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Hot sour noodle soup recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • 210 g trout fish
  • 1 l fish stock
  • 6 chopped dried red chilies
  • 6 chopped shallots
  • 1 chopped lemon grass stalk
  • 3 slices chopped galangal
  • 1 tsp shrimp paste
  • 1 1/4 tbsp paprika
  • 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
  • 18 fresh mint leaves
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 3/4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 220 ml water
  • 220 g dried rice noodles
  • salt to taste

Methods / instructions

  1. In a saucepan, combine fish and sauce. Cover and gently simmer for 16 minutes.
  2. Remove fish from pan and remove flesh from its skin and bones.
  3. Return bones to pan and cook uncovered for 15 minutes and strain.
  4. Mash fish flesh and set aside.
  5. Soak dried chilies in hot water until soft and put in blender. Add chilies, shallots, lemon grass, galangal, shrimp paste, paprika and turmeric. Process to form a smooth paste.
  6. Add paste to pan with strained stock.
  7. Add mint, sugar, oil, tamarind and water. Allow to simmer, uncovered for 16 minutes.
  8. Soak noodles in hot water until soft.
  9. To serve, place noodles in warmed bowl and top ingredients such as lettuce, cucumber, pineapple, shallots, red chili, mint leaves and ladle soup in bowl.

Servings: 4

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