Hantu Laksa

Laksa (叻沙) merupakan sejenis makanan berkuah seperti mi yang popular di Malaysia dan Singapura. Ia dikatakan berasal dari orang Cina yang berhijrah ke Tanah Melayu (Peranakan). Perkataan laksa mungkin berasal dari bahasa Sanskrit laksha yang bererti banyak, merujuk kepada banyaknya kandungan dan rempah yang digunakan.

Terdapat pelbagai jenis laksa yang popular di Malaysia seperti :

• Laksa Penang (asam Laksa)
• Laksa Johor
• Laksa Kuala Perlis
• Laksa Kedah (laksa Teluk Kechai)
• Laksa Kelantan
• Laksa Sarawak
• Laksa Terengganu
• Laksa Kuala kangsar
• Laksam

Laksa Terangganu

Laksa Terengganu biasanya dihidangkan berama 2 jenis kuah, iaitu kuah masah dan kuah mentah.Laksa Terengganu biasanya dihidangkan dalam beberapa gabungan dengan menggunakan laksa tepung(gandum) atau laksa beras contohnya laksa tepung dan kuah masak, laksa tepung dan kuah mentah, laksa beras dan kuah masak atau laksa beras dan kuah mentah.

Laksam

Laksam merupakan sejenis masakan daripada negeri Terengganu yang diperbuat daripada tepung beras dan dimakan bersama kuah. Biasanya adunan cair tepung beras ini akan disalut pada tudung periuk dan dimasak. Apabila mengeras, ia akan digulung menjadi panjang dan sedia untuk dihidangkan. Semasa dihidang, ia boleh dipotong-potong agar mudah menyerap kuah laksam.

Laksa Kelantan

Laksa Kelantan is the easiest laksa recipe that is famous among peoples from the town of Kota Bharu of the Kelantan state, located at the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The main ingredient of Kelantan Laksa's sauce is 'ikan kembong' or round scad mackerel that are boiled and minced. The minced fish are fried with onions, garlic, ginger, datil pepper, belacan, 'kantan' flower, Vietnamese coriander or 'daun kesum', lemon grass and dried tamarind slice. Coconut milk will then be added as the final ingredient and stirred until it is all mixed up and becomes thick. Kelantan Laksa is served just like the Italian spaghetti by adding 'ulam' (raw vegetables) and blended chili on the side. Another variable of Kelantan Laksa is 'Laksam'. The sauce's recipe are exactly the same but the noodles are a bit bigger and flat.

Laksa Sarawak

Laksa Sarawak comes from the town of Kuching in the Malaysian state Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. It is actually very different from the curry laksa as the soup contains no curry at all. It has a base of Sambal belacan, sour tamarind, garlic, galangal, lemon grass and coconut milk, topped with omelette strips, chicken strips, prawns, fresh coriander and optionally lime. Ingredients such as bean sprouts, (sliced) fried tofu or other seafood are not traditional but are sometimes added.

Laksa Penang

Laksa Pulau Pinang, also known as asam laksa from the Malay for tamarind, comes from the Malaysian island of Penang. It is made with mackerel (ikan kembung) soup and its main distinguishing feature is the asam or tamarind which gives the soup a sour taste. The fish is poached and then flaked. Other ingredients that give Penang laksa its distinctive flavour includelemongrass, galangal (lengkuas) and chilli. Typical garnishes include mint, pineapple slices, thinly sliced onion, hε-ko, a thick sweet prawn paste and use of torch ginger flower. This, and not 'curry mee' is the usual 'laksa' one gets in Penang.

Laksa Kuala Kangsar

Laksa Kuala Kangsar made of wheat flour (usually hand made). The soup is rather lighter than the common laksa taste and so much different from Ipoh Laksa in shape, taste and smell. The local municipal council even built a complex called "Kompleks Cendol dan Laksa" near the river bank of the Perak River. It is the main attraction for tourists in Kuala Kangsar.

Laksa Kuala Perlis

Laksa Perlis is similar to Penang Laksa but differs in garnishing used such as catfish and eel fish. The famous Perlis laksa can be found in Kuala Perlis

Laksa Kedah

Laksa Kedah is very similar to Penang laksa and only differs in the garnishing used. Sliced boiled eggs are usually added to the dish. Kedah laksa used rice to make a laksa noodle. The famous laksa in Kedah is Laksa Telok Kechai.

Laksa johor

Laksa Johor, from Johor state in southern Malaysia, resembles Penang laksa only in the kind of fish used but differs in everything else. Johor laksa has coconut milk, use kerisik, dried prawns, lemon grass, galangal and spices akin to curry. The garnishing comprises slices of onion, beansprouts (taugeh), mint leaves, Vietnamese coriander or 'daun kesum', cucumber and pickled white radish. Sambal belacan (a kind of chili paste) is placed on the side. Finally, just before eating, freshly squeezed lime juice is sprinkled on the dish. Unique to Johor laksa is its Italian connection - spaghetti is used instead of the normal rice noodles or vermicelli. Johor laksa is traditionally eaten using the hand and the noodles are usually knitted (cetak) into a disk for each serving.

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