DELICIOUS BOWL OF SARAWAK LAKSA!

SARAWAK LAKSA IS A DISH ORIGINATED FROM THE STATE OF SARAWAK, MALAYSIA. THE MAIN INGREDIENT IS SAMBAL LAKSA MADE FROM VARIOUS INGREDIENTS. SARAWAK LAKSA IS NOT IN THE SAME CATEGORY WITH OTHER LAKSA IN MALAYSIA BECAUSE SARAWAK LAKSA USES SHRIMP AND CHICKEN BROTH. UNLIKE OTHER LAKSA THAT USES FISH BROTH. IT HAS A BASE SOUP CONTAINING SAMBAL BELACAN WHICH GIVES IT REDDISH COLOUR WHICH IS ALSO MIXED WITH COCONUT MILK, TAMARIND, GARLIC, GALANGAL AND LEMONGRASS. THEN IT IS SPRINKLED WITH SLICES OF FRIED EGG, SLICES OF CHICKEN, SHRIMPS, AND CILANTRO. LIME IS ALSO ADDED ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL TASTE. INGREDIENTS SUCH AS SLICES OF FRIED TOFU OR OTHER SEAFOOD ARE ALSO ADDED, ACCORDING TO YOUR WISH, EVEN THOUGH THESE INGREDIENTS ARE NOT TRADITIONAL LAKSA INGREDIENTS. SARAWAK LAKSA IS ALSO EASY TO FIND IN NEIGHBORING STATES SUCH AS SABAH AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM. THE RESULT MAY LEAD SOME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAKSA RECIPES FROM SABAH AND BRUNEI, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO SARAWAK'S LAKSA.