Vegetable Laksa

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• 20 g ginger

• grater

Peel and grate (or finely chop) the ginger

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• 2 chili (red)

• knife

Deseed both chillies. Finely chop one of them and thinly slice the other into rings.

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• 20 g peanuts

Dry fry the peanuts until they’re nicely toasted. Leave to cool then roughly chop and set aside.

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• 2 tbsp Thai red curry paste
• 400 ml coconut milk

Put the curry paste in a pan with the ginger, chopped chillies and HALF the coconut milk.

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Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook, stirring it for 2-3 minutes.

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• 850 ml vegetable stock

Add the remaining coconut milk, vegetable stock and simmer for a further 2 minutes.

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• 250 g peas
• 100 g baby corns
• 100 g mange tout
• 300 g rice noodles

Add the peas, baby corn (cut into bite size chunks), mange tout (sliced in half) and noodles and cook for 5 minutes under just tender.

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• 100 g baby spinach

Remove from the hear and stir in the spinach.