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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> Australian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Shell prawns/shrimp and reserve prawn/shrimp in one bowl and heads and shells in a separate bowl. Set aside for later use. | 2. 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. | 3. 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. | 4. 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,. | 5. Then add coconut cream, fish balls, fried tofu, sugar, fish sauce, salt and freshly squeezed lime juice. Bring to boil. | 6. 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. | 7. Add egg noodles in boiling water for five minutes or until soft and transfer into the same bowls as rice vermicelli. | 8. 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. | 9. Pour 'Laksa Broth' into the serving bowls (same bowls as the prawns/shrimp and noodles). | 10. Then top with shredded chicken, bean sprouts, spring onions, chilli, coriander, fried shallots and serve with lime wedge's. | 11. Enjoy. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
shallot	4 -5		chopped	14.4	3.36	0.5	0.02
garlic clove	6 -7		chopped	10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
gingerroot	1	piece	peeled chopped	10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
red chile	1			10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
prawn shrimp	1	tablespoon		10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vegetable oil	4	tablespoons		468.92800000000005	0.0	0.0	54.4
green shrimp	12		raw shelled divined	10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
laksa paste	180	ml		10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
chicken stock	1			86.4	8.472000000000001	6.047999999999999	2.88
coconut cream	400			316800.0	6384.0	3484.8	33292.8
fish ball	320	g		10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
tofu	320		fried	13063.4462	252.1971	1566.7064	791.0642
sugar	1	teaspoon		18.354	4.5908	0.0	0.0
fish sauce	3	tablespoons		18.9	1.9656	2.7324	0.0054
salt				-	-	-	-
lime juice	1			3.7812	1.2735	0.0635	0.0106
rice vermicelli	160	g		574.4	122.096	16.672	2.1919999999999997
egg noodle	350	g		1344.0	249.445	49.56	15.54
chicken breast	1	can	cooked shredded used	-	-	-	-
bean sprout	1/2	cup		10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
spring onion	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
red chile	1		sliced	10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06
coriander leaf	4	tablespoons		0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
shallot	2	tablespoons	fried	14.4	3.36	0.5	0.02
lime wedge				10.68	0.0	2.376	0.06

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.