Tomyam Soup

 

I love Thai food. Got this recipe from my friend Yean Leng who was taught how to cook this Tom Yam soup by her Thai friend.

Ingredients A

- 3 stalks lemon grass (sliced diagonally)

- 5 kaffir lime leaves

- 3 small onion

- 4-6 chilli padi (I added 6)

- 3 slices galangal aka blue ginger (1/2cm thick)

- 600ml water

Ingredient B

- 1 litre chicken stock (I used 1 cube of the knorr chicken cubes)

Ingredients C

- Seafood of your choice (I used fish cakes, batang fish and prawns)

Ingredients D (add these according to taste)

- sugar (I added 1 tsp)

- fish sauce (I added 2 tsp)

- green lemon (Give the lemon a good 'massage' before you extract the juice. I added the juice of the whole lemon)

1) Bring Ingredients A to boil in a pot under small flame for 30 minutes.

2) Add Ingredient B to Ingredient A and bring to boil again before adding Ingredients C.

3) Add Ingredients D according to preference. *Tips: add using teaspoon and taste before adding more so that you can get it right.

Enjoy! The taste of Thailand. 

Click here for a step-by-step tutorial.