tom som spicy and sour fish soup

Ingredients tom som spicy and sour fish soup

1 kg fish filletor whole fish chopped
700 ml fish stock or any stocckor water
4 lemongrass / chopped and crushed
2 sliced of galangal
6 kaffir lime leaves
15 fresh hot chili crushed
5 dried chili chopped
8 cherry tomatoor 2 tomato quartered
8 fresh sour green tamarindor 2 tabs lime juice
1/2 tbsp tamarind paste
2 tbsp fishsauce
6 shallots
1 bunch each spring onionscorianderssweet basils
1 tsp salt to taste

how to make tom som spicy and sour fish soup

The dish need aroma of herbs in ingredients,so first of all bring those herbs to roast in pan on medium heat until,keep stir to protect from burning

Meanwhile bring stock to boil with fresh tamarind and tamrind paste,after 5 mins add all roasted herbs,let in boil

After another 5 mins to let the sour taste come out from both tamarind,start to seasoning soup by fish sauce,then add in fish sliced,let it cook without stir approximately 5 mins for fish pieces,3 mins for sliced fish fillets

After 5 mins ,add dried chili,taste the soup ,this soup must be mildy sour,spicy and sweet by fresh fish ,add salt if need ,add coriander,spring onion,sweet basil,stir,heat off

Serve this soup hot with steamed jasmine rice ,garnish with dried chili and sweet basilsl,coriander :)