Gaeng Som Pla (Sour Soup with Fish and Swamp Cabbage)

Gaeng Som Pla

Ingredients :

• 4 bird eye’s chillies, finely sliced
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
• 4 shallots, finely sliced
• 1 tsp shrimp paste
• 500 gr white firm – fleshed fish, cut into 2 cm thick slices
• 5 cups swamp cabbage, washed well and cut into 4 cm sections
• 8 firm tomatoes, cut into 6 sections each
• Fish sauce, to lime juice, to taste taste
• brown sugar (optional)

Preparation Methods :

1. Pound the chillies with the salt until pasty.
2. Add garlic, shallots and shrimp paste, pounding each ingredient well, before adding the next
3. Heat 3 cups of water in a large pot.
4. When it comes to a boil add the paste and the swamp cabbage. Cook for a few minutes
5. Add the tomatoes & brown sugar, bring back to a boil
6. Add the fish, let simmer gently until cooked, about 3 – 4 minutes
7. Season the soup with fish sauce and lime juice to taste. It should be pleasantly sour and also a little bit salty