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By Ghillie Basan Prep Time: 15 mins Cooking Time: 25 mins Serves: 46 Ingredients For the spice paste (rempah): 2 red chillies, deseeded and roughly chopped 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped 40g fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 1 tspn sea salt 23 lemongrass stalks, peeled and chopped 6 macadamia nuts 12 tspns shrimp paste (opAonal) For the Laksa 2 tbspn coconut oil 2 red onions, or 68 shallots, peeled and finely chopped 2 tspn jaggery, or sugar 2 tspn ground turmeric 1 tspn roasted ground coriander 1 tspn roasted ground cumin 3 x 400ml Ans of coconut milk 400ml chicken stock, or water 12 tbspn fish oil 2 tbspn soy sauce roughly 400g fresh, shelled prawns, or a mixture of shellfish 4 skinned salmon fillets (roughly 450g), or a firmfleshed fish of your choice, cut into thin bitesized pieces sea salt and freshly ground black pepper a big bunch of fresh coriander, finely chopped 450500g fine fresh rice noodles, or dried rice noodles soaked in lukewarm water unAl pliable a small bunch mint leaves, finely chopped 1 fresh red or green chilli, finely chopped or sliced 12 limes, cut into segments Singaporean Laksa The Kitchen Cafe Takeaway Fridays 13051400 & Sundays 12051300 bbc.co.uk/radioscotland 92–95 FM

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Page 1: The%Kitchen%Cafe%Takeaway% Singaporean Laksadownloads.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/recipes/WK1_GB... · 2016-06-20 · By Ghillie#Basan# PrepTime:15 mins% Cooking%Time:%25%mins% Serves:46

By  Ghillie  Basan  

Prep  Time:  15  mins  Cooking  Time:  25  mins  

Serves:  4-­‐6  

Ingredients  

For  the  spice  paste  (rempah):  2  red  chillies,  deseeded  and  roughly  chopped  4  cloves  garlic,  peeled  and  chopped  40g  fresh  ginger,  peeled  and  chopped  1  tspn  sea  salt  2-­‐3  lemongrass  stalks,  peeled  and  chopped    6  macadamia  nuts  1-­‐2  tspns  shrimp  paste  (opAonal)      For  the  Laksa  2  tbspn  coconut  oil  2  red  onions,  or  6-­‐8  shallots,  peeled  and  finely  chopped  2  tspn  jaggery,  or  sugar    2  tspn  ground  turmeric  1  tspn  roasted  ground  coriander    1  tspn  roasted  ground  cumin    3  x  400ml  Ans  of  coconut  milk  400ml  chicken  stock,  or  water  1-­‐2  tbspn  fish  oil  2  tbspn  soy  sauce  roughly  400g  fresh,  shelled  prawns,  or  a  mixture  of  shellfish  4  skinned  salmon  fillets  (roughly  450g),  or  a  firm-­‐fleshed  fish  of  your  choice,  cut  into  thin  bite-­‐sized  pieces  sea  salt  and  freshly  ground  black  pepper    a  big  bunch  of  fresh  coriander,  finely  chopped  450-­‐500g  fine  fresh  rice  noodles,  or  dried  rice  noodles  soaked  in  lukewarm  water  unAl  pliable  a  small  bunch  mint  leaves,  finely  chopped  1  fresh  red  or  green  chilli,  finely chopped or sliced 1-­‐2  limes,  cut  into  segments  

Singaporean  Laksa  The  Kitchen  Cafe  Takeaway  

Fridays  1305-­‐1400  &  Sundays  1205-­‐1300    bbc.co.uk/radioscotland    92–95  FM    

 

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Method  

Fridays  1305-­‐1400  &  Sundays  1205-­‐1300        bbc.co.uk/radioscotland      92–95  FM    

 

For  the  paste  (rempah)  1.  Using  a  mortar  and  pestle,  grind  the  chillies,  garlic  and  ginger  with  the  salt  to  form  a  

coarse  paste.  Add  the  lemongrass  and  macadamia  nuts  and  grind  to  a  thick  paste.  Beat  in  the  shrimp  paste,  if  using.  

   For  the  Laksa:  1.  Heat  the  coconut  oil  in  a  large  wok,  or  heavy-­‐based  pot.    2.  SAr  in  the  onions  with  the  jaggery,  unAl  they  begin  to  colour.  3.   Add  the  spice  paste,  sArring  all  the  Ame,  unAl  it  emits  a  warming  aroma,  then  sAr  in  

the  turmeric  and  ground  spices.    4.  Pour  in  the  coconut  milk,  chicken  stock,  fish  oil,  and  soy  sauce  and  bring  the  liquid  to  

the  boil.    5.  Reduce  the  heat  and  simmer  for  20-­‐25  minutes  to  let  the  flavours  mingle.  Season  well  

to  taste  and  sAr  in  most  of  the  fresh  coriander.  6.  Add  the  prawns  and  salmon  chunks  for  1-­‐2  minutes,  then  add  the  noodles  –  drain  

them  first  if  using  soaked  noodles  –  and  let  them  heat  through.    7.  Ladle  the  soupy  noodles  into  bowls,  combine  the  mint  with  the  chillies  and  sprinkle  it  

over  the  top  with  the  reserved  coriander.    8.  Serve  immediately  with  wedges  of  lime  to  squeeze  into  the  soup.        

By  Ghillie  Basan  

Singaporean  laksa  The  Kitchen  Cafe  Takeaway