Saturday, July 11, 2009

Tom yum tomatoes

Somehow the fridge was full of greens, and not much else. I'd already decided on bok choy to go with some tofu and rice, but I wanted another vegetable, and kale or napa cabbage was not going to cut it. And then I noticed three sad-looking roma tomatoes. At first I was puzzled as to how to incorporate tomatoes in this meal, but then I remembered tom yum soup.

I don't think tomatoes are standard in tom yum, but at some restaurants I used to go to they always threw in fresh chopped tomato and I remember liking it a lot. So, I mixed some tom yum paste with water, added the chopped tomatoes and heated the mixture. Then I added chopped spring onions and cilantro. Done!

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