Recipe of Homemade Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles)

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The ingredients needed to make Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles):

1. Take 450 g Mackerel (guts and gills removed)
2. Take 1 litre Water
3. Make ready 500 g Rice Noodles
4. Take aromatics;
5. Make ready 3 sticks Ginger Flower (halved
6. Make ready 2 sticks Lemongrass (bruised)
7. Get 12 Sprigs Vietnamese Mint
8. Prepare 1 cup Tamarind Juice
9. Take 3 pc Tamarind Slices
10. Prepare Blended Paste (blend well);
11. Prepare 20 g Dried Chilli (rehydrate, deseed)
12. Take 40 g Shallots
13. Take 20 g Galangal
14. Make ready 10 g Turmeric
15. Take 25 g Fermented Shrimp Paste (belacan)
16. Get as needed Salt
17. Get Toppings;
18. Get 1 pc Cucumber (cut into thin match sticks)
19. Prepare 3 pc Red Chilli (sliced thinly)
20. Make ready 1 pc Red Onion (sliced thinly)
21. Prepare 1 stalk Ginger Flower (sliced thinly)
22. Take as needed Calamansi Lime (halved)
23. Take as needed Mint Leaves

Steps to make Asam Laksa (Spicy and Tangy Fish Broth with Rice Noodles):

1. STOCK; Boil the entire mackerel in 1 litre of water for 10 minutes. Remove the fishes and let it cool. Once cooled, separate the fish meat from the bones. Flake the meat and set aside. Continue to boil the flesh for another 30 minutes. After that, strain the stock and discard the bones.
2. BROTH; Heat the stock and add the blended paste, 2 lemongrass, 2 ginger flower, 8 sprigs vietnamese mint, tamarind juice and tamarind slice. Cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes. After that, discard the the aromatics and add the fish meat, season with salt.
3. OPTIONAL; techincally the broth is done, but I prefer to blend the broth to give it a better texture and body. Entirely optional.
4. ASSEMBLY; In a soup plate, place 100g of Rice noodles and pour in the broth. Top it with 20 g of Red Chilli, 20 g of Ginger Flower, 20 g of Red Onion, 1 Calamansi Lime, a few mint leaves and 40 g of cucumber. Optionally, you can also add pineapples and Hae Ko (shrimp paste).

Use Food to Boost Your Mood

Mostly, people have been conditioned to believe that “comfort” foods are not good for the body and must be avoided. Sometimes, if the comfort food is candy or another junk food, this is very true. At times, comfort foods can be perfectly healthy and good for us to consume. Some foods honestly do improve your mood when you eat them. When you are feeling a little down and need an emotional boost, try some of these.

Eggs, believe it or not, can be truly great at beating back depression. Just see to it that you do not throw away the yolk. Every time you wish to cheer yourself up, the yolk is the most crucial part of the egg. Eggs, especially the egg yolks, are rich in B vitamins. B vitamins can actually help you raise your mood. This is because they help improve the function of your neural transmitters, the components of your brain that control your mood. Try eating an egg and be happy!

Make a trail mixfrom different seeds and nuts. Almonds, cashews, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etcetera are all great for raising your mood. This is possible since these foods are rich in magnesium which increases serotonin production. Serotonin is a feel-good chemical substance that tells the brain how to feel at any given time. The more of it you have, the more pleasant you are going to feel. Not only that but nuts, in particular, are a fantastic protein source.

Cold water fish are wonderful for eating if you wish to fight depression. Cold water fish such as tuna, trout and wild salmon are high in DHA and omega-3 fats. Omega-3 fatty acids and DHA are two things that really help the grey matter in your brain work a lot better. It’s true: consuming a tuna fish sandwich can greatly raise your mood.

Grains can be good for driving away a bad mood. Quinoa, barley, millet, etc are great at helping you feel happier. They help you feel full as well which can truly help to make your mood better. Feeling starved can truly make you feel awful! The reason these grains are so wonderful for your mood is that they are not difficult to digest. You digest these grains more quickly than other things which can help increase your blood sugar levels, which, in turn, helps make you feel more pleasant, mood wise.

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Now you realize that junk food isn’t necessarily what you need to eat when you are wanting to help your moods get better. Try a couple of of these tips instead.