Tom Kha Gai

Let's take a break for a while from all the so many holiday stories of my KK trip recently. Honestly, there are many more to come...... so, just brace yourself for this few more days, ok.

For today's buka puasa menu, I have prepared this special dish for both me & Marsya. It was a few years ago while I was in Bangkok that I first tasted this soup. It tasted very similar to Tom Yam - it's just that this particular Tom Yam has a coconut milk inside it, which makes it milkier than the normal Tom Yam.

Since it was love at a first taste, I straight away googled for the recipe the moment I'm back in KL. Of all the recipes I've tried, with some minor modification, this has proven to be the best.


Ingredients

400 gm chicken meat
1 cube of chicken stock
1 bulb galanghal, sliced
5 lemon grass, crushed
3 kaffir lime leaves, torn
100 gm straw mushrooms
4 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
3 cups of thin coconut milk
10 bird's eye chillies, bruised


How To

1. Bring to boil the chicken stock along with lemon grass, galanghal & lime leaves.

2. Add the chicken, mushroom, salt, lime juice, fish sauce & sugar.

3. Simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Add the coconut milk & chillies.

5. Bring almost to boil, stirring frequently, then remove from heat.

6. Ready to serve.


Tips : Add other vegetables like cauliflower, carrot, celery & sweet peas for varieties.


There you go. For a change, why not surprise your family with this special soup today. I'm sure they'll be pleasantly satisfied with this surprise menu.

Happy trying !