A Malaysian dish of Chinese origin, consisting of rice noodles served in a curry sauce or hot soup.
（马来西亚）咖喱（或辣味）米粉汤面
Example sentencesExamples
Vicky ordered the king prawn and salmon laksa with noodles, while I went for the cod fillet with chorizo, garlic, spring onion mash and thyme.
It reminds us of laksa (egg noodles in a coconut sauce).
As to what to do with the rest of the coconut milk - you could make laksa tomorrow, or maybe a Thai curry, or just more of these light, sweet little fritters.
The old Indonesian and Malaysian name laksa shows that this pasta originated in Persia, not from a Chinese source (as in the case of the modern Indonesian name mie).
I sat in a cafe, glowing from my head massage, reading my novel and eating a bowl of curry laksa.
Origin
Malay.
Definition of laksa in US English:
laksa
nounˈläksə
A Malaysian dish of Chinese origin, consisting of rice noodles served in a curry sauce or hot soup.
（马来西亚）咖喱（或辣味）米粉汤面
Example sentencesExamples
It reminds us of laksa (egg noodles in a coconut sauce).
Vicky ordered the king prawn and salmon laksa with noodles, while I went for the cod fillet with chorizo, garlic, spring onion mash and thyme.
The old Indonesian and Malaysian name laksa shows that this pasta originated in Persia, not from a Chinese source (as in the case of the modern Indonesian name mie).
I sat in a cafe, glowing from my head massage, reading my novel and eating a bowl of curry laksa.
As to what to do with the rest of the coconut milk - you could make laksa tomorrow, or maybe a Thai curry, or just more of these light, sweet little fritters.