Prawn Soup

Ingredients

Sour & spicy prawn soup
10 g (2 small, 5 x 1 cm) Sea prawns
10 g (1 tbsp) Shallot bulbs
10 g (1 tbsp) Oyster mushroom
30 g (2 small, 4x3 cm) Lime
10 g (1 tbsp) Lemon grass
2 g (1 tbsp) Kaffir lime leaves
5 g (1 tbsp) Bird chili
8 g (1 tbsp) Fennel common leaves
2 ml (½ tsp) Fish sauce
2 g (1 tbsp) Coriander
Stir-fried mixed vegetables
60 g (1 cup) Cabbage
30 g (2 tbsp) Baby corn
35 g (½ cup) Fresh jew‘s ear mushroom
30 g (2 tbsp) Garden peas
30 g (2 tbsp) Sweet pepper
2 ml (½ tsp) Fish sauce
2 g (½ tsp) White sugar
15 ml (1 tbsp) Soybean oil
2 g (1 tbsp) Garlic
180 g (1 ½ cups) Steamed rice

Cooking Instructions

Sour & spicy prawn soup (Tom Yum Kung)

Clean prawns and mushroom, peel shells and devein the prawns, then divide mushroom
in two. Wash lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, fresh chilies and shallot, then pat dry. Slice
lemon grass stem, tear kaffir lime leaves in halves (remove central stems), pound chilies
and slice in halves, and coarsely chop coriander. Pour water in a pot, bring to the boil over
medium-high heat, add sliced lemon grass and torn kaffir lime leaves and leave them to
boil for about 5 minutes. Add prawns and mushroom, bring to the boil for 2–3 minutes,
turn off the heat. Season with fish sauce, lime juice, and pounded chilies, then taste adding
more seasoning if necessary. Add chopped coriander and stir thoroughly. Put "Tom Yum
Kung" in a bowl and serve immediately.

Stir-fried mixed vegetables (Pad Pak Raum)

Heat oil briefly in the pan. Then add the minced garlic and stir to combine. Season with sugar and fish sauce. Add blanched vegetables into the pan. Stir well to combine. Ready to serve.

 

General information

Difficulty: 3 of 5

Nutritional Information

433 kcal Energy
9.0 g Protein
111.5 mg Phos­phate
795 mg Sodium
541 mg Potassium
1 portion – calculated for a person of 70 kg