Ingredients:
500 grams minced pork
500 grams pork ribs, chopped into small pieces
10 ½ cups water
3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
10 dried cotton trees flower
¼ cup spring onion, chopped
¼ cup coriander leaves, chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 kg steamed rice noodles
500 grams bean sprouts, stringy tails removed
1 cup pickled lettuce, chopped
4 tablespoons fried garlic
10 dried chilies, crisp-fried
2 tablespoons roasted ground chili powder
5 lime wedges
Curry Paste: finely pound all ingredients together.
7 red spur dried chilies, seeded, soak in water and squeezed dry, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
3 ½ tablespoons diced shallot
2 tablespoons diced garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh turmeric
1 tablespoon chopped coriander root
1 teaspoon white peppercorn
2 tablespoons roasted fermented soy bean sheets, finely pounded
1 tablespoons shrimp paste
Methods:
- Simmer the pork ribs with 12 cup of water in a medium pot until the pork ribs are tender. Soak the cotton trees flower in warm water to soften and then squeezed dry and halved by hand.
- Stir-fry the curry paste in a wok with a little oil until fragrant. Add minced pork, stir-fry to mix well. Add ½ cup of water and continue to cook. Once the meat is cooked, add cherry tomatoes and cotton trees flower. Stir-fry well.
- Add the mixture into the pork ribs soup. Once boiled and fragrant reduce the heat. Simmer the soup until the meat and ribs are tender. Season to taste with salt. Taste to adjust the flavor just before turning off the heat. Salty taste should be lead.
- Serve with 2-3 bunches of noodles (ka-nom jeen)by spooning the soup over noodles, sprinkled with coriander, spring onion, and fried-garlic. Place bean sprouts and pickled lettuce on the side along with lime. Garnish with coriander leaves and crisp-fried chilies.
- The soup for this dish must be heated at all times. Thai Sida tomatoes are preferred for this dish because they taste better than other types of tomatoes due to their sweet and sour flavor.
- As a result: the soup has a thick consistency from the tomatoes. The meat is tender and perfectly mixed well with the tomatoes.
