Serves : 6
Preparation time : 15 minutes
Cooking time : 25 minutes
Ingredients :
1.5 litres chicken stock or water
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised
60ml fish sauce (nam pla)
1 carrot, peeled and cut into 3.5cm lengths
4 bird's eye chillies
500g bottle gourd (sponge gourd), peeled and cut into 5cm strips
150g fresh oyster mushrooms
8 baby corn cobs, cut into 3.5cm lengths
2 sprigs sweet basil leaves
salt
crisp-fried shallots
bird's eye chillies
red chilli, chopped
Finely Ground Paste
10 white peppercorns
2.5sq cm dried shrimp paste
3 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)
10 shallots, peeled
150g dried prawns (shrimps), soaked in water and drained |