you want it more sour or not.You can also add in some sambal if you want it more spicy style.
Garnish with coriander leaves or parsley or cut spring onion according to your taste.
To make the sambal;
10 fresh chillies
10g belacan/shrimp paste
some dash of lime or vinegar
Pound the chillies and belacan paste together until fine.Put into a small bowl.(oh yeah!you've to fry the belacan for a while first,then pound)
Enjoy the taste of laksa!
Another alternatives Laksa recipe: Bigger portion
Ingredients:
1 packet of bee hoon/vermicecelli
450g chicken breasts200g prawns
100g bean sprouts
3 eggs
Limes
parsley
300g Laksa paste
200 ml coconut milk/santan
2 chicken or prawn stocks
1/2 tsp salt,or to taste
1.2 litre water
Method:
1.Boil the water in a cooking pot.When it's boil,add in the prawns and blanch for a while.Take it out.
2.In the same pot of water,add the chicken in to cook until done.Take out and let cool.
3.Next add in the laksa paste into the flavor soup.Cover and cook for 10 minutes.After that filter it through a net into a clean bowl.
4.After filtered,pour the soup back into the cooking pot.Add prawn or chicken stocks,salt and lastly coconut milk.Cook for further 5 minutes.
5.In another cooking pot or wok,boil enough water to soften the bee hoon/vermicelli.take it out when it has soften,
6.Blanch the bean sprouts in boiling hot water for 2 minutes.
7.Beat the eggs in a clean bowl.Now make omelettes.
8.Cut the omelettes into long thin strips.
9.Tear the chicken meats into long thin strips.
10.Ready to serve.
Video by: www.cocomintt.blogspot.com
Written and posted by: www.cocomintt.blogspot.com
