3 sour soup canh Recipes

tamarind paste or 3 tbsp lime juice, water or 7 cups fish stock, palm sugar or 2 tbsp white sugar, tomatoes, skinned and sliced, thick celery rib, chopped, fish sauce, cod or 10 oz white fish fillets, cut into bite size pieces, bean sprouts, chopped red chile, mint or sweet basil or fresh coriander leaves

rice , prepared in a cooker or saucepan as directed, shrimp, peeled and deveined , shells reserved for the broth, stalks lemongrass, with the green stalks cut off from the white bulb and reserved--and with the tender inner heart of the bulb pounded flat, minced finely, and set aside, water, straw mushrooms, drained, tomato, peeled and cut into thin wedges, lime, grated and juiced, green onions , sliced on the diagonal, bean sprouts, lime juice, nuoc mam (fish sauce), chili oil or vietnamese chili-garlic sauce, to taste and to pass separately