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Paul Mercurio

Laksa Johore


Laksa Johore

Impress your friends with this delicious Laksa dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1 tsp shrimp paste – dry roasted (optional for use )
  • 1 tbs blended stalks lemon grass (to buy 2 stalks)
  • 2 tsp blended galangal (to buy 3 cm)
  • 1 tsp blended ginger (to buy 2 cm)
  • 1/4 cup desiccated coconut dry roasted
  • 300 gm school prawns shelled, shells used for stock
  • 500 gm ling, cubed.( save bones for stock)
  • 1 tbs oil
  • 2 tbs fish curry powder
  • 1 tbs chilli powder or to taste
  • 1 tsb pureed tamarind (made up of 3 cm blocks of tamarind)
  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • salt pepper to taste

Garnish

Method

  1. Pre-roast the shrimp paste Crumble the roasted shrimp paste into the mix
  2. Grind the lemon grass, galangal and ginger
  3. Roast the desiccated coconut in the microwave for about 40 seconds on a high setting.
  4. Shell prawns cube fish
  5. Use prawn shells and fish bones + 4 cups of water to make stock.
  6. Cook the prawns and fish cubes in stock until soft
  7. Blend fish and prawn in liquidiser..
  8. Heat the oil and fry the blended ingredients until aromatic.
  9. Add the liquidised fish and prawns Stir until it sticks to pan
  10. Add the curry powder and tamarind puree with 2 cups stock.
  11. Add the coconut milk and the roasted coconut
  12. Simmer till cooked (10 to 12 mins)
  13. Add seasoning for flavour (pepper salt, lime juice etc)
  14. Add the thick coconut cream, stir, and take off. Don’t bring to boil
  15. Blanch the noodles arrange in bowls with soup
  16. Arrange garnishes in platter on the side
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  • abondigirl
    April 2012

    This is good. The addition of ling is welcome though we had coriander leaves instead of vietnamese mint. Very taste, quick and wholesome. I will definitely cook it again.

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