Quick And Easy Laksa

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 200 g dried rice vermicelli
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 -3 tablespoons laksa paste
• 1 liter vegetable stock
• 750 ml coconut milk
• 250 g snow peas, halved diagonally (mangetout)
• 5 spring onions, cut into 3 cm (scallions)
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 125 g fried tofu, puffs halved
• 3 tablespoons roughly chopped vietnamese mint
• 20 g coriander leaves (cilantro)

Recipe

• 1 place the vermicelli in a large bowl, cover with boiling water and soak for 5 minutes.
• 2 heat the oil in a saucepan, add the laksa paste and cook, stirring, over medium heat for 1 minute, or until fragrant.
• 3 add the stock, coconut milk, snowpeas and spring onion and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 4 pour in the lime juice and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• 5 drain the vermicelli and divide among four bowls.
• 6 top with the bean sprouts and fried tofu puffs. ladle the hot soup into bowls and sprinkle with the fresh mint and coriander.
• 7 serve immediately.