Eggs in Tom Yam Soup Recipe

Ingredients :

6 Chili padi (bird's eye chili)

2 cloves Garlic

2 Shallots

2 tablespoons Cooking oil

2 stalks Lemon grass (white part), pound lightly

3 cups Water

1 cup Thick coconut milk

2 Tom Yam cubes

1 Anchovy cubes

2 tablespoons Lime juice

4 Hard-boiled eggs, halves

Limau purut leaves (Indonesian lime leaves)

Salt and pepper to taste

Pinch of salt

• Pound the chili padi, garlic and shallots to a smooth paste.

• Heat the  oil in a deep pot.

• Fry pounded ingredients and lemon grass until fragrant.

• Add water and bring to the boil.

• Add coconut milk, tom yam cubes, anchovy cubes and the limau purut leaves.

• Allow the mixture to boil slightly.

• Finally add salt, pepper, sugar and lime juice.

• Place the hard-boiled eggs in a soup bowl.

• Pour the hot soup over the boiled eggs and serve immediately.