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