Thai Tom Yum Soup Recipe – Veg Tom Yum Soup Recipe

Water – 4 to 5 cups
Lemon Grass – 4 short pieces (i used dried ones)
Kaffir Lime Leaves – 2 cut into small pieces
Thai Red Curry Paste – 1.5 tblspn to 2 tblspn
Oil – 1 tsp
Spring Onion White Part – from 2
Spring Onion Green Part – from 2
Coriander leaves a small handful chopped finely
Mushrooms – 1 cup sliced
Tofu – 1 cup cubed
Soy Sauce – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar – 1 tsp
Lemon Juice to taste
Green Chilli – 1 sliced thinly
Tomato – 1 small chopped

Method:

Grind the ingredients together for red curry paste till smooth and set aside.

Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan, add in the curry paste and saute till the raw smell leaves and oil separates from this..Set aside..

Take water, lemon grass and lime leaves in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Now simmer this for 10 mins to infuse the lemon grass flavour. You can strain this if you want.  Now add the stock back into the pan.

Add in the sauted curry paste along with the oil and mix well.

Add in mushrooms, tomatoes, spring onion white and mix well. Cook till mushroom is cooked.

Now add in tofu, green chillies soy sauce, salt, sugar and mix well.

Add in lemon juice, spring onion green and coriander leaves and mix well.

Serve hot.