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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Condiments and Sauces => Topic started by: earth mumma on May 03, 2010, 04:17:57 am
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Laksa Paste
Ingredients:
• 4 candlenuts or macadamia nuts
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 onion
• 2 -3 cm fresh ginger
• 2 stalks lemongrass, white part only
• 6-8 leaves Vietnamese mint, (Laksa leaves)
• 6 dried chillies, soaked and chopped in ¼’s
• 1 tbsp shrimp paste (omit for a vegetarian option – but replace with salt to taste) – can use dried shrimp as an alternative
• 3 fresh coriander roots
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1-2 tbsp olive oil
Method:
• Grind nuts spd 10, 10 secs.
• Add garlic, onion, ginger, lemongrass, mint and chillies to TM bowl. Grind spd 10, 20 secs.
• Add rest of the ingredients, except oil, and grind spd10 for up to 2mins stopping to scrape down the sides a few times. When it becomes a paste like consistency add oil and mix spd 5, 30 secs.
• Ready to use straight away or can be frozen to use later (ice block containers are a great size for this).
Recipe adapted from a Jill duplex recipe, by Jane Cisera
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Great recipe - thanks for converting. :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Hi Earth Mumma,
What would you do to make this into, say, a chicken laksa? I have read the quick laksa recipe in the soups, but I would prefer to start from scratch and make it from the paste.
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Hi DJ
When I have used this I have made my soup up as you would from a packet mix, but replace their paste with mine. I haven't made this in a while so I hope this is right. Usually you make up a stock first, frying the paste first to make it fragrant, and then adding the water/stock. Make up you rice noodles according to directions (usually the dried rice noodles in some boiling water - set these aside). Then I add in my pieces of chicken (if using) and cook them for a few minutes before adding my vegies and coconut milk. I might add some extra lime/lemon juice and fish sauce and a little palm sugar or raw sugar and maybe a kafir lime leaf too to give it extra flavour. Then when you are happy with the taste and the chicken is cooked through I add the rice noodles in. It may sound complicated but usually can be done in 20mins from start to finish.
Hope this helps :)