Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles)
Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles)

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Asam Laksa is a flavorful, tangy, and spicy Malaysian fish based rice noodle soup. It is a dish not to be missed when visiting Malaysia. In Malaysia, ikan kembung (chubb mackerel) is the most popular fish used in Asam Laksa.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have asam laksa (spicy and tangy fish broth with rice noodles) using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles):
  1. Take 450 g Mackerel (guts and gills removed)
  2. Make ready 1 litre Water
  3. Get 500 g Rice Noodles
  4. Prepare aromatics;
  5. Take 3 sticks Ginger Flower (halved
  6. Get 2 sticks Lemongrass (bruised)
  7. Get 12 Sprigs Vietnamese Mint
  8. Get 1 cup Tamarind Juice
  9. Get 3 pc Tamarind Slices
  10. Prepare Blended Paste (blend well);
  11. Take 20 g Dried Chilli (rehydrate, deseed)
  12. Prepare 40 g Shallots
  13. Make ready 20 g Galangal
  14. Prepare 10 g Turmeric
  15. Prepare 25 g Fermented Shrimp Paste (belacan)
  16. Take as needed Salt
  17. Prepare Toppings;
  18. Make ready 1 pc Cucumber (cut into thin match sticks)
  19. Take 3 pc Red Chilli (sliced thinly)
  20. Prepare 1 pc Red Onion (sliced thinly)
  21. Prepare 1 stalk Ginger Flower (sliced thinly)
  22. Make ready as needed Calamansi Lime (halved)
  23. Make ready as needed Mint Leaves

Even food explorer guru Anthony Bourdain loves this sour and spicy noodle dish. Assam laksa, also spelled as Asam laksa, the piquant, pungent, sour, and fiery hot noodle dish with fresh vegetables bathed in a fish broth is a Penang With perfect balance of tartness and spicy flavor, Assam laksa is uniquely Malaysian as there is nothing quite like it in the Southeast Asia region. Asam laksa is usually served with thick round rice noodles, but thin rice noodles or a combination of both can be used too. Asam laksa is a popular Indonesian and Malaysian food.

Steps to make Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles):
  1. STOCK; Boil the entire mackerel in 1 litre of water for 10 minutes. Remove the fishes and let it cool. Once cooled, separate the fish meat from the bones. Flake the meat and set aside. Continue to boil the flesh for another 30 minutes. After that, strain the stock and discard the bones.
  2. BROTH; Heat the stock and add the blended paste, 2 lemongrass, 2 ginger flower, 8 sprigs vietnamese mint, tamarind juice and tamarind slice. Cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes. After that, discard the the aromatics and add the fish meat, season with salt.
  3. OPTIONAL; techincally the broth is done, but I prefer to blend the broth to give it a better texture and body. Entirely optional.
  4. ASSEMBLY; In a soup plate, place 100g of Rice noodles and pour in the broth. Top it with 20 g of Red Chilli, 20 g of Ginger Flower, 20 g of Red Onion, 1 Calamansi Lime, a few mint leaves and 40 g of cucumber. Optionally, you can also add pineapples and Hae Ko (shrimp paste).

Totally different with curry laksa you have heard of. Sweet and sour (can be spicy too) fish soup with its distinctive flavor. Asam Laksa is a flavorful, tangy, and spicy Malaysian fish based rice noodle soup. It is a dish not to be missed when visiting Malaysia. Nyonya Hot and Sour Noodles in Fish Soup (Penang Assam Laksa) - Spicy and sour fish noodles, one of the most famous noodle dish from Malaysia.

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