Blend all ingredients in a blender and cover with some oil and refrigerate for up to a month or pound each ingredient in a mortar and pestle starting with the onion and the salt (the salt helps to break down the onion with its texture) then adding each one once you have pounded the previous ingredient.
Hmmm, why are people so un-kind? Variety is the spice of life, deal with it! So how much of the galangal? Am cooking tonight, so prompt response would be very helpful. if not, enjoy life, it is way too short fro grumpy butts!
In my opinion the kaksa soup is the best in the world and i only discover it in Australia. As a result there is an extraordinary range of sharing knowledge in Aussie and great pleasure to learn Asian cooking as well. Great thank to Peter for your revolution and I double checy with the book of Terry Durack that you can omit the fennel seed and the cardamon pods but galangal is a must and also paprika can be usee ( another revolution )
This is not the laksa we use to cook here in Russia since generation. The rice is missing, also Laksa shouldn`t be like a soup or a broth but more like an omlette, lah. Many ppl don`t know that laksa was inventet by Russian immigrants ant later changed.
The biggest diversions would have to be the big red onion and the mint, also maybe fennel and cinnamon. Apart from that it looks fine, and tasty. Galangal is notably absent, but is not always easy to find. Ginger is a suitable replacement. Shrimp paste is an absolute must.
you're not making laksa paste but some unknown curry paste..and never use big red onion for any paste. and FYI you missed the biggest ingredient here.. e.g galangal. mate ,i can find so many flaws in ur recipe. .therefore i wouldnt recommend this recipe. Please don't alter so much our laksa recipe, it's an insult for malaysian n singaporean.
Getting offended because someone makes something differently than the way you consider to be right is the stupidest thing I ever heard... If it tastes good who cares and besides, I thought cooking was all about personal exploration, when was the last time a professional chef cooked anything exactly THE way it's "meant" to be?
I say get off your elitist high horse and enjoy some good food!
Thanks for this recipe Peter Evans, I look forward to trying it and modifying it/experimenting with it to how I want it to be
watch the videoAmy - he makes specific mention of galangal. and who said hes trying to make a malay or singa laksa? we live in Australia here and will make whatever the hell tastes good. go and post your own video if your so fanatical about your recipe
Hey Matt...i'm Malaysian, i'm a foodie, and a purist when it comes to food.....i gotta say...your paste recipe is pretty darn good....it has majority of the essential ingredients...with a little creative improvisation of your twist your own...well done mate...i'm going to try this out over the weekend...
alex jacobs
Well done Amy! am a westerner from Oz but too often recires get "dumbed down" to suit the "western palate" Can you please advise on a genuine recipe for this marvelous paste?
made this as my first ever laksa. people at my work RAVED about it and I passed on the recipe.
So where is the resy of how to cook this Laksa?
Hey Matt your paste recipe is pretty dam good.
Hmmm, why are people so un-kind? Variety is the spice of life, deal with it! So how much of the galangal? Am cooking tonight, so prompt response would be very helpful. if not, enjoy life, it is way too short fro grumpy butts!
sorry i mean laksa soup with all my respect to the Asian cuisine.
In my opinion the kaksa soup is the best in the world and i only discover it in Australia. As a result there is an extraordinary range of sharing knowledge in Aussie and great pleasure to learn Asian cooking as well. Great thank to Peter for your revolution and I double checy with the book of Terry Durack that you can omit the fennel seed and the cardamon pods but galangal is a must and also paprika can be usee ( another revolution )
This is not the laksa we use to cook here in Russia since generation. The rice is missing, also Laksa shouldn`t be like a soup or a broth but more like an omlette, lah. Many ppl don`t know that laksa was inventet by Russian immigrants ant later changed.
if you watched the video, you would see that he added galangal. yes, it should have been added to the recipe, but don't be so quick to bash!
The biggest diversions would have to be the big red onion and the mint, also maybe fennel and cinnamon. Apart from that it looks fine, and tasty. Galangal is notably absent, but is not always easy to find. Ginger is a suitable replacement. Shrimp paste is an absolute must.
This is waay not the curry paste I was taught. I too was thinking WTF is he cooking?
So much anger. Amy can you tell me the actual ingredients? I want to make the same laksa as sold in many malaysian chinese restaurants.
Hi...while I admire Peter for his version but the malaysian/singapore version is quite different...
you're not making laksa paste but some unknown curry paste..and never use big red onion for any paste. and FYI you missed the biggest ingredient here.. e.g galangal. mate ,i can find so many flaws in ur recipe. .therefore i wouldnt recommend this recipe. Please don't alter so much our laksa recipe, it's an insult for malaysian n singaporean.
Getting offended because someone makes something differently than the way you consider to be right is the stupidest thing I ever heard... If it tastes good who cares and besides, I thought cooking was all about personal exploration, when was the last time a professional chef cooked anything exactly THE way it's "meant" to be? I say get off your elitist high horse and enjoy some good food! Thanks for this recipe Peter Evans, I look forward to trying it and modifying it/experimenting with it to how I want it to be
watch the videoAmy - he makes specific mention of galangal. and who said hes trying to make a malay or singa laksa? we live in Australia here and will make whatever the hell tastes good. go and post your own video if your so fanatical about your recipe
Sorry...i meant Peter....not Matt
Hey Matt...i'm Malaysian, i'm a foodie, and a purist when it comes to food.....i gotta say...your paste recipe is pretty darn good....it has majority of the essential ingredients...with a little creative improvisation of your twist your own...well done mate...i'm going to try this out over the weekend... alex jacobs
Well done Amy! am a westerner from Oz but too often recires get "dumbed down" to suit the "western palate" Can you please advise on a genuine recipe for this marvelous paste?
Many thanks
Colin
Thanks for keeping the pretenders honest Amy!