[CH] Dinner tonight
J. B. Cattley (jbc@mpx.com.au)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:53:57 +1100
Picked up a bunch of Laksa leaves at Coles the other day, under the name Hot
Mint. Typical supermarket dumbing-down. Amazing things! My goodness, are we
talking pungent, or what? Anyway, not having a good recipe for laksa, I
decided I'd make soup anyway, with the leaves and anything else I could find
in the fridge. Anyway, here's what I came up with, it needed a little
debugging, but it was yummy all the same...
Interesting Green Soup
Thumb-sized lump of galangal
Bigger lump of ginger
Big handful of cilantro (I really am getting used to the stuff!)
Smaller handful of fresh basil
Same amount of laksa leaves
About six leaves of mint
Three kaffir lime leaves
Two shallots
Two green jals (I wold have used thai, but I didn't have any)
Chicken stock
One chicken thigh, chopped into bits
Half a nutmeg, grated (duh)
Juice of half a lime
Coconut cream
Rice noodles
Blend the veggies in the food processor. Put about two tablespoons of the
mixture into a saucepan with the chicken, stock, nutmeg and lime juice.
(keep the rest in the freezer for next time) Simmer until chicken is done.
Add coconut cream to taste. Boil the noodles separately and add to the soup.
Throw in a few chuks of mushroom, broccoli, pumpkin or any other veggies
that need using up, and simmer a few minutes more.
Eat!
I overdid the kaffir lime in mine, and cooked the noodles in the soup. Avoid
doing either of these.
Another thing: those laksa leaves don't keep, do they? they were in the
fridge for a day and a half, and I just managed to save enough good ones for
the soup, and some kinda wilted ones for drying.
jbc