Alkaline Recipe #20 Tom Yum Soup

This is a very special one that I discovered on my recent trip to Thailand. I took a Thai cooking lesson and couldn’t believe how alkaline the food was – and where it wasn’t – it was so easy to make more alkaline!

Tom Yum has always been one of my favourite Thai meals, nice and spicy and refreshing at the same time. What more could you ask for.

So here we go:

Ross’ Alkaline Tom Yum Soup

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 stick of lemongrass
1-2 red chillis
1/2 brown onion cut into large chunks
Small amount, two small strips of Galangal
Similar amount of fresh ginger
2 Keffir Lime leaves
2 cloves of garlic
2 Tomatoes quartered
Handful of coriander
Bragg Liquid Amino’s or Soy Sauce (Bragg is more alkaline)
600ml of Vegetable Stock (made with Vegetable Bouillon or yeast-free stock cubes)
As much tofu as you’d like cubed

First, prepare all of the flavours. So chop a few thin strips of ginger and galangal, cut the stem from the chilli and bash it with the flat part of the knife (you don’t need to chop), cut the lemongrass into 1.5 inch pieces and bash flat. Bash the garlic and rip the lime leaves into two. You should be salivating at the smell of these flavours by now.

Now, throw those flavoursome pieces into a large pot with the stock and the onion. Once it has come to the boil add the tofu. Two mins later add the tomato and a minute after that add the coriander and beansprouts if you fancy, then remove from the heat and serve immediately.

The soup should be hot and tasty. If you want it sweeter and are happy to be less than 100% alkaline you can add a pinch of brown sugar. Season with salt and pepper.

I love it without the sugar but hey, you might want to take the edge off the chilli!

Enjoy!

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