Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Tom Yum Goong

Tom yum goong or tom yam is a type of hot and sour Thai soup. Goong means shrimp in Thai language as the soup is usually made with shrimp and a combination of different seafood such as squid and fish and herbs. It is tangy, spicy and aromatic with exotic herbs. Have it with rice or pour it over rice noodles. It is great for clearing blocked sinuses. In fact, everybody loves tom yam soup including people who say that they cannot eat spicy food!! Ha-ha!! 

Ingredients

2 medium size white sotong
1 slice ikan tenggiri
4 large prawns
½ pack of oyster mushrooms


4 slices lengkuas
2 tbsp bunga kantan
2 stalks serai
5 limau purut leaves
3 chilli padi




Thai chilli paste
Thai tom yam paste
Fish sauce



Clean and cut the fish and sotong
Remove the prawn heads and legs and the intestine along the back




Boil sufficient water for the soup
Put in the prawn heads and the herbs


Add
2 tbsp Thai chilli paste (add more if you like it spicier)
3 tbsp tom yam paste  
250 ml fish sauce
Juice of 1 lime
Let it simmer for about 30 minutes



Put in the prawns and sotong and let it simmer for 20 minutes





Add the fish and simmer for 10 minutes





Finally add the mushrooms and simmer for another 10 minutes





Dish out and serve




 Here I am trying out the tom yam paste that a friend brought back from Thailand. The taste is ok but I find the paste made the soup too thick 



I had to use 2 packs otherwise it was not spicy enough
Had to add the herbs, chilli paste and fish sauce and lemon juice




This is the ready prepared soup

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