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Siamese Laksa Recipe (Assam Laksa Lemak)

I celebrated my birthday on the 15th of August by having a good time cooking Siamese Laksa together with hubby. We bought most of the ingredients needed for this mouth-watering dish on Sunday noon after he told me i shouted out “Assam Laksa” in the middle of the night in my dreams, lol. *aitelyu…. something must have gotten into me…. iSwear!!!*

We have all the ingredients prepared by Sunday night, ready for cooking on Monday noon.

Spice paste for cooking Siamese Laksa/Laksa Assam Lemak

Here are the prepared ingredients for making the spice paste. Shallots, garlic, turmeric, galangal, lemongrass, cili boh paste and belacan.

Tefal Rondo 2500 food processor

My second sis gave me this Tefal Rondo 2500 food processor some time back. This is the first time i’m using it.

Chopping Up Spice Paste Ingredients for Siamese Laksa

Pic of all the spice paste ingredients in the food processor.

Blending Spice Paste Ingredients for Siamese Laksa

I had a hard time with the final blending as i dont have a proper blender to do the job. It’s hell with a hand blender as the lemongrass is so difficult to blend, niamah. In the end, had to stop and drive to the nearest electrical shop to buy one back. Wasted so much time just to blend it.

Blended Spice Paste Ingredients For Siamese Laksa

Nah, the spice paste ready for frying.

Boiling Ikan Kembung for Cooking Siamese Laksa

3kg of Ikan Kembung in the pot. Thanks God my MIL has a set of Renaware. Ngam-ngam fit all the fish in…. phew!!! No more preparation pics after as i had to go pick #1 up from school. Hubby did the rest after this.

Laksa Noodles topped with all the garnishings

Siamese Laksa with all the garnishings………

Siamese Laksa / Laksa Assam Lemak

And this is the bowl of the most yummilicious Siamese Laksa hubby and i cooked together. Looking at it now…… i need a bowl desperately!!!!

And this is the recipe for the Siamese Laksa. Have fun making it. Make sure you have ample time on hand to make this, lol.

Spice Paste Ingredients:

550g shallots
100g galangal
30g turmeric
3 cloves garlic (peeled)
7 stalks lemongrass (sliced)
50g belacan (dried shrimp paste)
4 tbsp cili boh paste

Fish Stock Ingredients:

3kg Ikan Kembung
3 liters water
200g tamarind paste
200ml oil for frying
1 liter santan (thick coconut milk)
3 bunga kantan (torch ginger buds), split
3 bundles daun kesom (laksa leaves)
20 daun limau purut (kaffir lime leaves), lightly crushed
8 pieces asam gelugor (tamarind peel)
salt to taste

3kg laksa noodles

Garnishing:

3 bundles mint leaves
1 pineapple, cut finely
3 cucumbers, cored and cut finely
4 large onions, halved and sliced finely
4 red chillies, sliced finely
3 torch ginger buds, halved and sliced finely
15 limau kasturi (calamansi limes), cut away top

Method:

To prepare spice paste:

Grind all the spice paste ingredients until smooth

To cook fish stock:

Bring water to boil and add the fish in. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes.Turn off heat, remove fish, and reserve the fish stock. Flake the fish meat into a separate bowl carefully and discard the heads and bones.

To prepare tamarind juice:

Soak the tamarind in some fish stock prepared earlier and squeeze it for the juice. Strain it and set aside.

To prepare laksa gravy:

Fry the prepared spice paste with the oil till fragrant. Add in the tamarind juice and fry a little. Add in the coconut juice and mix well. Pour everything into the fish stock, stir and bring the mixture to boil. Add the bunga kantan, daun kesom, daun limau purut and asam keping. Simmer the gravy for 30 minutes until the whole house is enveloped with this heavenly aroma. Finally, add the flaked fish and season the gravy to taste with salt. Simmer for about 5 minutes but not too long as you dont want the fish to break up into small pieces.

GAOTIM!!!!

Hubby enjoying Siamese Laksa / Laksa Assam Lemak

Fuyoh….. aitelyu…….

Now, faster go blanch your laksa noodles in boiling water and drain off excess water properly. Garnish and serve piping hot.

Mee Bandung – Revisited


Hubby was back for a few short hours today. Well, at least, i can now say he did spend a little time with up this school holiday, lol! Over supper of Mee Bandung just now, he asked me to let him take the Nds back to KL. He claims that he’s bored to death stuck in the bad city traffic each day. Sorry, my favorite game, Professor Layton And The Unwound Future is out today. He wont get to touch my Nds till i finish playing the game!

Those of you looking for lazy quick game can go over and check out these Professor Layton & The Unwound Future Video Walkthroughs. Please click an ad there whilst at it. Thank you very much.

Homecooked Sunday Breakfast

It’s another Sunday. I’m down with a massive headache. So, not taking the kids anywhere today. MIL bought some lai fun (the kind of noodles hawkers use with their assam laksa) from the market. She cooked something for everyone with just minced pork, eggs and choy sum. Thanks, MIL. It’s good to be living with in-laws.

Well, guess i wont be doing much now. But then, i can still watch drama series online. Dont forget to watch Beauty Knows No Pain online together with me starting tonight. Join me on Twitter for the daily episode updates. Request for access over at Twitter, k.

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Mee Ladna

As promised earlier, this is the Mee Ladna i had at the Mamak Shop. I made a huge mistake by ordering Mee Ladna with Yellow Noodles instead of Rice Vermicelli or Bihun lah. The smell of “kan sui” or simply, BORIC ACID, is far too over-powering for me. It’s been reported that Yellow Noodles contains the highest level of boric acid. It’s as high as 14.8%. You can read the article here. And of cos, i took one whiff of it and ordered something else. Anyways, if it’s cooked with Bihun, it’s wonderful. Just like our Cantonese Wat Tan Horr.

Well, enough of Yellow Noodles and Boric Acid. Let’s move on to what on air starting this week.  I’m late again, as usual, lol. Well, it’s When Lanes Merge. It’s a new drama series centered around the lives of taxi drivers. I gotta go off soon. So, you folks go watch When Lanes Merge online. Follow me on Twitter for the latest episode updates, ok. Get your access there.

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Typical Tea-time Snacks At The Tong Sui Stall

This is just what i’ll eat if i’m feeling hungry when i’m near my kid’s school around 3pm. The tong sui stall there serves pretty good fried noodles and tong sui. Sometimes, i’ll order some fishballs or spring rolls to go with my noodles. You get a decent meat for around Rm3 plus. Not bad, huh.

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