NOT TNT --Chiva-Som spicy vegetable soup (kaeng liang)

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Chiva-Som spicy vegetable soup (kaeng liang)

 

 

Serving size: Serves 4

Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes

 

 

 

Chiva-Som's spicy vegetable soup recipe, as seen on Channel 9's

Celebrity Overhaul series. This quantity serves four people, has 130

calories and 1.4g of fat.

 

INGREDIENTS

 

 

2 cm fresh galangal

3 shallots

1 tsp brown miso paste

1 tsp ground black pepper

100g straw mushrooms

1 cup fresh baby corn — cooked

200g pumpkin

1 medium sponge gourd

2 spring onions

1 litre vegetable stock

1 tsp light soy sauce

Half a cup of Thai sweet basil leaves

 

 

 

 

METHOD

 

 

Pound the pepper, galangal, shallots and miso paste together in a

mortar to mix to a paste. Alternatively, place all in a blender. The

mixture need not be smooth. Place the spice mix in a saucepan with

the vegetable stock.

 

 

Cut the pumpkin and ground into cubes. Cut the baby corn to the same

size. Roughly chop the mushrooms and add to the pot with the pumpkin

and corn and cook until the pumpkin is tender. Add the sponge gourd

and continue to simmer until just done. Adjust the seasoning with

the soy sauce. Remove from the heat an add basil leaves to serve.