Pinoy Laksa Noodles Recipe - Easy to Cook

July is Nutrition Month in the Philippines. Public schools and some private schools have different programs that revolve around nutrition. One of the most common activities school have is nutrition costume contest. I have already posted some suggestions in my previous blog post so won't be giving new ones now. But you click here if you want unique suggestions (like theory of gravitation costume?).

Other common activities in schools are food festival where you bring healthy meals for everybody to share and cooking contest where you cook using unique recipe's. Last week I posted a recipe for making Lumpiang Kalabasa. Now, I'm going to post an easy to cook Laksa inspired noodles. Malaysian Laksa uses laksa paste which unfortunately is not readily available so I just made my own version of the Laksa noodles using simple ingredients.

Pinoy Laksa

Ingredients:

• 300 g     Vermicelli noodles (you may also use spaghetti noodles instead of vermicelli)
• 3 cups    bean sprouts
• 2 cups    coconut milk
• 1 cup      water
• 150 g      dried dilisor anchovies (you may replace this with shrimps, clams and fish fillet)
• 1/2 cup   sliced carrots and sayote
• 1             sliced salted egg
• 1/2 cup   cabbage
• 1 tbsp     curry powder
• garlic and onions
• salt
• chili powder (optional)

Procedure

1. Saute onion, garlic and dilis (shrimps, clams and fish fillet).
2. Boil water and coconut milk in low flame. Add curry powder (dissolve this first before adding).
3. Add vermicelli noodles (or spaghetti noodles).
4. Simmer for a minute or two then add the bean sprouts, onions, garlic and dilis (or the alternative).
5. After about 5 minutesadd the carrots, sayote and cabbage.
6. Add salt to taste and simmer for a while. You may also add the chili powder depending on the level you can handle.
7. Top with sliced salted egg. Serve hot.

Pinoy Laksa Noodles with dilis