Name: Tomyam
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Thai

2 liters fish stock, 1% pt
4 tablespoons oil
6 tablespoons sugar
2 cups tom yam paste
2 stalks lemongrass, sliced into rings
8 slices fresh galangal root
8 kaffir lime leaves, torn into three pieces each leaf (Thai lime leaves taste like grapefruit leaves of Vietnam)
3 tablespoons chili paste, roasted (or dried chili powder)
16 button mushrooms, cut in half (straw or abalone mushrooms are fine
8 hot chili peppers, to taste
16 button mushrooms, cut in half (straw or abalone mushrooms are fine)
16 king prawns (raw)
8 large squid, cut its horizontally body, into rings, size approximately 1or 2 inch thick
8 pieces fish fillets (Red snapper, mackerel, salmon or snake head fish, etc..., option)
3 lbs clams (or mussels)
8 tablespoons lime juice, fresh
9 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons coriander, chopped (special coriander, called ''Rau ram'' in Vietnamese)
2 tablespoons spring onions, finely sliced
5 Tomatoes, the average size, 2 tomatoes cut into six equal pieces. 3 tomatoes cut into diced
2 yellow onions, sliced
16 coriander leaves, just to garnish
2 cups coconut milk (if you like)

Method

step 1
Clams (mussels): soak them in a bowl of water as soon as you've brought home from the shops, washed, and then pour into the pot, poured the water, then boil, when you see a clam shell opening, please take the pot off the stove. Pour the clam broth in a large bowl, to sediment (sand), and then take the meat inside the shells of clams on a small plate, set aside.
step 2
Boil the water first and then pour shrimp, squid, fish meat -- into the pot about 3 minutes, then remove it to the basket, drained, mixed with a little seasoning salt.
step 3
Place the saucepan on the stove, heat oil, add yellow onions, stir until the wonderful odor emitted, and turn yellow golden. Then add Roasted chilli paste, galangal, lemon grass and stir well to get up the scent.
step 4
Add the diced tomatoes, and continue to stir untill it soft, puor the Tom Yum Paste into it. stir for about 3 minutes.
step 5
Draw off the water (make sure no sand) of clam broth, pour into the pot and boil about 3 minutes to get up the scent.
step 6
Next, increase the heat and bring to the boil, add prawn, squid and fish into the saucepan and heat to boiling for 2 minutes, when shrimp and squid are just cooked, add the clams, mushrooms, the remaining tomatoes, fresh peppers to the pot and stir together briefly.

Tomyam