Chicken and Prawn Laksa

chicken and prawn laksa

Laksa is a popular spicy noodle dish with a curry soup base from the Peranakan culture, which is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements found in Indonesia, Malaysia. Laksa is a spicy noodle dish that is popular in Malaysia and Singapore; it's.

Ingredients

Boneless chicken (cut into strips)           100 gms

Prawns                                                 12 medium

Chicken stalk                                        1 cup

Coconut milk                                         1 cup

Noodles boiled                                       1 cup

For laksa paste

Whole dry red chillies (soaked)                6

Shallots                                                 12

Garlic                                                    4 cloves

Turmeric powder                                     ½ tsp

Galangal chopped                                   I inch pieces

Roasted peanuts                                    2 tbsp

Salt                                                       to taste

Olive oil                                                 3 tbsp

For garnish

Bean sprouts                                         ½ cup

Fresh mint leaves chopped                      6

Onion sliced and deep fried                     1 small

Lemon  sliced                                        1

Lemon grass                                         1 stalk

Method

To prepare laksa paste

First remove the seeds from soaked dry red chillies and put into mixer jar, add 10 shallots, garlic, lemon grass, chopped galangal, peanuts, turmeric powder, salt, 1 tbsp oil, little water and grind in a smooth paste.

prepare laksa paste

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add chicken and sauté.

Then add laksa paste and stir.

add laksa paste in to chicken 

Now add chicken stock and let it boil.

add chicken stock 

Then add prawns and cook for a minute.

add prawn

Add coconut milk and mix well.

add coconut milk

Then cook till chicken and prawn both are done.

Now put the boiled noodles in serving bowl and pour the laksa over it.

pour laksa over noodles

Then top with bean sprouts, chopped shallots, fried onions, mint leaves, lemon slices and serve hot.

garnish chicken and prawn laksa