Story Title: Tom yum soup
Episode 4: WA's Great Gardens
Date: 6th June 2010
Presenter: Neville Passmore

Aside from being one of the most popular soups in the world, Tom Yum Soup has many health benefits.

Tom Yum Soup

Ingredients

• 5 cups of chicken stock.
• 4 stalks of lemon grass cut into thin slices.
• 2 cms of galangal or substitute with ginger, sliced.
• 5 kaffir lime leaves (dried ones are readily available).
• 18 raw prawns shelled.
• 200gms of halved mushrooms.
• 7 fresh chillies sliced.
• 1/3 of a cup of coriander leaves and stems chopped.
• 4 tablespoons of lime juice.
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce.
• 1 teaspoon of sugar.

Method

• Simmer the prawn shells in a small amount of stock for extra flavour.
• Discard shells and bring stock to the boil, add lemon grass, ginger and lime and lime verbena leaves. Boil for two to three minutes then add prawns and mushrooms.
• When the prawns are cooked (about 1 minute) remove the pan from the heat and add the rest of the ingredients and let it stand for 5 minutes. Serve with coriander.

• Neville features herbs from his garden grown fresh from Swan Valley Nursery
• Mushrooms supplied by Crown Mushrooms
• Prawns supplied by Drover's Fish Market

Contact

Swan Valley Nursery
143 Wilson Road
MIDDLE SWAN WA, 6056
P: 08 9274 8608
F: 08 9274 4993
www.swanvalleynursery.com.au

Crown Mushrooms
163 Belgrade Rd
Wanneroo WA 6065
P: 08 9405 1636
www.crownmushrooms.com.au

Drovers Fish Market
1397 Wanneroo Road, Wanneroo WA 6065
Corner of Wanneroo Road & Joondalup Drive (next to Botanical Golf) View Map
P: 08 9405 7753
F: 08 9405 7759
E: office@droversfishmarket.com.au
www.droversfishmarket.com.au

Opening Hours
8am till 6pm
7 days a week