Canh Chua Chay (Sweet and Sour Vegetable Soup)

Ingredients

• * excellent with fresh fish and shrimp, or meats like pork spare ribs or chicken leg.
• *usually served with rice vermicelli as a noodle soup
• 1 ½ cups lemongrass chili satay
• 1 quart tamarind water (recipe follows)
• 1 gallon of water
• 5 roma tomatoes, cut into wedges
• 1 pineapple, medium diced
• 1/2 # okra, cut into 1/3
• 1# bean sprouts, whole
• 1# taro stem, cut into obliques
• 1c fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 1/4# rice paddy herb, rough chopped
• 200g Palm sugar
• 90 g fish sauce (omit if making it Vegan and season to taste)
• 30g salt

Tamarind Water

• 1-gallon water: 1# tamarind

Chili Satay

• 1 cup chili oil
• ½ cup garlic, chopped
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 cup lemongrass, minced

Instructions

1. 1
   Bring to a boil and add the vegetables. Simmer till cooked. Finish seasoning with sugar, fish sauce, and salt to taste. Should be sweet and sour.