Recipe of the Month

TOM YAM GUNG
Spicy Prawn soup with lemon grass

Ingredients
1.	Prawns	300		Gr.
2.	Chicken stock	4 - 5		Cups
3.	Lemon Grass, lightly pounded	2		Stalks
4.	Fish sauce	8		Tbsp.
5.	Fresh galangal	12		Slivers
6.	Straw mushrooms	100		Gr.
7.	Kaffir lime leaves	8
8.	Lemon juice	8		Tbsp.
9.	Small chillies red	4
10.	Coriander root	2
11.	Burned chilli paste	1		Tbsp.
Preparation
1.	Shell the prawns without removing the tails.
2.	Pour the chicken stock into a saucepan, add the lemon grass, coriander and galangal, boil for 5 minutes.
3.	Add the prawns and mushrooms and simmer until the prawns turn pink add the kiffir lime leaves, chillies, fish sauce, lime juice and chilli paste.
4.	Remove from the heat and sprinkle with coriander leaves.