Laksa Recipe

Name: Laksa Recipe
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp cooking oil; 0.5 pack Malaysian instant curry paste; 2 cup chicken broth; 2 cup water; 2 stalk lemongrass, white part only, pounded; 10 piece tofu puffs, cut into pieces; 0.5 cup evaporated milk; 0.5 cup coconut milk; 1 tsp salt; 300 g yellow noodles; 1.5 cup bean sprouts; 10 piece shrimp, peeled, deveined and cooked; 3 piece hard-boiled eggs, cut into halves; 200 g fish cakes, cut into pieces

A spicy street-food noodle soup popular in Malaysia and Singapore — this homemade curry laksa comes together in just 30 minutes.

30 min 3 servingsRasa Malaysia Source

Extracted by chinwei271Extracted 1 Jul 2026

Nutrition· per serving · estimated

280

Calories

132g

Protein

39g

Carbs

89g

Fat

Scale recipe

3 servings

Original recipe

Ingredients14 items

Produce

🌿lemongrass, white part only, pounded2 stalk

🌱bean sprouts1½ cup

Seafood

🍤shrimp, peeled, deveined and cooked10 piece

🍥fish cakes, cut into pieces200 g

Dairy

🥛evaporated milk½ cup

🥚hard-boiled eggs, cut into halves3 piece

Pantry

🫗cooking oil3 tbsp

🌶️Malaysian instant curry paste½ pack

🍲chicken broth2 cup

🥥coconut milk½ cup

🍜yellow noodles300 g

Spices

🧂salt1 tsp

Other

💧water2 cup

🍢tofu puffs, cut into pieces10 piece

Instructions

1
Heat the cooking oil in a stockpot over medium heat.
2
Add the Malaysian instant curry paste and sauté, stirring, until fragrant and aromatic.
3
Pour in the chicken broth, water, and pounded lemongrass, and bring the soup to a boil.
4
Lower the heat and let the soup come down to a gentle simmer.
5
Add the tofu puffs, evaporated milk, and coconut milk to the simmering broth.
6
Season with salt to taste, then keep the curry stock gently simmering while you prepare the noodles.
7
Rinse the yellow noodles and bean sprouts separately in cold water, then drain and set aside.
8
Bring a separate pot of water to a boil, then add the yellow noodles and a handful of bean sprouts to blanch.
9
Drain the noodles and bean sprouts and transfer them to a serving bowl.
10
Top the noodles with 2-3 cooked shrimp, a few pieces of fish cake, and the halved hard-boiled eggs.
11
Ladle the hot curry laksa broth over the noodles, and spoon a few pieces of tofu puffs on top.
12
Serve immediately while hot.

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CuisineMalaysian