Vegetarian laksa

Serves: 6
Prep: 20
Cook: 10

This spicy soup is full of nutrition and you can turn up the heat as much as you want.

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs, at room temperature

  • 1 medium onion, peeled, roughly chopped

  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled, roughly chopped

  • 1-2 red chillies, de-seeded and roughly chopped

  • 2.5cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled, roughly chopped

  • ½ teaspoon turmeric

  • 1 tbsp tomato paste

  • 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil

  • 500g firm tofu, cut into cubes

  • 400g small button mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed

  • 200g green beans, cleaned, trimmed

  • 350g broccoli, chopped

  • ½ to 1 tsp grated lemon zest

  • 2 cups (500ml) Sanitarium So Good™ Soy Regular 

  • 1 cup (250mls) hot salt-reduced vegetable stock

  • 350g Singapore egg noodles

  • 1 ½ cups fresh mung bean sprouts

  • 2 spring onions, trimmed, thinly sliced

  • To serve: lime wedges, 3 hard boiled eggs

Method

  1. Step 1

    Place eggs in a pot of cool water. Bring to the boil, and once boiling cover the saucepan with a lid and turn the heat off. Leave for 12 minutes. Then drain, and refresh whole eggs in cold water, to stop cooking process. Set aside.
  2. Step 2

    Put the onion, garlic, chillies, ginger, turmeric and tomato paste into a blender or food processor to make a paste. Use 2-3 tablespoons water to thin the paste if too thick.
  3. Step 3

    Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add the paste and fry gently on a low heat for about 5 minutes until the paste is dry and aromatic. Add the lemon zest, tofu, mushrooms, green beans and broccoli, and a fry until the tofu has heated through and coloured. Add the Sanitarium So Good Soy Regular milk and vegetable stock and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Season to taste.
  4. Step 4

    In a separate saucepan, bring water to the boil. Add the noodles and cook for 2-3 minutes, according to instructions on packet. Once cooked drain and keep warm.
  5. Step 5

    To serve, divide the drained noodles into each of six deep, warmed soup bowls. Ladle the broth, and tofu evenly among the bowls, top with bean shoots, half a hardboiled egg and thinly sliced spring onions and serve immediately with optional lime wedges to squeeze over.