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Hot and Sour Thai Soup Recipe Tom Yum Goong
By Thai-Eyes | Oktober 11, 2008
The most famous recipe from Thailand is for sure,
the hot and sour Thai soup “Tom Yum Goong”.
Thai-Eyes tells You, how to make Your own,
tasty, hot and sour Tom Yum Goong.
Ingredients:
750 ml water
6 shrimps/prawns with head and shell
200 g straw mushrooms
3 bulbs lemongras
5-6 Kaffir limeleaves
2-3 cm Galanga/Galingale in fine slices
5-6 green and red Thai Chilies Prik Kee Noo
1 coriander root
Juice from 3-4 limes
1-2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon Nam prik pao (roasted Thai chili paste)
a pinch of sugar
optional 3-4 tablespoons of coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon Umami MSG Monosodiumglutamat food enhancer
a handful coriander leaves and spring onions, chopped
Preparation:
Remove the head of the shrimps/prawns.
Add lemongras (crack the bulbs with a pestle), galanga slices,
kaffir limeleaves, coriander root (crack the root with a pestle), shrimp heads,
and Thai chilies (crack the chilies with a pestle) to a pot with cold water
and simmer for about 1 hour or longer.
Remove the shrimp heads and add shrimps/prawns and straw mushrooms.
Boil for about 5-10 min.
Flavour the brew with limejuice, fish sauce, sugar,
Nam prik pao (roasted Thai chili paste) and MSG.
If You like the soup more creamy add 3-4 tablespoons coconut milk.
Garnish with coriander leaves and spring onions
and serve the hot & sour Thai soup with boiled Thai rice.
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