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.
Sweet Sour Spicy Star Fruit Soup
2
servings30
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minutes700
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hourDelicious 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 vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh or frozen minced lemon grass
4 cups 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 Knorr tamarind powder
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tomato, cut chunks
2 stalks of green onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped rice paddy herb (ma-om)
2 chopped chili pepper or to your taste (option)
Directions
- 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.
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Recipe Notes
- Serve hot with rice.
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 2g
- Calories: 700kcal
- Fat: 38g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Cholesterol: 186mg
- Sodium: 2143mg
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 6g
- Sugar: 18g
- Protein: 45g
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