Day 24 – Clear fish soup (Tom Sum Plah)

Clear fish soup (Tom Sum Plah)

1. To make the paste add the White pepper corns to a mortar and pound to a powder
2. Add salt, coriander root and onion and pound to a paste
3. Add shrimp paste and mix. put to one side
4. In a pot on a medium heat boil stock
5. Add the 1Tab of the paste from above and boil until combined
6. Add mushrooms and ginger.  Mix and bring back to the boil
7. Add fish fillet.
8. Allow to simmer for approximately 5 minutes.  Skim any scum from the top of the soup
9. Add fish sauce and palm sugar.  Dissolve sugar and taste and adjust
10. Add red spur chilli and spring onion and serve