Greg's fake tom yam with noodles

Work in progress

This is a dish that I faked on 13 August 2023. It has little to do with real Tom Yam except the name on the paste I used:

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It's really closer to my recipe for curry laksa. It's still an experiment, so it will change, if I ever decide to make it again.

Ingredients

Per portion, except for the broth.

quantity	ingredient	step
1 sachet	Teans Gourmet Tom Yam paste	1
	water to 1250 ml	1

2	fish balls	2
60 g	pok choi, choi sam or similar, chopped	2

50 g	squid rings,	3
60 g	prawns	3
40 g	bean sprouts	3

150 g	Cooked noodles	4

Preparation

Mix the paste with water. Bring to the boil.
Divide the mixture into 5 portions of 250 g each. Freeze the ones not needed. Add the fish balls and pok choi stems to the remaining broth portions, bring to the boil, turn off and leave to stand for at least 10 minutes.
Shortly before serving, add the remaining ingredients, including the pok choi leaves, and bring to the boil. Heat the noodles in a microwave oven (30 s for a 1200 W oven). Pour the soup over the noodles. Serve.

Discussion

The paste originally wanted to have a volume of 900 cm³ when mixed. I found that too little, so I increased to 1250 cm³. Currently I think that that could make 5 portions.