Tom Yam Seafood Recipes -
Ingredients
* 400 gms medium prawns
* 200 gms squid (cut into rings)
* 150 gms oyster mushrooms
* 100 gms baby corn (quarter-cut lengthwise)
* 3 tomatoes (quartered)
* 4 cups prawn / chicken stock
* Salt and sugar to taste
* 2 stalks lemon grass, bruised
* 4 kaffir lime leaves
* 4 fresh birds-eye chillies (cili padi)
* Lime juice to taste
* 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
* 2 onions cut into rings
* 2 tablespoon tom yam paste (can be obtained from supermarkets)
Method
- Shell and devein prawns. (The heads and shells can be boiled to make prawn stock)
- .Bring to boil 5 cups prawn / chicken stock. Add all the above ingredients (except prawns, squid, lime juice & coriander leaves) and simmer till baby corn and mushroom are cooked.
- Add prawns and squid and simmer for three minutes, or just until prawns and squid are cooked.
- Stir in lime juice to taste, making it nicely piquant. Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves
