Best 12 Laksa Recipes

SINGAPORE LAKSA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Remove the heads and shells from prawns and set aside in a bowl, then devein and set the prawn meat aside in a separate bowl.
• To make the prawn stock, add cooking oil to a large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add prawn heads and shells then stir for 5 minutes, crushing the heads to release the flavour.
• Add water and chicken stock, then simmer for 45 minutes allowing the stock to reduce.
• Remove prawn shells then strain the broth into a bowl through a sieve.
• In a food processor, add dried chilli, red chilli, dried shrimp, shrimp paste (belacan), garlic, shallot, ginger, blue ginger (galangal), turmeric root, candle nuts and lemongrass stalk, then pulse for 5 minutes until a thick paste forms.
• Add cooking oil to a large saucepan then add the laksa paste and cook for 5 minutes until fragrant. Add palm sugar, fish sauce, coconut milk and prawn stock stirring to combine. Simmer the mixture for 15 minutes then add the prawns and tofu puffs, cooking for 3 minutes to finish.
• To serve, add vermicelli noodles to a bowl then top with bean sprouts, cockles and slices of fish cake. Ladle in scoops of the laksa making sure to include tofu puffs and prawns. Top with a handful of finely chopped laksa leaves and optional chilli paste.
• Enjoy!

CLASSIC SHRIMP LAKSA WITH RICE NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat a wok over medium-high heat. Add the Laksa Curry Paste and cook, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in the chicken stock, fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, lime juice and coconut milk and stir well. Bring to a simmer, and then reduce the heat and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the shrimp and cook until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles until al dente, about 3 minutes, and then drain and rinse under cold water to refresh. Add 3/4 cup of the bean sprouts to the shrimp mixture. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and cayenne pepper. To serve, divide the noodles between 2 large, shallow bowls and ladle the shrimp and broth over each. Garnish with clusters of cilantro and basil, sprinkle the remaining sprouts over the top and serve immediately.
• Combine the coconut milk, shrimp paste, oil, brown sugar, coriander, cumin, salt, turmeric, chili powder, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, onions and chiles in a food processor or blender and whiz into a smooth paste. Transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Yield: about 2 cups.

LAKSA

Steps:

• Boil chicken and/or seafood to make stock. If you're using tofu, then deep-fry tofu. Drain.
• Make laksa paste. Spices are best ground on the stone mortar and pestle to form laksa paste. It is best to start working from the coriander seeds and add one ingredient at a time once the spices form a smooth paste. Add dashes of salt to make the tougher ingredients (e.g. chili, lemongrass, garlic) easier to grind. If you don't have stone, you can also use the food processor. If possible, avoid adding water to the laksa paste.
• Heat enough oil in a saucepan to cover laksa paste. Stir-fry laksa paste, basil leaves, and knotted lemongrass till fragrant then add chicken/seafood/tofu.
• Add stock and slowly bring to boil over low heat.
• Add coconut milk, stir, and simmer.
• Boil noodles and drain. Add sesame oil and set aside.
• Serve immediately with noodles and garnish.

PUMPKIN RICE LAKSA SOUP

Steps:

• Reserve cilantro leaves for garnish. Place cilantro stems in a food processor and add chile peppers, lime zest, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, and cumin. Blend to a pulp; remove and discard any stringy bits and transfer mixture to a high-sided skillet. Add olive oil and white onion. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until fragrant, about 10 minutes.
• Add pumpkin and broth to the skillet. Stir around, scraping up any bits stuck to the bottom of the skillet. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until pumpkin is soft, about 15 minutes. Add rice and stir well so that pumpkin gets mashed up a bit. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, 15 to 20 minutes more. Add coconut milk and season with salt and pepper. Stir in lime juice to taste. Garnish with reserved cilantro leaves, green chile pepper, and grated coconut.

LAKSA FLAVOURED PRAWNS/SHRIMP AND HOKKIEN NOODLES

Steps:

• Rinse noodles under hot water; drain and then transfer to a large bowl and separate noodles with fork.
• shell and devein praws, leaving tails intact (I remove tails my preference).
• Heat oil in wok; stir fry prawns, white onion, garlic and ginger in batches, until prawns are changed in colour.
• Stir fry Laksa paste in same wok until fragrant and hot.
• Return prawn mixture to wok with cream, stock, sprouts, juice and noodles and stir fry, tossing until sauce boils
• Serve Laksa sprinkled with coriander and green onions.

MALAYSIAN LAKSA

Steps:

• Shell prawns/shrimp and reserve prawn/shrimp in one bowl and heads and shells in a separate bowl. Set aside for later use.
• Using a food process make 'Spice Paste' add shallots, garlic, ginger, chillies, dried prawns and water. Then blend until it forms a smooth paste. Set aside.
• In a large pot, add vegetable oil and heat. Once the oil is hot add prawns/shrimp shells and fry for about one minute or until they turn red. Remove from pan and discard. This will add prawn/shrimp flavour to the oil.
• To make the 'Laksa Broth' add 'Spice Paste' to prawn/shrimp flavoured oil and fry for a minute. Add laksa paste and simmer for about two minutes. Pour in the chicken or vegetable stock and bring to boil,.
• Then add coconut cream, fish balls, fried tofu, sugar, fish sauce, salt and freshly squeezed lime juice. Bring to boil.
• Half fill a medium pot with water and bring to boil. Add rice vermicelli for a few minutes until they become soft then remove into separate serving bowls.
• Add egg noodles in boiling water for five minutes or until soft and transfer into the same bowls as rice vermicelli.
• In the same pot poach reserved prawn/shrimp meat until it's pink then transfer them into the same bowl as the rice vermicelli and egg noodles.
• Pour 'Laksa Broth' into the serving bowls (same bowls as the prawns/shrimp and noodles).
• Then top with shredded chicken, bean sprouts, spring onions, chilli, coriander, fried shallots and serve with lime wedge's.
• Enjoy.

STANLEY'S LAKSA

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring chicken stock and coconut milk to a boil. Stir in laksa paste, and let simmer for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Using an immersion blender, blend until smooth. Pass mixture through a chinois or a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth. Transfer to a second saucepan, and keep warm over medium-low heat. Add bean curd, and cook for 3 minutes.
• Season shrimp with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add shrimp, and sear on both sides until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Remove, and set aside.
• Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil; add salt. Add noodles, and heat through. Drain, and divide among four large soup bowls. Pour soup over noodles, and top with bean sprouts, shrimp, and herb leaves. Serve immediately.

SHRIMP LAKSA

Steps:

• 1. For the Laksa paste Place all ingredients except peanut oil in a food processor. While it is processing drizzle in a little peanut oil until a paste forms
• 2. For the soup: To make the fish stock put the shrimp shells and heads in 3 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and simmer until reduced to 2 cups. Strain out the shrimp shells.
• 3. Heat 1 tsp oil in large saucepan. Add the Laksa paste and stir fry until fragrant. Stir the fish stock, coconut milk, fish sauce ,brown sugar and lime juice. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 4. Meanwhile make the rice noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside. Add the shrimp and bean sprouts to the soup. Cook about 3 minutes. until shrimp turns pink. Add noodles to bowls, Ladle the soup over the noodles and garnish with cilantro.

AUBERGINE (EGGPLANT) AND BROCCOLI LAKSA

Steps:

• Place the chillies, garlic, coriander and ginger in a food processor.
• Peel away the tough outer leaves of the lemon grass and roughly chop the inner leaves.
• Put the lemon grass and lime leaves in the food processor.
• Blitz the ingredients in the food processor with the turmeric.
• Add a drop of oil if the mixture needs it to go round.
• Place a fairly deep pan over a moderate heat.
• Add half the spice paste and fry it, moving round the pan so it does not scorch.
• Do this for a minute or two, then pour in the stock and coconut milk and bring to a boil.
• Wipe the aubergine and cut it into thick bite-sized pieces.
• Add it to the pan together with the fish sauce.
• Turn the heat down to a simmer and cook 7-10 minutes.
• Bring a deep pan of water to a boil, then simmer the broccoli briefly.
• Lift out and add to the pan with the aubergine.
• Bring the water back to the boil, salt lightly and add the noodles.
• Let them boil for 2-3 minutes.
• Chop the mint and stir it into the dish along with any leftover coriander and the drained noodles.

SHRIMP LAKSA

Steps:

• 1. Mix the milk, cream and stock together in a pot and bring slowly to a rapid boil.
• 2. Lower heat and add the remaining ingredients, except for the shrimp and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
• 3. Next add the shrimp and simmer until heated through about 4 - 5 minutes.
• 4. Serve in warmed bowls and enjoy.

ADAM'S LAKSA FOR ONE

Steps:

• Heat a wok until it is hot.
• Add 1 tbsp peanut Oil and 1 tsp sesame oil.
• When the oils are hot add the chopped onion and stir for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the ginger, garlic, curry paste, then stir until thoroughly mixed.
• Do not burn.
• Next, open widows in the house and grab a tissue to wipe your teary eyes because the aromatic smell is so strong BUT smells delicious.
• Add chicken and stir for 2 minutes, coating well with the paste.
• Add chili sauce, fish sauce and stir for 30 seconds.
• Add the hot stock, stir.
• Add the cooked noodles and simmer for 2 minutes.
• (Cook noodles of your choice as per noodle directions)
• Then add the lemongrass and coriander; stir well.
• Add the chopped assorted vegetables; stir for a minute.
• Do not over cook the vegetables.
• Add the coconut milk or cream and stir and simmer for 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat and serve immediately in a huge bowl.

PRAWN LAKSA

Steps:

• Laksa Paste:.
• Start your blender and add the above ingredients one by one until you have a smooth paste.
• Soup:.
• Have your wok ready, on a high flame, and pour a little peanut oil, then add the paste, cook it briskly for half a minute, add the stock, brown sugar, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice and bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
• In the meantime bring to boil water in a pot for your noodles, cook for 2 minutes, drain and set aside.
• Add the prawns/shrimps into the soup, stir until cooked (shouldn't take more than 1 minute), add the cilentro leaves, the bean sprouts then the noodles, give it a good stir, add salt if desired and more chili flakes if you want it really spicy, and serve into bowls.