Fish ball with cucumber soup is delicious and easy to make at home. All you need fish paste and cucumber which easy to find at local market.
Fish ball and Cucumber Soup
Fish ball with cucumber soup is delicious and easy to make at home. All you need fish paste and cucumber which easy to find at local market.
2
servings30
minutes30
minutes677
kcal1
hourIngredients
1 lb (450 gram) of fresh or frozen grounded fish paste (sold at most Asian market)
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 stalks of green onions, chopped
4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large cucumber, cut in half and sliced
A handful of chopped fresh cilantro
A dash of black pepper
- For authentic Khmer soup (with pahok)when water boiled add:
1/4 cup fresh or frozen minced lemon grass
1/2 tablespoon creamy style pickle fish (pahok)
1 tablespoon roasted rice powder
Directions
- In a large bowl, mix grounded fish paste with fish sauce, sugar, black pepper, oil and green onion together, mix well, dips your hand in water to prevent sticking, take some marinated grounded fish rolls in to small ball,when done set a side.
- Cook water in a soup pot till water bubbling, carefully drops fishballs in to boiling water, stirs.
- Seasoning soup with fish sauce, sugar and salt, stirs well.
- Add cucumber and cook it for about 5 minutes.
- Top with green onion, cilantro and black pepper.
- Serve hot with rice or with hot crusty bread.
- Note:If you like pahok add lemon grass when you boiled water.
- Add pahok and roasted rice powder when you seasoning soup.
- Add cucumber and cook 5 minutes, top with green onion and black pepper.
- Serve with hot rice
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 2g
- Calories: 677kcal
- Fat: 35g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Cholesterol: 77mg
- Sodium: 3203mg
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 4g
- Sugar: 12g
- Protein: 37g
