Tom Yum For The Soul

Tom Yum Kha ( Veggie Variety ) is my favorite soup. Followed by Minestrone and followed by French onion.

Tom Yum For You

Why is it called Tom Yum is a Long Story.
Tom Thumb on his trip to Thailand got lost in the Pat Pong District. One of the Madame there thought, this was a good piece of show articles along with the dancing girls.  While performing, the show girl happened to drop Tom Thumb into the soup of the customer. The soup obviously became yummy and since then it is called the Tom Yum.

Recipe is simple

• Tom Yum Paste ; 3 Tsp.( Avl in all supermarkets)
• Ginger : Half Thumb
• Garlic Cloves : 5 to 6
• Corainder leaves : Small Bunch
• Mint Leaves : Small Bunch
• Lemongrass : 1 to 2 stalks
• Mushrooms : 5 to 6
• Baby Carrots : 3 to 4
• Bean Stalk : Few
• Red Raddish: 3 nos, cubed
• .Green Chillies : 6 ;
• chopped to sizeRed
•  Chillies : 3; cut to size
• Tofu : 3 to 4 cubed
• Baby corns : 3 ;cut to size
• Shallots : 6 nos.
• Lemon : 1 No.
• Lemon Leaves : 2 nos,
•  Soy Sauce : 1 tsp
• Chlli Sauce : 1 tspSalt to taste
• Coconut milk : 1 cup
• Vegetable Stock : 1 Litre
• Olive Oil : 4 tsp.

Heat the oil and  fry the chopped garlic and followed by ginger, then pour the veggies , except for coriander and mint leaves. Allow the veggies to brown up a little and set it aside.

Boil the veggie stock and add coconut milk. Bring down the temperature and add 3 tsp of Tom Yum Paste.  Followed by soy sauce and chilli sauce.

Add the veggies and allow the soup to take all the flavors, then add the coriander and mint leaves and allow it to simmer on low heat for say 5 to 7 minutes. Check the salt and add more , if required. Squeeze the lemon on top and serve hot.

The shallots were fried and Topped Up as my tweak to the original recipe.