http://diy-thai-food-recipes.blogspot.com/2007/08/spicy-mixed-vegetable-soup-with-prawns.html
This is a simple and healthy dish to make. The sauce is a mix of water
and vegetables which makes it taste completely different from all the
coconut milk curries.
Ingredient
o 1 cup (4 oz) prawns - washed peeled and deveined
o 2 cups (16 fl oz) chicken stock or water
o 1 cup (31/2 oz) pumpkin- cut into bite pieces
o 6 baby corn - each cut into 3
o 1/2 cup (2 oz) straw mushrooms - cut in 1/2
o 2 courgettes
Paste
o 2 tablespoons coriander root - chopped
o 3 tablespoons shallots- chopped
o 3 tablespoons garlic - chopped
o 1 big, red chilli - chopped
o 1/2 oz young green peppercorns
o 3 tablespoons ground driedshrimps
o 1 tablespoon white peppercorn
o 1 cup (3 fl oz) water
Preparation
Put all the ingredients for the paste into a blender and blend until
smooth. Once it is smooth put the paste into a pan along with the
chicken stock and bring to the boil. Add the pumpkin and babycorn and
cook for 2 minute. Then add the mushrooms and courgettes and cook for
a further 2 minutes.
Add the lemon basil and fish sauce followed by the prawns and cook for
2 minutes. Serve.
Middle-hot
Serve 4 as part of a Thai meal
Preparation and cooking time : 20 minute
