Veg Noodle Laksa

Name: Veg Noodle Laksa
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: a handful of fresh coriander/cilantro leaves; 225 g/8 oz spinach leaves; 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh root ginger, peeled; 1 tsp ground cumin; a handful of beansprouts; 250 g/9 oz green beans; 2 courgettes/zucchini, chopped; 2 carrots, peeled and sliced; 10 cherry tomatoes; lime wedges, to serve, if liked; ½ cucumber, deseeded and sliced (optional); 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped; salt and ground black pepper, to taste; 1 tsp garam masala; 200 ml/7 fl oz/1 cup hot vegetable stock; 2 × 400 ml/14 fl oz cans of coconut milk; 300 g/11 oz ready-cooked rice noodles; 1 tsp ground coriander; 2 tsp ground turmeric; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Vegan Kids

By Heather Whinney

Published 2021

About

A laksa is a light curried soup made with a base of spices and creamy coconut milk that’s packed with vegetables as well as soft noodles. It is fragrant and aromatic rather than hot and fiery, so even if you don’t normally like curry you should give it a try.

Ingredients

For the Laksa Sauce

1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled
5 cm/

Main course
Vegan

Method

First make the sauce paste. Put the onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, coriander, cumin, garam masala, salt and pepper in a food processor and whiz to a paste. Add a little of the coconut milk and whiz again.
Pour the mixture into a large pan or wok, then pour in the remaining coconut milk and the stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer, taste and seaso