Tom Yum Paste
Ingredients
3 Onion chopped
6 Garlic cloves
1/2 cup Dried shrimp
8 pcs dry red chilli
1/4 cup Oil
1 tsp brown sugar
5 sliced Ginger / Galangal
4 Lemon grass ( bottom)
3 tsp Fish oil
Directions
Pan fry chopped onion, garlic, dry red chilli, dry shrimp for 2 minutes. Put the ingredients in a blender, add oil, brown sugar, lemon grass ( bottom piece), fish oil and ginger. Grind into a thick paste. Saute the paste for another 2 minutes. Set aside to rest.
Thai soup
Ingredients
6 Chicken/Seafood stock
3 Lemongrass stalk
5 pcs Galangal/ Ginger
5 pcs Lime leaves
1 lb Shrimp
3 Tomatoes chopped
5 pcs Thai red chilli
1/2 cup Coconut milk
8 pcs Portobello Mushrooms
1/4 cup lime juice
1 tsp brown sugar
Directions
In a large pot, mix seafood stock with hot water and let it simmer. Add thai red chilli, lemon grass, ginger, lime leaves and cover with lid, let it come to a boil. Add tom yum paste, coconut milk, brown sugar, shrimp and let it cook until shrimps are cooked through (3-5 mins). Turn off heat, add lime juice, tomatoes, mushrooms and let it cook for 10 mins.
Serve hot! Enjoy!