Recipe Cuisine: Malaysian
Theme: Soul Spicy
Pip’s Prawn and Tofu Laksa
By: Claire Mullins
Ingredients
- 350g prawns
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 150g hokkien noodles
- ½ jar Valcom Laksa Paste
- Nub of ginger
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 stem spring onion cut into thin strips
- ½ red capsicum, thinly sliced
- 400ml Valcom premium coconut milk
- 200g tofu puffs
- 1 tbsp crushed peanuts
- Vietnamese mint to garnish
- 1 yuzu to garnish
- Chilli flakes to taste
Product used in recipe
- VALCOM - CURRY PASTE LAKSA
- VALCOM - COCONUT MILK
Method
- Heat oil in large saucepan and pan fry prawns for 3 minutes, then set prawns aside in separate dish.
- Add ginger, garlic, chilli (if using) to saucepan and fry until fragrant.
- Add Valcom Laksa paste and coconut milk and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Add pre-cooked Hokkien noodles and tofu puffs and continue simmering for 3 minutes.
- Return prawns to saucepan, along with thinly sliced capsicum and continue simmering for 3 minutes.
- Divide the mixture between 4 bowls and sprinkle with crushed peanuts.
- Garnish with spring onion and Vietnamese mint, and serve with a wedge of yuzu.
