tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24508994.post115916841125552291..comments2021-08-27T20:45:47.743+10:00Comments on A Year's Worth of Eating: Looked OK, but didn't taste like much...kestypeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838518717919930421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24508994.post-1161571220853183192006-10-23T12:40:00.000+10:002006-10-23T12:40:00.000+10:00I love laksa.I love laksa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24508994.post-1159186063941078842006-09-25T22:07:00.000+10:002006-09-25T22:07:00.000+10:00Ah, I've just finished cooking a laksa. After rauc...Ah, I've just finished cooking a laksa. After raucous demands from the Food Fiend, I went to the trendy supermarket to discover <BR/>a) no bean turd and <BR/>b) no laksa paste.<BR/>c) no fresh coriander.<BR/><BR/>So, I went home and whacked into the wok a lump of tamarind paste, a lump of lemongrass paste, a lump of galingal and some grated fresh tumeric (yay! always a find in Melbourne). <BR/><BR/>Two secs of frying, add some fresh chillies and some fresh spring onions. <BR/><BR/>Then coconut milk, water and a fair splosh of very delicious lime juice from a bottle. <BR/><BR/>And a fish paste thingy, actually called Salmon XO sauce which is mildly Japanese, but it works okay. <BR/><BR/>Boil a bit.<BR/><BR/>Then add various veggys - beans, cabbage and broccoli in my case. <BR/><BR/>Then hokkien noodles and cooked chicken <BR/><BR/>Then beanshoots, more chilli and more spring onion.<BR/><BR/>Then hoover up. <BR/><BR/>Tasted okay. Didn't really go red-orange; probably should have used chicken stock; too much coconut cream went in.<BR/><BR/>Definitely needs coriander, a la your photo.<BR/><BR/>I prefer thinner noodles, or Udon, but this was a treat for the Food Fiend.<BR/><BR/>I got this combination by a random stagger through the internet after googling curry laksa - quick and dirty since I didn't try to google blogs.<BR/><BR/>Your fans will be disappointed if you stop after a year.<BR/><BR/>- baristaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com