Tom Yam StrawMushroom Soup

Tom Yam straw mushroom soup (requested by my friend nick – toast from irc)

Ingredients
1 yellow onion (quartered)
1 stalk of lemon grass (sliced)
4 pieces dried/fresh mushroom (sliced)
1 tbsp chilli powder
1.5 litre water
2 pieces of limau purut leaves (Kaffir Lime)
½ can of straw mushroom (halved)
4 chilli padi
2 tomatoes (quartered)
80ml lime juice
2 tbsp oil
¼ tsp salt

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, fry lemon grass and onion until fragrant. Add mushroom and chilli powder, then add water, bring to boil.

2. Add in straw mushroom, chilli padi and limau purut leaves to cook for 30 mins. Lastly add in tomato and lime juice, season with salt. Serve hot.
(recipe from ‘Grandma’s Soup’ cookbook)