Hot & Sour Prawn Soup Recipe (Tom Yaan Goong)
Thai Selection - Microwave Cooking Recipes

Garnish:

Method:

1. Shell and de-vein prawns, leaving the tails intact. Retain the heads and shells.

2. Heat oil in a saucepan, add prawn heads and shells and stir-fry on HIGH 5 minutes. Then add water and bring to boil on HIGH 12 to 15 minutes. Drain and let soup continue to boil.

3. Place garlic, coriander roots and pepper corns in a mortar and pound into a smooth paste.

4. Stir the spice paste into soup, add lemon grass, ginger, lime leaves, prawns, clams and let soup boil on HIGH 5 minutes.

5. Add fish sauce. lime juice, chili and straw mushrooms, and continue to boil for another 3 minutes.

6. When soup is ready, garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Serve 4