Sweet and Sour Shrimps Soup

Posted by: angelina  /  Category: Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon Cooking oil
  • 4 cloves Garlic, peeled and chopped
  • 400 g Shrimps, shelled and de-veined
  • 1 liter Stock
  • 4 Ladies fingers (okra), sliced
  • 2 Tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 300 g Pineapple, peeled and sliced
  • 75 g Yam, peeled and sliced
  • 25 g Bean sprouts
  • 50 g Tamarind pulp
  • 3 tablespoons Fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt, or to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground white pepper, or to taste
  • 2 Thai parsley leaves, chopped For garnishing
  • 1 Red chili, sliced For garnishing

Instructions

  1. In a wok, heat oil and stir fry garlic until fragrant. Remove garlic and set aside for garnishing.
  2. Using the same oil, cook shrimps for 5 minutes.
  3. Pour in stock and bring to the boil until shrimps are cooked or turn colour.
  4. Add ladies’ fingers, tomatoes, pineapple, yam and bean sprouts.
  5. Reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes.
  6. Add tamarind pulp and fish sauce, sugar and salt to taste.
  7. Ladle soup into a large bowl.
  8. Sprinkle with pepper and garnish with parsley, sliced chili and fried garlic.
  9. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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