Spiced and Sour Mushroom Soup (Tom Yam Hed)

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp apple concentrate 
• 3  bird's eye chiles pressed
• 2.3 oz cherry tomatoes halved
• 3 tbsp galangal julienned
• 3  kaffir lime leaves finely sliced
• 3 tbsp lemongrass diagonally sliced finely
• 3 tbsp juice of lime 
• 4 tbsp miso paste 
• 3.3 oz oyster mushrooms sliced
• 3 medium shallots crushed quartered
• 3.3 oz straw mushrooms trimmed halved

Equipment

• sauce pan
• drinking straws

Directions

1. In a saucepan, bring vegetable stock, shallots, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and chiles to a boil. Continue to boil for 4-5 minutes.
2. Add oyster and straw mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. Once cooked remove from heat and season with miso paste, lime juice and apple concentrate.
3. Other
4. Reprinted with permission from Chiva-Som's Thai Spa Cuisine by Chef Paisarn Cheewinsiriwat and his Culinary Team, (C) 2005 (reprinted 2007). Editions Didier Millet PTE LTD for Chiva-Som International Health Resorts CO., LTD