Millier’s musings

Seafood Laksa

At a shopping visit to Mei and Suresh at Turban Chopsticks recently we were given a jar of their curry laksa mix.

The recipe was simple enough.

1/2 jar of laksa mix

1/2 can of coconut cream

2 cups of water

to which we added 

Egg noodles

Fresh bean sprouts

2 tablespoons fish sauce

4 spring onions

3 fish fillets

12 fresh prawns

light fried tofu

laksa mint

sugar snap peas (or cucumber)

prawn sambal

Slice the fish fillets into pieces and fry gently in a wok until just cooked through.  Set aside. Add the laksa mix and fry for a minute or so.  Add the prawns so they’re covered with the mix and fry for 30 seconds.  Add the coconut cream and two cups of water.  Bring to boil. Add fish pieces.

Blanch bean sprouts, sugar snap peas, and sliced tofu so it’s warmed through.  Heat egg noodles in boiling water for a few minutes.

Arrange noodles in bottom of bowl.  To this, add a handful of sprouts/peas/tofu mix.

Pour hot laksa mix over the top and add spring onions, laksa mint and a dollop of prawn sambal (to taste).

We had a bottle of Magpie Estate ‘The Salvation’ Barossa Valley Gewurztraminer with it.  As Christa Deans from Rolf Binder wines says, “Very much made with Asian food in mind. A perfect compliment to light-medium spiced dishes.”

The Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Western Australia now has its own website. http://casswa.com/

Just found a yoghurt that’s rockin my world just now.  Tangy but not too goaty for those who don’t like that sort of thing (I do but thought it’s worth mentioning.)  Also beautiful texture, like creme caramel, without the caramel.  (honey makes a nice substitute).

Some people find goats milk yoghurt easier to digest than cows milk.

Goats cheese is sublime too.

It’s great to see people like Caprino Farm in the Swan Valley making a go of it.

I found mine at Fresh Provisions in Mt Lawley.

Saw the most moving account on ABC TV’s Australian Story about Channel 10 newsreader Charmaine Dragun’s battle with depression and how that eventually resulted in her life being cut tragically short.  It was incredibly courageous of her family and friends to share their account of what happened.

Their desire that it should help others is why I’m drawing your attention to it.  If you have any concerns about a friend, loved one or colleague then perhaps you should watch this programme and/or contact a professional organisation like Beyond Blue for advice about what to do.

The tragedy of this awful condition is that just when someone most needs help, they’re either seemingly at their most confident, or at the other extreme, at their least lovable.

Link to Australian Story Website – Friday’s Child

Link to Beyond Blue website - Information for family and friends of someone with depression