Strawberry for break-fasting

We were out of dates the other day, so we decided to break our fast with some sumptuously sweet strawberry

Recipe: Tom Yam Chiang Mai Marinara

Here is the recipe for Tom Yam Chiang Mai Marinara. The recipe is composed from several recipes i got from the net and made into one. It's not an original recipe whatsoever. According to those who tasted my tomyam said it's pretty darn tasty and spicy. So as not to lose and have to again and again look for the recipes on the net i'm putting it into my blog for those who are interested and for my future reference :)

We'll start with ingredients first.

 These ingredients are prepared for a feast of 25 people. However, since we mostly don't cook for many often, i'll list down the recipe for a 5 person meal.

Ingredients

1/2 kilo prawn
1/2 kilo squid
100 g button mushroom
2 tomatoes
2 onions
2 bunch of coriander with its root
2 lemongrass
10 kaffir lime leaves100 g bird's eye chili or more

100 g dried chill 

50 ml fish sauce50 g ginger

5 cups of washed grain water (air basuhan beras)

Galangal (optional)

Tom Yam paste

Sugar and salt

Lemon juice

 Method

1. Pour the washed grain water into the pot and turn heat to medium-high. Put in coriander's root, lemongrass, onions, tomatoes, ginger, galangal and a few kaffir lime leaves.

2. Wait until it starts to boil and put in the tom yam paste and blended chillies (bird's eye chili and dried chili). Wait until boiling again.

3. Put in prawn and squid. Add fish sauce.

4. Wait until squid and prawn's cooked (usually only a few minutes) and add some sugar and salt.

5. Turn off the heat and pour in some lemon juice.

6. Serve with hot plain rice.

The marinara for the tom yam. I remove the fish cutlets from the mix because fish tend to cook faster and might disintegrate if put too long along with prawn, squid and mussels.

From left: Coriander, bird's eye chili, kaffir lime leaves.

The coriander. Note how i chopped the root from the bunches and string them into one.

The Tom Yam paste that i use. There are many varieties out there. Choose any of your liking.

The chilies after i blended them. To the spice connoisseur , the more the better.

Step 1. Pour the specified ingredients into the boiling pot. Basically you already got your tom yum at this stage.

The finished product. The orange and red hue come from the paste and chilies. You can add some coconut milk or creamy carnation milk to add some mild flavour and texture.

That's all for the tom yam recipe. It's really easy to make and tastes great. If you happen to try the recipe please share your experience here. Thanks :)