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 8, 2007
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wow.. i just browsed this blog, and this post just made me realized how comprehensive it is! you also reviewed instant food! now that’s really something! well done!
gonna try one of those prima taste!
Jun 8, 2007
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Thanks!
Yeah! You should! Looking at the comments, it seems that Prima Taste’s meal kits are almost a staple food!
Jun 28, 2008
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They do taste good! I was just curious who else tried Prima Taste online and found your page :)
Heres a pic of mine:
http://lilquack.blogspot.com/2008/06/laksa-laksa.html
Oct 24, 2011
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I am a fan of your laksa but your instant laksa packets are a BIG, BIG DISAPPOINTMENT for local singaporeans.
The noodles is tasteless and worse is there is no dry laksa leaves which is a BIG MUST in all Laksa dish.
Lots of improve required… my friends from the USA brought a dozen home but were disappointed too. The box type is better.
I sincerely hope the recipe and your noodles will improve and PLEASE, PLEASE put a small packet of laksa leaves and if possible dry beancurd and fishcake like the Japanese noodles packets which is indeed a full instant meal with all the ingredients inside a packet of noodles or a cup noodles.
Sep 2, 2012
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I buy them all the time. They are the best.
Nov 8, 2012
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Prima taste Laksa.. used to be nice. Now the coconut is lacking, and the paste has no dried prawns now sambal, they undercut the ingredients so much it juts taste like salt and oil… it’s disgusting! sad case.. i wont buy it anymore
Nov 8, 2012
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In Vancouver, Canada, the Prima Laksa does not have the dried laksa leaves. How come?