Northern Thai Squash Soup with Banana Flower
February 27th, 2008 at 7:22pm
As usual, here is another great recipe for a great Eastern dish called “Norther Thai Squash Soup With Banana Flower” . 
Ingredients:
- 300gm butternut squash
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 1 cup beans, cut into small pieces
- 50gm banana flower (optional)
- 1tbs Thai fish sauce
- 25 raw shrimps
- A bunch of fresh basil
- 150gm shallots sliced
- 2 fresh green chillies, seeded and finely chopped
- /2 tsp shrimp paste
Method:
first make a chilli paste by making a puree or pounding the shallots, green chillies and shrimp paste together. Add salt to taste. Now dice the squash into neat cubes. Heat the stock gently in a large pan. Stir in the chilli paste. Add the squash, beans and banana flower. Bring to boil and cook for 15 minutes. Add the fish sauce, shrimps and basil. Bring to simmer point, and then simmer for three minutes. Serve in bowls accompanied by rice.
You are done!
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