I love laksa & haven't made it since being vegan, but when I saw that you can now buy a soy version of evaporated milk I thought that it would be perfect for a healthy laksa meal. When I was at the supermarket it seemed that all the laksa pastes had shrimp in them so I bought a curry paste instead - a curry paste that I have never used before & it was apparently the hottest curry paste that I could have bought! This laksa would have been delicious but it was waaaaay too hot for me & I couldn't eat it. I will definitely make this again but will give it a go making my own curry paste.
Recipe
- Small onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves crushed garlic
- Red curry paste (use as much as you want & not as much as I used!)
- 100 grams sliced mushrooms
- 320 gm pack of extra firm tofu sliced into thickish rectangles
- 1 1/2 tsp peanut oil
- 1 tin soy creamy cooking milk
- 1 tsp coconut essence
- Rice noodles
- Beansprouts
Heat 1/2 teaspoon peanut oil in a saucepan & fry onion & garlic
When the onion has softened add the curry paste & heat until aromatic
Add soy milk, coconut essence & mushrroms & cook on a low-medium heat until mushrooms are cooked through
Whilst this is cooking, heat 1 teaspoon of peanut oil in a frypan & fry tofu until lightly browned
Place noodles in the bottom of a bowl & top with a handful of beansprouts
Pour soup on top & top with tofu
Where did you get the creamy soy cooking milk?
ReplyDeleteI'd have eaten it - I LOVE hot food.
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I love laksa and if you make your own paste it is easy to make it vegan with coconut milk - I have tried this recipe http://gggiraffe.blogspot.com/2008/11/ncr-pumpkin-and-tofu-laksa.html and it worked wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteI have occasionally seen green curry pastes without any shrimp but you do need to look hard! I love buying it because I can't be bothered making my own all the time but I am wary of the spiciness too
That sounds so good! I'm definitely going to try that. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYes, more info on the evaporated soy milk please!
ReplyDeleteThe soy cooking milk is made by nestle - I think they are evil but wanted to give it a go anyway. I think it is pretty readily available from woolworths where the evaporated milk is - I found mine at Coburg woolworths.
ReplyDeleteJohanna - I love coconut milk, but I am trying to drop a bit of weight so am trying not to have much of it. But your recipe looks amazing! I am definitely going to try it - yum!