Spicy mixed vegetable soup with prawns (Gaeng liang goong)


Spicy mixed vegetable soup with prawns (Gaeng liang goong)

Ingredient
  • 1 cup (4 oz) prawns - washed peeled and deveined
  • 2 cups (16 fl oz) chicken stock or water
  • 1 cup (31/2 oz) pumpkin - cut into bite pieces
  • 6 baby corn - each cut into 3
  • 1/2 cup (2 oz) straw mushrooms - cut in 1/2
  • 2 courgettes
  • 2 tablespoons coriander root - chopped
  • 3 tablespoons shallots - chopped
  • 3 tablespoons garlic - chopped
  • 1 big, red chilli - chopped
  • 1/2 oz young green peppercorns
  • 3 tablespoons ground dried shrimps
  • 1 tablespoon white peppercorn
  • 1 cup (3 fl oz) water

Preparation
1.Put all the ingredients for the paste into a blender and blend until smooth.
2.Once it is smooth put the paste into a pan along with the chicken stock and bring to the boil. Add the pumpkin and babycorn and cook for 2 minute.
3.Then add the mushrooms and courgettes and cook for a further 2 minutes.
4.Add the lemon basil and fish sauce followed by the prawns and cook for 2 minutes. Serve.