Tomyam | Good Food

Ingredients

• 2 liters fish stock, 1% pt
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups tom yam paste
• 2 stalks lemongrass, sliced into rings
• 8 slices fresh galangal root
• 8 kaffir lime leaves, torn into three pieces each leaf (Thai lime leaves taste like grapefruit leaves of Vietnam)
• 3 tablespoons chili paste, roasted (or dried chili powder)
• 16 button mushrooms, cut in half (straw or abalone mushrooms are fine
• 8 hot chili peppers, to taste
• 16 button mushrooms, cut in half (straw or abalone mushrooms are fine)
• 16 king prawns (raw)
• 8 large squid, cut its horizontally body, into rings, size approximately 1or 2 inch thick
• 8 pieces fish fillets (Red snapper, mackerel, salmon or snake head fish, etc..., option)
• 3 lbs clams (or mussels)
• 8 tablespoons lime juice, fresh
• 9 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons coriander, chopped (special coriander, called ''Rau ram'' in Vietnamese)
• 2 tablespoons spring onions, finely sliced
• 5 Tomatoes, the average size, 2 tomatoes cut into six equal pieces. 3 tomatoes cut into diced
• 2 yellow onions, sliced
• 16 coriander leaves, just to garnish
• 2 cups coconut milk (if you like)