Home-cooked Tom Yam Soup

This is a Thai dish which is popular in Thailand. It is basically ‘chilli hot’with the addition of locally grown aromatic herbs and grass. Here is a quick home-cooked tom yam for those who like a spicy taste of the soup.

Ingredients: serves 6

6 large fresh prawns, shelled and deveined, leaving the tail intact
2 stalk lemon grass
5 shallots
5 chill padi, seeded and cut into half
3 kaffir leaves or limau perut leaves
2 tablespoon oil
30 gm ready bought sambal belacan
freshly chopped coriander leaves
2 litres water

Method:

Shelled and deveined the prawns, leaving the tail intact. retain … read more