Thai Tom Yum Soup

This is probably one of the easiest soup. Easy to make and yummy to eat.

Ingredients:

•          2– 3 cups chicken or vegetable stock

•          2 Limes juice (depending on how sour)

•          2 to 3 sliced green chilies

•          10 to 15 shrimp                                           

•          1/2 cup red curry paste

•          1/2 cup chopped onion

•          1/2 cup chopped red capsicum

•          1 teaspoon chopped ginger

•          1 teaspoon chopped garlic

•          Handful of cilantro

•          Handful of Mushrooms

•           Handful of Lemongrass

•          1- 2 teaspoons Fish sauce

•          1 teaspoon Sugar

•          2 teaspoon of butter

•          Salt as per taste

•          Ground black paper and cilantro

 Method:

•          In a saucepan on medium heat add butter, ginger and garlic, stir it for few sec. Then add red curry paste and cook for about 1 min.

•          Then add chicken stock, lemongrass, red capsicum, cilantro and salt, let it boil for about 3 to 4 min on high heat.

•          Then add mushrooms, and shrimp, boil for another 5 minutes

•          Now add the sliced green chilies and boil for 5 to 7 min, now add fish sauce (and you can add more fish sauce if needed) and sugar. Boil the tom yum soup for about another 5 minutes

•          Add lime juice and turn of the heat (if it’s on the stove still, the heat will turn the lime juice bitter) sprinkle ground black paper .

•          Serve hot.

                          

Recipe Credit: From a friend.

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