Penang Noodle Soup - Penang Asam Laksa

Penang Noodle Soup – Penang Asam Laksa »

Andrew

3 Oct

Following the success of the chicken dish (Opor Ayam) anticipation for this Penang Asam Laksa (Penang Noodle Soup) was high.

One ingredient that, and I stand to be corrected, is unavailable in the UK is Knotgrass (I substituted coriander). My little bible – Singaporean, Malaysian & Indonesian Cuisine by Christina Sjahir Hwang – has a handy description of many ingredients at the beginning of the book. While the knotgrass was deemed essential for the authentic flavour of the Soup I’m pretty pleased with the results – maybe not as spicy as I recall from my travels in Malaysia & Singapore but mighty tasty.

Penang Noodle Soup – Penang Asam Laksa

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Penang Noodle Soup – Penang Asam Laksa

A fine South East Asian soup.

Ingredients

450g mackerel
5 cups seafood stock
3 tbsp chili paste
5 tbsp tamarind juice
2 crushed lemon grass
1 1/2 tsp sat
1 tsp sugar
20 knotgrass leaves
1/4 cup diced pineapple
2 sliced shallots
2 shredded red chili peppers
1/2 cucumber peeled and shredded
450g Vietnamese rice noddles

Instructions

Bring to the boil the stock, choli paste, tamarind juice with the lemon grass. Add the fish and cook for 6 minutes until he fish is cooked.
Drain the liquid through a sieve and return to the boil. Add the salt and sugar and the shredded fish meat. Add the knotgrass before turning off the heat.
Cook the noodles and divide into two portions. Top with the pineapple, shallots, chili and cucumber before pouring the soup over the top.

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3 Comments »

Rasa Malaysia says:

October 4, 2008 at 5:55 pm

I am from Penang and Penang Asam Laksa is my absolute favorite. Bravo for making this. I made it from scratch, too, a few months ago when I was craving it. For the noodles, you can try using Chinese guilin noodles (not sure if they are available in the UK); I find them the closest to the laksa noodles back home, especially those from Penang.
Andrew says:

October 7, 2008 at 5:50 pm

Can’t say I’ve heard of Guilin noodles but I expect they will be found in China Town or a decent Chinese food shop… I shall have to go look!
Stuart says:

November 13, 2009 at 12:09 pm

You can buy knotgrass plants in the UK. It’s also called Vietnamese coriander (we make this soup also