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

