Real Thai Tom Yam Kung soup at home: a detailed recipe

All tourists who have visited Thailand have probably already appreciated the traditional Thai cuisine. Personally, I appreciated not only traditional Thai cuisine, but also tried exotic food, be sure to read, it turns out that insects are not as scary as they seem.

In this article, we will talk about one very tasty and traditional Thai dish - the real Tom Yam Kung soup, I will tell you about the preparation of this dish in detail and in order. The real Thai soup Tom Yam Kung is made from ingredients such as ginger, hot chili peppers, fish sauce, mushrooms, shrimp and other ingredients, which I will talk about later.

For all tourists who have not tried this dish, I definitely recommend cooking it, the taste of Thailand will forever remain in your soul, and some will even bring back memories of an amazing vacation in a hot country!

So, let's start cooking Thai Tom Yam Kung soup, I'll say one thing right away, the recipe is very simple, so everyone can cook this soup at home for 10 - 20 minutes, and I'll tell you how to do it later.

Having lived in Thailand for almost six months, I noticed that this soup in Thailand is cooked in very small quantities and at one time, they do not like to cook for the future for a whole week, as is customary for the working class in Russia, so we choose a small container in which everything will be take place.

All the ingredients for Tom Yam Kung soup that we need for cooking:

• 2 large glasses of water (1 tbsp. = 500 ml)
• Shrimps in the amount of 15 pieces (shrimps can be replaced with Tofu cheese or chicken if you wish)
• 2 stalks of lemongrass
• 7 small slices galangan (or ginger) root
• 4 lime leaves
• 4 oyster mushrooms
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 medium onion
• 4 teaspoons of pasta - Chile
• 12 tablespoons coconut milk
• 7 tablespoons fish sauce
• 7 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Basil and green onions, a few pinches
• 1 teaspoon dry chicken or mushroom broth

All spices and vegetables can now be bought in one supermarket in your city, so this will not cause much work, the detailed list for the Thai Tom Yam Kung soup is not small, but the result will not disappoint you.

All vegetables are modeled in large slices, this is necessary so that they do not turn into porridge, lemongrass stalks need to be slightly crushed with your hands and cut into pieces 5 centimeters long. After boiling, the lemongrass is removed from the soup; we only need it for flavor.

It is also worth mentioning about the Lime leaves, be sure to break them into two parts before throwing them into boiling water. As for chili pepper, this is perhaps the most needed ingredient in Thai Tom Yam Kung soup. You will regulate the pungency of the soup yourself, if you put the whole pepper pod, then the pungency will not be very noticeable, if you cut into pieces, you will already feel the piquancy.

Oyster mushrooms need to be selected into long pieces, we also cut the onion and tomatoes into large pieces. We also cut the green onions into large, long stems, about 3 centimeters in length, put them in a separate place, we need the onions at the very end.

We clean the shrimp, you know how to clean it, there is nothing complicated here. Well, everything seems to have been cut, you can start cooking Thai Tom Yam Kung soup, and for this we put a pot of water and wait for it to boil. Put ginger root, lime leaves and lemongrass into boiling water. If you decide to cook Thai soup with tofu cheese or chicken, then the first thing to do is toss them into the water and wait until they are half done.

After one minute of boiling, after dropping the first ingredients into boiling water, start tossing onions and a teaspoon of sugar, mushrooms, fish sauce in the right amount and lime. We try the broth, if something is missing, then we add it to our taste, I always do not have enough salt, so I pour in more than necessary. By the way, you can add fish sauce instead of salt.

Next, add the tomato and chili paste, wait another minute and add the required amount of coconut milk, as indicated in the detailed list of ingredients. Everything, the soup is ready, put the shrimps and remove from the heat. We close the lid and wait another three minutes until the soup is steamed.

We pour the soup into bowls, decorate with basil and green onions and here it is, the real Thai Tom Yam Kung soup in your home, a small piece of Thailand on your table! I completely forgot to remind you that according to Thai tradition, soup is served with a small plate of rice, rice makes it possible to dull the spiciness of the soup and replaces bread, so do not be alarmed if a portion of rice is served along with the soup in a restaurant. Happy travels to you with travel-picture.ru!