Sour and Spicy Mushroom Soup (Tom Yam Het Sot)


Sour and Spicy Mushroom Soup  (Tom Yam Het Sot)

Ingredients:
  • 7 rice-straw mushrooms, cut in half
  • 5 Bhutanese oyster mushrooms, torn into bite-size pieces
  • 2 seasoned shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 Chinese soup celery plant, cut into
  • 2-inch lengths
  • 5 hot chilies, sliced in half lengthwise
  • 3 disk-shapped slices of galangal
  • 2 lemon grass stems, cut diagonally Into 2-inch lengths
  • 2kaffir lime leaves
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp lime Juice
  • 1 cup water

Preparation :
1. Pour the water into a pot, put in the galangal, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, and chilies, and place on the heat.

2. When the water boils, add the three kinds of mushrooms.

3. Season with the sugar and soy sauce, and when everything is done, add the celery, turn off the heat, and add the lime juice. Taste additionally if desired, serve.