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Home Kitchen Recipe | Shrimp Tom Yum (Tomyam Goong) Soup
Written by Shirley T   
Wednesday, 30 December 2009 08:35



Tom Yum or Tomyam is a popular soup originates from Thailand and Laos. Even though Laos tom yum does not make a presence outside its own country, Thai tom yum on the opposite seems to be one of the most famous Thai cuisine worldwide. In fact, tom yum is widely served in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.  
Home cooked Tomyam Goong (Shrimp Tomyam)
Characterized by distinct hot and sour flavors in the soup, tom yum is prepared using plenty of fragrant herbs and spices. A good tom yum lies in the taste of its broth. Generally, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, shallots, lime juice, fish sauce, tamarind, ginger and chili peppers are the so-called must ingredients to cook a basic broth. A lot of hard work is also required including pounding the herbs and stir-frying them in oil.

However in my case whereby searching for these ingredients is truly challenging, I opted to import a bottle of instant tom yum paste. In my first attempt, I did share in my early installment on how to cook Tom Yum Gai or Chicken Tomyam. This round I am going to experiment with shrimps which is called 'Goong' in Thai.

Read on and find out how my Tom yum Goong is prepared.
Fresh ingredients for Tomyum
Ingredients (Serving for 4)
2   tbsp Instant Tom Yum Paste - Brand: Tae Pee, imported from Thailand
4   cup water
1/2 pound soft shell and headless shrimps
2   tomato - diced
2 lemon grass
1/2 onion - diced
1/2 cup mint leaves
1/2 tsp sugar
Fresh Shrimps
Method
1. Grab a medium saucepan. Pour water and put on rapid heat to boil.
2. Once the water is boiled, put in shrimps and instant Tom Yum paste.
3. Turn to medium heat. Add in onion, lemon grass then tomato and simmer for 30-40 minutes.
Shrimps in tomyum soup
4. Season with sugar.
5. Place in a bowl for serving. Garnish with mint leaves.
Irresistible and aromatic bowl of Tomyam
Bon Appetit!

Tips: Tom yum soup and other dishes can be served with plain rice. Alternatively, scald some soaked/soften rice noodles or instant noodle and place into the soup. The tangy savory taste of Tomyam soup is absolutely mouth-watery!

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written by Lukman , June 02, 2010

Very yummy,,
Look very delicious

Thank you
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