Lightweight laksa for walkers

DifficultyIntermediate

Your friends will be very happy campers if you serve up this delicious spicy soup. The recipe saves weight by using clever ingredients like powdered coconut milk, lime zest and dried green peas.

Yields2 Servings
Prep Time10 minsCook Time25 minsTotal Time35 mins
Summary
 750 g total weight (dry ingredients)
 1.60 l total volume dry ingredients (approx.)
 This recipe uses perishable ingredients. You should use your own judgement as to whether it's suitable for your hike.
Water and fuel
 700 ml water
Ingredients
 1 tbsp oil
 100 g laksa paste, ideally in sachet
 50 g coconut milk powder in sachet
 2 chicken stock cubes or vegetarian equivalent (each cube makes 1 cup of stock)
 1 tbsp grated palm sugarIf you can't get palm sugar, you can use brown sugar
 2 green onions
 1 medium carrot
 80 g snow peas
 1 limes, zest only
 125 g vermicelli rice noodles
 150 g spiced firm tofu, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 2 tbsp fried shallots
Packing for your hike
1

Put vegetables in a sealed bag. Put vermicelli rice noodles, dried green peas, sugar and lime zest in separate bags. Double-bag your laksa paste if it is not in a sealed sachet.

Laksa ingredients: laksa paste, spiced hard tofu, vermicelli rice noodles, snow peas, carrot, green onions, dried green peas, coconut milk powder, stock cube, lime zest, sugar, fried shallots. Photo: A Hutchings

Before cooking
2

Trim snow peas and slice thinly. Halve carrot lengthways then slice thinly. Thinly slice green onions. Cut tofu into 1cm cubes.

Sliced snow peas and cubed tofu in camping bowl. Sliced carrots and green onions on hiker's lightweight chopping mat. Photo: A Hutchings

Cooking
3

Heat oil over high heat. Add laksa paste and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until fragrant.

Laksa paste frying on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

4

Add water, stock cubes, sugar and dried green peas. Bring to boil.

Water, stock cubes and dried green peas added to laksa paste on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

5

Add coconut milk powder and carrot. Turn down heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Coconut milk powder and carrot added to laksa mixture on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

6

Break up noodles and add to the pot. Add tofu, snow peas and lime zest. Simmer for 3 minutes or until noodles are tender.

Noodles, tofu, snow peas and lime zest added to the laksa soup mixture on the camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

7

Divide between bowls and sprinkle over the green onion and fried shallots.

Laksa in camping bowl. Photo: A Hutchings

Ingredients

Summary
 750 g total weight (dry ingredients)
 1.60 l total volume dry ingredients (approx.)
 This recipe uses perishable ingredients. You should use your own judgement as to whether it's suitable for your hike.
Water and fuel
 700 ml water
Ingredients
 1 tbsp oil
 100 g laksa paste, ideally in sachet
 50 g coconut milk powder in sachet
 2 chicken stock cubes or vegetarian equivalent (each cube makes 1 cup of stock)
 1 tbsp grated palm sugarIf you can't get palm sugar, you can use brown sugar
 2 green onions
 1 medium carrot
 80 g snow peas
 1 limes, zest only
 125 g vermicelli rice noodles
 150 g spiced firm tofu, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 2 tbsp fried shallots

Directions

Packing for your hike
1

Put vegetables in a sealed bag. Put vermicelli rice noodles, dried green peas, sugar and lime zest in separate bags. Double-bag your laksa paste if it is not in a sealed sachet.

Laksa ingredients: laksa paste, spiced hard tofu, vermicelli rice noodles, snow peas, carrot, green onions, dried green peas, coconut milk powder, stock cube, lime zest, sugar, fried shallots. Photo: A Hutchings

Before cooking
2

Trim snow peas and slice thinly. Halve carrot lengthways then slice thinly. Thinly slice green onions. Cut tofu into 1cm cubes.

Sliced snow peas and cubed tofu in camping bowl. Sliced carrots and green onions on hiker's lightweight chopping mat. Photo: A Hutchings

Cooking
3

Heat oil over high heat. Add laksa paste and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until fragrant.

Laksa paste frying on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

4

Add water, stock cubes, sugar and dried green peas. Bring to boil.

Water, stock cubes and dried green peas added to laksa paste on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

5

Add coconut milk powder and carrot. Turn down heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Coconut milk powder and carrot added to laksa mixture on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

6

Break up noodles and add to the pot. Add tofu, snow peas and lime zest. Simmer for 3 minutes or until noodles are tender.

Noodles, tofu, snow peas and lime zest added to the laksa soup mixture on the camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

7

Divide between bowls and sprinkle over the green onion and fried shallots.

Laksa in camping bowl. Photo: A Hutchings

Notes

Lightweight laksa for walkers
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