Tom Yum
Hot and Sour Soup
Recipe by Lata Anand of Santa Clara, US
If you are new to Thai cuisine, some of the ingredients might be strange. Find a Thai grocery store and you should be able to find everything
Ingredients
non vegetarian
6 servings
- 4 cup Chicken stock
- 4 stalks Lemongrass (fresh)
- 4 slices (thick) Galanga
- 8 no. Kafir lime leaves(fresh)
- 6 no. Thai chilies crushed (fresh)
- 1 tbsp Smoked chili paste
- ½ cup Whole canned straw Mushrooms
- 2 tbsp Green onion (finely chopped)
- 12 no. Shrimps (peeled, with tails left on, and deveined)
- 1 tbsp Tamarind Powder/Paste
- 1 tbsp Fish sauce
- ¼ tsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Lemon Juice
- Cilantro leaves for garnish
Directions
- Boil chicken stock over medium heat.
- Add lemon grass, galangal, and Kafir lime leave.Redues the heat to simmer.
- Add Mushrooms, chili paste, thai chili, retunt to a boil.
- Add shrimps, fish sauce, tamarind powder, and sugar.cook until the shrims are pink, opaque, and firm. Remove from the heat.
- Add lemon juice and garnish with cilantro leaves and green onion.
- Serve hot.