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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Easy Shrimp Tom Yum


My sister bought some packets of Tom Yum paste from her trip
to Thailand.Since I was feeling adventurous, I decided to try it.

I bought some mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea)to go with it.
These mushrooms are dear to me. I took a Mushroom culture
class in UPLB. My family used to cultivate them using banana
leaves.

Everyday we would wake up around 3:00am to harvest the
mushrooms and by 5:00am I would be on a bus going to
Quezon City to deliver it to Crossings market in Cubao.
Traffic was not a problem then. The trip would only take me
an hour. By 8:00am I would be in UPLB for my first class.

Tom yum paste, checked. Mushrooms, checked. Shrimps
(I brought with me from my GenSan trip), checked.
From our garden I got kaffir leaves, lemon grass and dayap
(local lemon). Now I'm ready for my first Tom Yum.


1 packet Tom Yum paste
200g deveined shrimps
200g mushrooms
1-2 kaffir leaves
1 stalk of lemon grass
fish sauce
dayap juice to taste
3 cups water

Submerge the packet in hot water for a minute. Cut open,
the paste will come out easily.

Boil lemon grass and kaffir leaves in 3 cups water.
Add the paste and bring to a boil. Add the shrimps and
mushrooms. When cooked, add fish sauce and dayap
juice to taste. It's that easy!

6 comments:

  1. Sounds simple and perfect.

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  2. I love loves tom yum. I always crave it when I'm sick.

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  3. wow, luto rin ako nito...soon!

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  4. Hi! It looks tasty...parang Vietnamese Beff Stew here in Palawan ang hitsura. Is it available in malls..the tom yum I mean. :)

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  5. yup. the paste is available in the spice section. I have yet to try that Vietnamese Beef Stew. Mayeb next time I get to visit Palawan :D

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  6. Hmmm I love tom yum soup! So good!

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