Canh Chua Ca (sweet And Sour Fish Soup)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons tamarind paste or 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 7 cups water or 7 cups fish stock
• 2 tablespoons palm sugar or 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 large tomatoes, skinned and sliced
• 1 thick celery rib, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 10 ounces cod or 10 ounces fish fillets, cut into bite size pieces
• 3 ounces bean sprouts
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped red chile
• mint or sweet basil or fresh coriander leaves

Recipe

• 1 steep tamarind paste in cold water from allowance and strain into pot.
• 2 or if using lime juice, add it to the water or fish stock.
• 3 combine liquid, sugar, tomatoes, celery and fish sauce, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• 4 add fish, bean sprouts and chilies and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 5 serve in individual soup bowls and garnish with plenty of mint, sweet basil or coriander, or all three.
• 6 serve with a side dip of vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc cham).