5 thai eggplant soup Recipes

globe eggplant, divided, yellow onion, divided, garlic, minced, scallions, chopped and divided, white beans, divided, fresh basil, chopped and divided, red pepper, diced & roasted, coconut milk, vegetable broth or 1 cup chicken broth, dry sherry, soy sauce or 2 tsp braggs liquid aminos, fish sauce (optional if you don tsp have it , but it adds nice flavor)

water or chicken stock or vegetable stock, uncooked shrimp or prawns, unpeeled, stalk lemongrass, sliced, kaffir lime leaves stem removed and torn * 1/2 cup straw mushrooms cut in half, pea eggplant (eggplant cubed into small pieces will do), kaffir leaves stem removed and torn, thai fish sauce, fresh lime juice, sliced fresh dried or matured galangal, red bird s eye chilies * 1 tbsp fresh chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves

corn oil, thai red curry paste, skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide strips, green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths, japanese eggplants , cut into 1-inch pieces, canned low-salt chicken broth, canned unsweetened coconut milk, fish sauce (nam pla), chopped fresh basil

cooking oil, curry paste, to taste (the more you use , the hotter the dish, can be found in chinese or ethnic food section, look for tast), coconut milk (you can use regular or lite ), chicken or 1/2 lb shrimp or 1/2 lb beef or 1/2 lb fish, thai fish sauce (also in ethnic section), lime , juice of, lemon , juice of, red pepper flakes, basil leaves, kaffir lime leaves , torn (optional), bamboo shoot, straw mushroom, red bell peppers or green bell pepper, potato, chinese eggplant, japanese eggplant (round, light green with darker stripes, range in size from a large bean up to a small orange and are), green beans, zucchini