Sweet Sour Spicy Star Fruit Soup

Delicious sweet, sour and spicy star fruit soup with Asian catfish is authentic recipe from Vietnam. Authentic recipe used tamarind pulps but I substituted for tamarind powder because it easier and faster to cook, and it taste just as good.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil | ||
1 clove of garlic, minced | ||
1 tablespoon of fresh or frozen minced lemon grass | ||
4 cups of water | ||
1 lb (450 gram) of frozen Asian catfish( rinsed well under water), or 0.50 kg filet basa or catfish (cut chunks) | ||
2 star fruits , sliced | ||
2 stalks of celery, chopped | ||
1 tablespoon of Knorr tamarind powder | ||
2 tablespoons of fish sauce | ||
2 tablespoons of sugar | ||
1 tomato, cut chunks | ||
2 stalks of green onion, chopped | ||
1/2 cup of chopped rice paddy herb (ma-om) | ||
2 chopped chili pepper or to your taste (option) |
Directions to make Sweet Sour Spicy Star Fruit Soup
- Pre-heat a soup pot.
- When soup pot is hot, add oil, saute’ garlic and lemon grass for few minutes then add water, cook till water bubbling.
- Add fish, star fruit and celery to boiling water, stirs and cook till fish tender.
- Seasoning with tamarind powder, fish sauce and sugar, stirs well, add tomato, stirs.
- Top with green onion, rice paddy herb and hot chili pepper before serve.
Serve hot with rice.
Enjoy it
Related Recipe: Sweet Sour Water Spinach Soup with Fish
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2
Calories Per Serving: 700
% Daily Value
Total Carbohydrate 44g 16%
Cholesterol 186mg 62%
Total Fat 38g 49%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Dietary Fiber 6g 21%
Protein 45g 90%
Sodium 2143mg 93%
Sugars 18g 36%
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