Penang Assam Laksa Recipe (Nyonya Hot And Sour Noodles In Fish Soup)

Ingredients

• 1 lb mackerel fish
• 8 cups water
• 5 pieces assam keping (peeled tamarind)
• 1 pack dried laksa noodles
• 12 dried red chilies (seeded)
• 5 fresh red chilies (seeded)
• 8 small shallots
• 2 teaspoons belacan
• 1 stalk lemon grass (use only the white part, about 6 inches)
• tamarind (about golf ball size)
• 1/2 cup water (repeat 3-4 times)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 1 cucumber (julienned)
• 1 bunch mint leaves (use only the leaves)
• 1 bunch polygonum leaves/vietnamese mint leaves (daun kesom/daun laksa)
• 1 bungan kantan (cut into small pieces)
• 1 red onion (sliced thinly)
• 1 lettuce (thinly cut)
• 1 red chili/3-4 bird’s eye chilies (cut into small slices)
• 1 small pineapple (cut into short strips)