Spicy Mixed Vegetable Soup with Prawns
Gaeng Liang Goong - แกงเลียงกุ้ง
Description
Put all the ingredients for the paste into a mortar and pound using a pestle for about 10 minutes until the paste is smooth.
Ingredients
| 120 | g | prawns (washed, peeled and deveined) |
| 2 | c | chicken stock (or water) |
| 1 | c | pumpkin (cut into bite-sized pieces) |
| 6 | baby corn (cut into bite sized pieces) | |
| 1⁄2 | c | straw mushrooms (cut in half) |
| 2 | courgettes (sliced) | |
| 2 | T | fish sauce |
| 1 | c | lemon basil |
| paste | ||
| 2 | T | coriander root (chopped) |
| 3 | T | shallots (chopped) |
| 3 | T | garlic (chopped) |
| 1 | big, red chilli (chopped) | |
| 3 | green peppercorns (stalks of young) | |
| 3 | T | dried shrimps (ground) |
| 1 | t | white peppercornsc (crushed) |
Instructions
Put all the ingredients for the paste into a mortar and pound using a pestle for about 10 minutes until the paste is smooth. All the ingredients can also be put into a blender and liquidised. If the paste is too dry, then you may need to add some water.
Once the paste is smooth put the paste into a pan along with the chicken stock and bring to the boil. Add the pumpkin and baby corn and simmer for 2 minutes.
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 simmer for another 2 minutes until the prawns are cooked. Turn off the heat and serve.