Laksa Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 tablespoons laksa paste
• 1.5 litres chicken stock
• 2 teaspoons palm or brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 300g egg noodles
• meat from half a cooked chicken, sliced
• 8 prawns, peeled
• 4 tablespoons bamboo shoots, rinsed and cut into matchsticks
• 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into matchsticks
• 1 cup beansprouts
• 4 spring onions, sliced
• crisp fried shallots or onion
• fresh coriander