Yummy Tom Yum Soup

• 4 cups water
• 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into strips and smashed
• 3 slices fresh ginger
• 4 dried kaffir lime leaves
• 1 tablespoon tamarind paste, with or 1 tablespoon without seeds
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 300 g medium to large shrimp, shelled, deveined and butterflied if desired (optional) or 300 g some other protein like tofu, lentils
• 1/2 small onion, sliced
• 2 tablespoons roasted chili paste
• 1 punnet halved button mushroom
• oil or butter for frying mushroom
• 5 g dried wild mushrooms, plus warm water to soak them
• 12 fresh whole chilies (I used chilli flakes) or 2 medium sized jalepeno chilies, cut lengthwise into strips (I used chilli flakes)
• 1 small tomatoes, cut into wedges
• 1 small lime, juice of
• 2 spring onions
• 2 sprigs fresh coriander

1. 1.tightly fry mushrooms in oil or butter. Soak dried mushrooms in warm water for 20 min.
2. 2.tring water to boil over high heat.
3. 3.tdd the lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves, tamarind paste and fish sauce.
4. 4.tdd the prawns, bring to a boil, and cook for three minutes.
5. 5.tdd the onion, chilli paste and mushrooms.
6. 6.toil for another 7 minutes until the shrimp is cooked through.
7. 7.tdd the chilli peppers, spring onions and tomatoes.
8. 8.turn off the heat.
9. 9.tdd the lime juice.
10. 10.taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
11. 11.tarnish with coriander.

water, stalks lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves, tamarind paste, fish sauce, shrimp, onion, roasted chili paste, mushroom, oil, wild mushrooms, chilies, tomatoes, lime, spring onions, coriander

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/yummy-tom-yum-soup-418671 (may not work)