Sour Soup Made with the Head of A Barb

Keng Som Houa Pa Keng

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Phia Sing

Published 1981

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Ingredients

  • the head, tail and bones of a pa keng (a barb), washed
  • 1 stalk of lemon grass, bruised and tied into a loose knot
  • 3 straight-bulbed spring onions</

Method

Put metal jugfuls ( pints) of water into a soup pot. Put in the chopped spring onions and the lemon grass and salt, and put the pot on the fire. When the water comes to the boil, add t