5 thai style hot soup Recipes

red curry paste, chopped garlic, chopped ginger (preferably galanga), kaffir lime leaves, firm tofu cake, drained and cubed, chicken/ vegetable stock, onion, chopped, carrots, peeled and sliced thinly, green bell peppers, sliced, shitake mushrooms, cleaned and halved, bamboo shoots (available in cans at asian food stores), corn or tapioca flour dissolved in 1/4 cup of water, juice from 1/2 a lime, stalks of cilantro or coriader leaves, chopped for garnishing, fish sauce : according to taste, minced shrimp or shredded chicken

ham hock, stalks lemongrass, crushed and sliced thin, nuoc nam, sugar, sea salt, shrimp paste (mam ruoc), black pepper, boneless sirloin, boneless pork loin, rice noodles, cooked, bean sprouts, thai holy basil (regular basil ok), fresh mint, fresh cilantro, sambal oelek or 4 tsp hot chili sauce, fresh thai red chili peppers (optional), lime, cut into quarters

dried rice vermicelli (sometimes referred to as rice stick noodles), vegetable stock (5 cups), stalk lemongrass , pale section only thinly sliced, fresh kaffir lime leaves , roughly torn, fresh red chilies , deseeded and thinly sliced, cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced or 1 tsp bottled grated gingerroot, green beans , topped and cut into 3cm lengths, button mushrooms, halved, peeled green prawns (present nicely with tail left intact), tomatoes, halved, fresh lime juice

reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth, lime zest (long strips), lemongrass, halved and crushed, habanero pepper, minced, shiitake mushroom, thinly sliced, shrimp, peeled and deveined, lime juice, nam pla , sauce, tomato, cut into wedges, green onions, thinly sliced, light coconut milk, fresh cilantro, chopped, dark sesame oil, snow peas, trimmed, fresh ginger, minced, low sodium soy sauce, black pepper