One-dish meal that is healthy, balanced and cooked using healthy method of cooking

Dish - Laksa

Recipe :

- 150g dry rice round noodles

- 100g dry rice vermicelli

- 250g raw large prawns, shell on

- 2 tbsp oil

- 1 stick lemongrass, crushed

- ½ tbsp ground coriander

- 400ml tin coconut milk

- 1-2 tsp salt

- 1 tsp sugar

- 150g beansprouts, thrown into boiling water for 30 seconds and drained

- 1-2 fried Chinese fishcakes, sliced ½cm thick

- ½ cucumber, peeled, deseeded and shredded

- Small bunch laksa leaves, shredded (aka Vietnamese mint/coriander.)

For the spice paste

- 2cm piece of galangal

- 5 macadamia nuts

- 125g shallots (10 Thai or 8 small brown ones)

- ½ tsp turmeric powder

- b4-5 medium red chillies, deseeded

- ½ tbsp Thai shrimp - paste

- 2 tbsp dried shrimps, soaked in boiling water for 20 minutes

Replacement : 

- coconut milk => low fat milk

- fried Chinese fish cake => boiled Chinese fish cake

- 2 tbsp oil => reduce the amount of oil used

- 1 tbsp sugar => 1/2 tbsp sugar / no sugar at all

- add in more vegetables

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Source :

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5796/prawn-laksa