This often-spicy comfort food has a common base, with variations reflecting flavors of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and more
It may be the theme of noodle soup taken to its international, ultimate and yet entirely logical extreme. It may also be the most approachably delicious dish you’ve never heard of: laksa.
Assam Laksa generally does not include coconut milk or curry flavors. It features a lighter broth including the sour flavors of tamarind along with fish and torch ginger flower. The latter features a sweet, gingerlike taste that serves to tame some of the fishy flavors that feature in the broth of Assam Laksa. Torch ginger flower is prevalent in Southeast Asia, though a bit harder to get in Southern California.
The paste is a mélange of ground ingredients that will generally include galangal, lemon grass, shallots, garlic, chiles and garlic, along with dried shrimp paste . As for the noodles, thin rice noodles are the most prevalent, but thick rice noodles often make an appearance, as do wheat noodles and egg noodles. Some forms of laksa use multiple types of noodles in the same soup.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
No, Fusion Energy Won’t Be ‘Limitless’Scientific advances have renewed hopes of “unlimited energy,” while economic studies suggest that fusion power will be more costly than wind or solar.
Read more »
Man barricaded with 2 children inside home in Southeast Bexar County, BCSO saysThe Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a standoff situation where a man is barricaded with two children at a home in Southeast Bexar County.
Read more »
Olympia Dukakis' filmmaker daughter highlights human sex trafficking in Southeast Asia: 'A global industry'Filmmaker Christina Zorich traveled to Southeast Asia to document the region's rampant sex trafficking in a new documentary, 'The New Abolitionists.'
Read more »
Study Finds Shockingly Fast Sea Level Rise Around U.S. Southeast and Gulf CoastThe U.S. coastline is changing rapidly, as new research shows.
Read more »
Water at record-breaking levels along Southeast and Gulf Coasts in US“We systematically investigated the different causes, such as vertical land motion, ice-mass loss, and air pressure, but none of them could sufficiently explain the recent rate.'
Read more »