Hot and Sweet Vegetable and Tofu Soup

Name: Hot and Sweet Vegetable and Tofu Soup
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 2 kaffir lime leaves, torn; 5-10 ml/1-2 tsp Thai red curry paste; 1.2 litres/2 pints/5 cups vegetable stock; juice of 1 lime; 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp palm sugar or light muscovado (brown) sugar; 225 g/8 oz block silken tofu, diced; 50 g/2 oz baby spinach leaves, any coarse stalks removed; 1 carrot, cut into thin batons

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

An interesting combination of hot, sweet and sour flavours that makes for a soothing, nutritious soup. It takes only minutes to make as the Spinach and Silken tofu are simply placed in bowls and covered with the flavoured hot stock.

Ingredients

1.2 litres/2 pints/5 cups vegetable stock
5-10

Asia
Thailand
Spicy
Vegan
Soup
South East Asia

Method

Heat the stock in a large pan, then add the red curry paste. Stir constantly over a medium heat until the paste has dissolved. Add the lime leaves, sugar and soy sauce and bring to the boil.
Add the lime juice and carrot to the pa