As this is a vegetarian soup you can use a bought vegetable stock bouillon, but it's best if you make your own vegetable stock by simmering an onion or two, a head of garlic plus a bunch of trimmings from white or Asian cabbage, spring onions, ginger and a bit of celery for 20-30 mins.

Thai Style Simple Soup Of Silken Tofu, Asian Mushrooms & Morning Glory

Thai Style Simple Soup Of Silken Tofu, Asian Mushrooms & Morning Glory

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 20 mins

Ready in: 15 mins

Ingredients:

  • 200g morning glory, cut into 3 inch lengths
  • 1 ltr vegetable stock ideally homemade (see intro)
  • 1.5 tbsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp white sugar
  • A pinch of ground white pepper
  • 4 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 200g mixed Asian mushrooms - like shimeji, oyster or king oyster, cut or torn into bite sized pieces
  • 2 inches of ginger cut into batons (julienne)
  • 4 spring onions, finely sliced
  • Approx 250g silken tofu
  • 1 tbsp deep fried garlic in oil (see below for method*)
  • A few picked coriander leaves

*To make the fried garlic in oil - pound 6 garlic cloves in a pestle and mortar until a fairly fine paste (or finely chop) then fry in 4 tablespoons of plain oil until light golden in colour.

Drain the garlic, reserving the oil. When the oil has cooled, return the garlic. This will keep for two weeks in a sealed container.

Method:

  1. First blanch the morning glory: bring a pot of water to a rapid boil, add a pinch of salt, then throw in the morning glory. Boil for 30 secs, now drain and refresh under cool running water, draining again and setting aside for later.
  2. Bring the veg stock to the boil. Add the salt, sugar, soy sauce and white pepper.
  3. Now add the mushrooms and simmer for about 5 mins.
  4. Now take 4 soup bowls and divide between them the ginger batons, sliced spring onion, blanched morning glory and spooned chunks of the silken tofu.
  5. Add a teaspoon of fried garlic in oil to each bowl and then ladle over the mushroom and soup stock.
  6. Garnish with coriander leaves

Recipe courtesy of Singha


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