Directions

To Make the Paste

1. Pound dried chillies, roughly chopped garlic, shallots and salt using a pestle and mortar.
2. After pounding for a while, add shrimp paste and continue grinding.
3. When these ingredients start to combine, add roughly chopped raw prawns and pound into a paste. Set aside.

To Cook the Soup

1. Heat 5 cups of water over medium-high heat in a large pot. Add the paste when the water boils and stir well.
2. Add chopped wombok and long green beans.
3. When the vegetables are cooked, add palm sugar, fish sauce and tamarind juice. Stir well.
4. Add peeled and deveined prawns into the pot.
5. Remove the pot from heat when the prawns are cooked.
6. Transfer the soup into serving bowl and serve. Serve with cooked jasmine rice.