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Quick pumpkin and prawn laksa recipe
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Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
25 minutes
Make a quick and delicious pumpkin and prawn laksa to satisfy your craving for a comforting soup.
Ingredients:
  • 100g laksa paste
  • 20.00 ml finely grated ginger
  • 1/2 stem lemongrass, coarsely chopped
  • 4 makrut lime leaves, coarsely torn
  • 600g butternut pumpkin, peeled, seeded, cut into 1cm pieces
  • 500ml fish
  • 400ml can coconut milk
  • 600g raw prawns, peeled leaving tails intact, deveined
  • 1 bunch choy sum, trimmed
  • 42.00 gm lime juice
  • 12.20 gm fish sauce
  • 100g dried rice stick noodles
  • Coriander leaves, to serve
  • Mint leaves, to serve
  • Thinly sliced spring onion, to serve
Instructions:
  • 1. Heat a large saucepan over high heat until hot. Add the laksa paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in ginger, lemongrass, and lime leaf for 30 seconds. Add the pumpkin, stock, coconut milk, and 2 cups (500ml) water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes until the pumpkin is tender.
  • Introduce prawns to the pumpkin blend and cook for 3 minutes, or until the prawns curl up and turn pink. Incorporate choy sum, then take it off the heat. Mix in lime juice, sugar, and fish sauce until well combined.
  • Place the noodles in a heatproof bowl and pour boiling water over them. Let them soak for 5 minutes, then drain well.
  • Distribute noodles into bowls, pour soup over them, and garnish with bean sprouts, coriander, mint, and spring onion. Serve promptly.