Food – Laksa Soup from My Chef by Greycoat Lumleys
Words: Violet
As the evenings draw in, this is a really warming, filling laska soup for chillier days. It is actually quite easy to make and is wonderfully fragrant.
For more information about the My Chef service, go to mychefonline.co.uk
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil
400ml coconut milk
2 tbsp fresh lime juice, or lemon juice
500ml chicken stock
½ tsp brown sugar
½ tsp fish sauce
250g yellow wheat noodles, or egg noodles (or rice if avoiding gluten)
500g uncooked de-veined prawns, with tails on
80g bean sprouts
Generous handful of coriander leaves (roughly chopped)
Salt, to taste
Chilli flakes, to taste
Ingredients for the Laksa paste
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
½ onion, chopped
40ml coconut milk
½ tbsp ginger, chopped/crushed
2 cloves garlic, crushed
15g lemongrass, roughly chopped
1 red chilli, seeded and roughly chopped
1 tbsp shrimp paste
Method
1. Put the ingredients for the Laksa paste into a blender or food processor and whizz to a paste
2. Heat the oil in a pan and cook the Laksa paste for a few minutes, while stirring
3. Stir in the coconut milk, stock, lime or lemon juice, sugar and fish sauce
4. Bring the soup to the boil then simmer for 30 minutes
5. Cook the noodles (put into a pan of hot boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes, or specific to instructions on packet), drain under cold water to get rid of the starch and help keep the noodles springy
6. Stir the prawns into the soup and simmer until they change colour and are cooked through (as an alternative to shellfish, in case of allergies, you could use monkfish)
7. Add the bean sprouts and coriander leaves (sparing some for garnish), then salt and chilli seasoning to taste
8. Divide the noodles evenly among the bowls and ladle over the soup
9. Serve in bowls with quartered lime segments on the side/or on top and fresh coriander on top
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