Monday 13 August 2012

Sarawak Laksa...a gorgeous Siburian noodle dish




What is more rewarding than a bowl of hot steamy Sarawak laksa on a lazy weekend. I love spicy food, and definitely my weakness on any types of laksa, least talking about my hometown version of laska.

Whenever my parents travel back to Sibu, they will 'import' packets of Sarawak sambal laksa paste. Though it is a ready packed laksa paste, but nevertheless, the end product of the laksa is superbly good as those prepared from the laksa stalls.

Since its ready made paste, the process of Sarawak laksa preparation is whole lot more easy and convenient where chopping, pounding and grinding are not necessary. However you still need to attain some fresh ingredients as followed:

Ingredients:

1. Fresh sea water prawns (quantity according to one's preference)
2. 4 to 6 red onions
3. a few stalks of chilli padi
4. 6 free range chicken eggs, beaten and add a pinch of salt. Pan-fried in cooking oil and sliced into strips.
5. a handful of beansprouts
6. 2 large boneless chicken thigh or 1 kg of chicken breast
7. a packet of dried bee hoon
8. 2 small packets of coconut milk or a big packet of coconut milk
9. 1 packet of Sarawak sambal laksa paste (300g)
10. For garnishing: a few green lime, and some coriander chopped



Instructions:

1. Deshell the prawns and remove its vein. Place the chopped chilli padi, prawn shell, prawns and the chicken thigh or breast into 3 litres boiling water. Cook for about 30 minutes (Remove the prawns which take shorter time to cook). Sift and remove the prawn shell and cooked chicken meat. Put the chicken meat aside to cool. Retain the soup stock and discard the shell.

2. Shred chicken meat.

3. Chop the red onions, and stir fried with a tablespoon of cooking oil in a pot. Put in the sambal paste into the pot, and pour in the soup stock. Let the stock boils for another 2 hours on medium heat.
4. Filter and discard the solids from the laksa soup. Add coconut milk into the soup and bring the soup to re-boil.




5. Boil a pot of water and blanch the beansprouts and bee hoon.

6. Serve the cooked bee hoon in a bowl, ladle in the laksa soup, garnish the laksa with shredded chicken meat, prawns, egg, beansprouts, and lime. Ganish with chopped coriander.

And voila....the laksa is now ready Tips: Squeeze in the lime into the laksa before eating. I love to have my laksa with more lime. Bon Appetit!



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