Tom Kha Gai (Chicken in Galangal Soup)

"Tom kha gai is a hot sweet soup made with coconut milk, chicken and lemongrass. The name literally translates to boiled galangal chicken. The fried chillies add a smoky flavor as well as texture, color and heat, but not so much that it overwhelms the soup."

From Wikipedia

Ingredients


200 Grams of Chicken Breast, Cut in bit size
1 1/2 Cup of Coconut Milk
6 Slices of Galangal

3 Lime Leaves, Cut in half
3 Smashed Shallots
3 Lemongrasses, Cut in half
10 Mushrooms
1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
1 1/2 Tablespoon of Fish Sauce
3 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice
5 Small Chillies, Smashed

Directions:

1. Heat coconut milk with galangal, shallots, lemongrasses and lime leaves until boil.
2. Add chicken and mushrooms.

3. Serve in a bowl. Season with fish sauce, salt, lemon juice and chillies (to taste).

Tom Yum Gung Fried Rice

Tom Yum Gung Fried Rice is like killing two birds with one stone. Am I using the right idiom?? Anyways! It's very easy to cook and very delicious as well. The ingredients used is more of less like the ones used in Tom Yum Kung, but add the rice. So, shall we start with the cooking?

Ingredients:

5 Shrimps
2 Lime Leaves, shredded

2 Lemongrasses, shredded

3 Small Chillies, shredded

2 Tablespoons of Fish Sauce
2 Tablespoons of Lime Juice
2 Tablespoons of Chilli Paste

1 Teaspoon of Sugar
1 Cup of Rice

Directions:

1. Heat oil and add shrimps, lime leaves, lemongrasses and chillies. Stir-fry unitl the shrimps are cooked.
2. Add the chilli paste into the pan. Mix the ingredients well.
3. Add rice and mix the ingredients together. Season with lime juice, fish sauce and sugar to taste.