Tom Yum Kung

Tom Yum Kung ( Spicy soup with shrimps ต้มยำกุ้ง ) Spicy soup with shrimps is a main dish in many Thai families. There are a lot of ingredients in soup ; lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves. All are the Thai herbs, and herbs are good for health. Absolutely, many Thais and foreigners prefer Tom Yum Kung more than another Thai food.

Main Ingredient
Shrimp      500 g.
Rice straw mushroom      600 g.
Chilli paste      150 g.
Soup stock      500 g.
Citric acid      10 g.
Salt      15 g.
Fish sauce      100 g.
Sugar      20 g.
Lime juice      15 g.
Hot chilli      10 g.

Chilli paste Ingredient
Dried Chilli      10 g.
Lemon grass      40 g.
Shallots      40 g.
Galangal      10 g.
Kaffir lime leaves      5 g.
Vegetable oil      100 g.
* 30 grams = 1oz. , 1kilogram = 2.24 lbs. * Chilli paste cooking
Roast the chilli paste mixture and pound until ground then fry with oil and take aside.

Cooking Method
Peel the shrimp except its tail
Peel the mushroom, divide by two
Heat the soup stock and mix with all seasonings until boiling, add shrimps and mushroom and boil until done
Add the chilli paste to favorite taste    (From:http://www.thaifoodtoworld.com)

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Som Tum

Som Tum ( Papaya Salad ส้มตำ ) Papaya salad is an appitizer of Thai food. It's popular in all ages. Papaya salad has a hot spicy flavour. Especially, pickled fish is a main ingredient in papaya salad. Many Thais like Som Tum with pickled fish very much.

Main Ingredient
Shredded papaya      400 g.
Som Tum sauce      120 g.
Long beans      80 g.
Tomato      20 g.
Hot chillin      5 g.
Dried shrimp      25 g.
Garlic      8 g.
Lemon juice      20 g.
* 30 grams = 1oz. , 1kilogram = 2.24 lbs.

Cooking Method
Pound chilli and garlic roughly
Add papaya, spring beans, tomato and dried shrimp and pound roughly
Mix Som Tam sauce and season to sour taste with lemon juice and serve with fresh vegetables; cabbage, swamp cabbage and spring beans    (From:http://www.thaifoodtoworld.com)

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