Discover the top 5 best halal Asam Laksa in Singapore

Asam Laksa is a sour, fish and tamarind-based soup. Asam is the Malay word for any ingredient that makes a dish taste sour (e.g. tamarind, gelugur or kokum). Asam Laksa typically uses asam keping, known as kokum, which is a type of dried slices of sour mangosteens. The modern Malay spelling is asam, though the spelling assam is still frequently used. 

The main ingredients for asam laksa include shredded fish, normally kembung (small mackerel of the Rastrelliger genus), and finely sliced vegetables including cucumber, onions, red chillies, pineapple, lettuce, common mint, daun kesum (Vietnamese mint or laksa mint), and pink bunga kantan (torch ginger). Asam laksa is normally served with either thick rice noodles or thin rice noodles (vermicelli) and topped off with petis udang, a thick sweet prawn-shrimp paste.

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