It’s laksa day at the Sparklette headquarters! We cooked laksa for both lunch and dinner. Yeah, yeah, I know that sounds utterly unhealthy and fattening. Still, the laksa is extremely yummy and worth every calorie. That’s pretty amazing considering it came right out of a box!
Yes, we cheated. We did not make the laksa from scratch. Why would we when there is the Prima Taste ready-to-cook meal kit?
For those of you with that puzzled look on your face, laksa is a spicy soup dish of Chinese and Malay origins, commonly found in Singapore and Malaysia. The soup is made largely of coconut milk, which means it’s high in cholesterol and very fattening. A bowl of laksa may have at least 700 calories!
S$6.26
Servings: 2-3
Laksa is served with either noodles or rice vermicelli. People eat it with a range of ingredients, usually cockles, prawn, poultry meat, bean sprouts, tau pok (fried tofu) or fishballs. In Singapore, laksa is a very common hawker food.
Because it is such a popular dish, it wasn’t long before a company came out with instant laksa. After all, there is already instant coffee, instant noodles, instant pizza, and even instant satay. So why not instant laksa?
Prima Taste’s laksa ready-to-cook meal kit holds these contents:
- Laksa Premix (coconut milk mix)
- Laksa Paste (herbs and shrimp paste)
- Sambal Chili
- Dried Laksa Leaves
With this kit, cooking laksa is a breeze. The packet of laksa premix goes into the water first, turning it into a milky white coconut gravy.
Throw in the laksa paste and bring the soup to boil. Voila! You have your pot of laksa soup! That’s how easy it is. Bachelors and girls who can’t cook can rejoice!
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For ingredients, we have shrimp, chicken and fish balls. From start to finish, it takes only 5 to 10 minutes before you can enjoy your bowl of piping hot laksa.
The kit also includes a packet of dried laksa leaves that can be used to sprinkle over the dish, and a sachet of awesome sambal chilli! The chilli is extremely robust and flavourful. My only gripe is that there is too little of it.
Seriously people, you ought to try this out! Apart from laksa, this range of ready-to-cook meal kits also includes local favourites such as mee rebus, fried hokkien mee, Singapore curry, chilli crab and bak kut teh, just to name a few.
Prima Taste’s ready-to-cook meal kits are available at most supermarkets. People are buying them by the carton to ship to friends overseas. That’s how good these meal kits are.
Have you tried any of these Prima Taste’s ready-to-cook meal kits? Tell us in the comments!
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Jun 3, 2007
182
Looks great. I feel tempted to send these instant laksa to friends who are overseas.
Jun 3, 2007
3472
If you still do PostCrossing, this is a great item to send to people.
Jun 3, 2007
2
This does sound like a rather glowing review. I’m definitely going to give this a try sometime.
Jun 3, 2007
26
These Prima packs are a staple for a bunch of us in Buffalo. Most of their premixes are awesome, especially in places devoid of Singaporean food.
Jun 3, 2007
3472
More importantly, they actually taste good!
Jun 3, 2007
6
Thanks for the review! Am stuck in Aussie now, so I am totally deprived of Sg food. Gonna get that pack from chinatown. ^^
Jun 3, 2007
3472
Awesome! I didn’t know Prima Taste products are available outside of Singapore!
Jun 3, 2007
41
muhaha now got lab rat tested liao~
the other time I saw it at the airport inside the waiting lounge, was tempted to buy it for oversea relatives. Hmm looks like a good pick. (the hainanese chicken rice dunno how leh?)
Jun 3, 2007
3472
So far I’ve tried their laksa and Singapore curry. Both are really good! The Hainanese chicken rice can’t be too far off.
Jun 3, 2007
43
Hi Veron, try the chicken curry as well. I had it there at their cafe @ Centrepoint and it was yummy! I would suggest buying a pre-pack and cook at home to add as many potatoes or other ingredients as possible. Then just slurp it up with freshly toasted baguette! Bagus!
Jun 3, 2007
3472
Tried the Singapore curry and I concur that it’s awesome! Now you’ve gotten me all hungry again. Too bad I’ve run out of the meal kits!
Jun 3, 2007
3
This looks like the one I had at the airport in March when I was going home for a month. If it is, it’s very good though lacking on the chilli side as you mention. A bit on the pricey side in the airport as well though that’s probably because of the AMT.
Jun 3, 2007
44
Laksa is not Laksa without the hum.
It’s like eating Fillet-o-fish without the fillet …
Jun 4, 2007
3472
Haha I actually remembered those lines as I was writing this post! But well, I’m not a fan of cockles!
Jun 4, 2007
6
ugh… your review makes me gian singapore food….
Jun 4, 2007
27
Would anyone volunteer to send some packets to me?? :P I miss laksa!!
I was quite skeptical to try this product until you posted it here, Veron. Now I can’t wait to get back to SG to try it!
Jun 4, 2007
12
The chilli crab ones are good!
I remember bringing around 20 boxes of it to Sydney haha.. In exchange for 2 weeks accomodation at friends place.
The strict aussie customs looked at it for so long. I went to the red lane to declare them. I think the custom officer was eyeing all the packets! Ask me what they are, as if he does not know….
You can get fab crabs in Sydney, so on the last day of my trip there, we had chilli crabs that was so yummy!
Jun 4, 2007
3472
Haha 20 boxes for 2 weeks’ accommodation, I’d say that’s a good trade.
And I thought Aussies didn’t like to eat crabs!
Jun 5, 2007
1
Prima Deli boxes are a godsend to overseas students. The Chicken Rice is so good!!
Jun 6, 2007
1
I brought back loads from Sg when I went back last year. Great for potluck gatherings overseas!