Homemade Tom Yum Paste Food

THAI TOM YUM PASTE

Steps:

• Rinse then soak the dried red chilies in a bowl of warm water, and the tamarind paste in a separate small bowl in 1/4 cup of warm water. Allow the dried red chilies and the tamarind to soak for 15 minutes.
• Remove the seeds from the dried red chili as you slice them into 1-inch pieces.
• Gently squeeze the tamarind paste with your fingers to extract as much of the juice as possible. Discard the tamarind paste and seeds (if any).
• Pour the tamarind juice into a food processor along with the sliced dried red chili, fresh red chili, lemongrass, shallots, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, brown sugar, coconut oil, dried shrimp (optional), and cilantro leaves.
• Blend the ingredients into a paste.

QUICKIE TOM YUM SOUP

Steps:

• Set water to boil in a pot, add water and mix in tom yum soup.(NOTE:Unless the tom yum paste has instructions, follow as above to prepare the tom yum soup base.).
• Put garlic, celery, tomatoes, mushrooms, chicken and prawns inside the pot. Leave to boil.
• Add chicken, stock cube, salt and pepper. Leave to boil for another 5 - 10 minutes, until the fragrant smell of the soup wafts around the kitchen or until the oil from the tom yum soup appears on the surface on the soup.
• Garnish with coriander and serve.

TOM YUM PASTE

Steps:

• Use in Tom Yom soup or as a marinade and enjoy.