thai coconut soup
Thai Coconut Soup
Tom Kha Gai or Thai coconut soup is a traditional Thai soup and is very easy to make. Read this article for some information and recipes.
There comes a time in every mother's life when she gets extremely frustrated, because her kids just won't eat! They refuse anything healthy because it doesn't taste good. Can't really blame them. How many of you (I'm speaking to all the mommies reading this) actually like broccoli or, as a kid, ate your vegetables without complaining? But your worrying days are over. I have a delicious solution to your problem. 3 words - Thai coconut soup! Yes, once your kids get a taste of this yummy soup, you'll have them eating out of your (err..) bowls!
Vegetarian Thai Coconut Soup
Generally, Thai coconut soup uses chicken, but for all the vegetarians, here's an amazing vegetarian soup recipe that tastes just the same. For cooking this soup follow the steps below.
Ingredients:
- Vegetable broth (water, salt, sugar, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, and chilli sauce mixed, boiled, and strained), 3 cups
- Red onion, 1 (sliced)
- Garlic cloves, 6 (minced)
- Olive oil, 2 tbsp
- Coconut milk, 2 cans (12 ounce each)
- Shiitake mushrooms, 2 cups
- Galangal/ginger, 10-12 slices
- Carrots, 2 (thinly sliced)
- Lemongrass, 1 inch, 10 - 12
- Red chili pepper, 4
- Tofu, chopped (cubes), 16 ounce
- Lemon, 1
- Cilantro, 4 tbsp
- Prepare the vegetable broth beforehand, as indicated.
- Use a big soup pot and take the onions, mushrooms, garlic, and carrots and sauté them in the olive oil for a bit, till they get a reddish tinge.
- Then, add the broth, coconut milk, chili pepper, lemongrass, tofu and squeeze the juice of the lemon into the mixture.
- Keep this mixture on a low flame till it begins to simmer (approximately 20 - 25 minutes).
- Stir regularly to remove any lumps that may form in the broth.
- Before serving, add the fresh cilantro.
- Chicken stock, 17 ounce
- Coconut milk, 17 ounce can
- Galangal or ginger, 1 tbsp (chopped)
- Lemongrass, 5 - 6
- Kaffir lime leaves, 2
- Green/red chillies, 2-3 (or as per your requirement)
- Fish sauce, 4 tbsp
- Sugar, 1 tbsp
- Chicken (breast, cubed)
- Lemon, 1
- Coriander, for garnishing
- Take a saucepan and put the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, chicken stock, ginger, and coconut milk in it.
- Let it simmer for around 6 - 7 minutes.
- Then add the remaining ingredients except for the lemon.
- Cook the mixture for about 10 minutes.
- Stir it at regular intervals as the mixture may have a tendency of forming lumps at places.
- Once the soup begins to boil, turn off the flame, pour it in bowls, garnish it with fresh coriander and serve with Thai fried rice!