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Tom Yum Soup Recipe

Tom Yum Soup Recipe with step by step pictures. Vegetarian version of tom yum soup recipe made with vegetables, mushrooms and lime juice.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 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
  • For Thai Red curry paste:
  • Onion- ½ sliced
  • Shallots / Sambar onion - ½ cup
  • Dry red chilli - 6
  • Ginger - 3 cm piece
  • Garlic - 10 cloves
  • Coriander seeds - 1 tblspn
  • Cumin seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp
  • Coriander stems - ½ cup
  • Kaffir lime skin / Narthangai - 3 peels
  • Lemon Grass - 2 chopped i didn't add
  • Salt -1 tsp
  • Oil - 3 tblspn
  • Water as required

Instructions

  • 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.
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