Spicy soup

Serves : 4

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time : 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 45 ml (3 tablespoons) fat of your choice (butter, oil or Mycryo cocoa butter)
• 15 ml (1 tbsp.) red curry powder
• 15 ml (1 tbsp.) tomato paste
• 5 ml (1 tsp.) SambalOelek chili pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 60 ml (4 tbsp.) soy sauce
• 15 ml (1 tbsp.) shrimp paste
• 12 shrimp 16/20, peeled
• 1.5 l (6 cups) vegetable broth
• 250 ml (1 cup) shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced (stems removed)
• 12 baby corn
• 500 ml (2 cups) fresh spinach leaves
• 8 Thai basil leaves

Preparation

1. In a hot saucepan, sauté the onion in the fat of your choice for 1 minute.
2. Add the curry paste, tomato paste, Sambal Oelek, garlic, soy sauce, shrimp paste and shrimp and sauté for a further 1 minute.
3. Add the vegetable broth, shiitakes, baby corn and spinach leaves and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
4. Just before serving, garnish the soup with basil leaves.