Tuesday, October 23, 2007

kiam chye soup

The soup received a very very good response from both of my parents, it combines the authentic taste of ‘kiam chye’ & sour taste of dried tamarind. Tried this soup once around 6 six years ago while I’m still in s’pore but it tasted not as good as this

Retro 'feel'

Authentic 'feel'


Artistic 'feel'


Regular 'feel'

Ingredients
1 piece of tofu
5 pieces of dried tamarind (assam keeping)
2 tomatoes
½ packet of kiam chye (approx. 250-300g)
1.5-2 liters of water

Seasonings
Salt, fish sauce & msg to taste

Methods
Blanch the spare ribs in boiling water & set aside
Bring the water to boil
Add in the spare ribs & kiam chye & bring to boil
Simmer in low heat for 3 hours
Add in dried tamarind, tomatoes & tofu
Boil for another ½ hour
Lastly, add in the seasonings

4 comments:

ah yan ♥ said...

ppl's photoshop skill getting very keng, huh!

awei said...

the pics were taken quite some time ago :p

ah yan ♥ said...

i know la... i saw the raw copy mar~ took ages to edit to the perfect hor?

awei said...

the retro feel one only take few mins only.... i think got foam...in the right time