SOUR PRAWN SOUP

                                                          Filipino Sour Prawn Soup
                                              
                                                         (SINIGANG NA HIPON)

This soup is one of my favourite, specially on chilly winter days. Sour and tasty with a little oomph of a jalapeño chilli. Eat it with rice or on it's own, so refreshing and mood lifter. So simple and easy to prepare. Fresh prawns are recommended with this recipe.

                                    Ingredients:

                                               500g Tiger Prawns (I used thumb sized ones)
                                               2 medium tomatoes
                                               3 stalks spring onions
                                               an inch by inch fresh ginger
                                               3 finger chillies
                                               handful of beans or okra
                                               handful of napa cabbage or kangkong if you have
                                               2 tbsp. of Tamarind paste concentrate(or juice of 1 lemon)
                                               3 cups fish or chicken stock (I used 1 chicken stock cube diluted in
                                                      3cups of water)
                                               pepper and salt to taste


      Here's how to cook:

                  Clean the prawns and prepare all the vegetables, cut in the sizes you desire.In a saucepan, pour in the stock, cover and let it boil. Once it's boiling, add in the beans or okra, tomatoes, onions, ginger (or any similar vegetable you are using) (leave the leafy veggies and chillies last to cook). Leave to cook for about 7 minutes then pour in the tamarind paste or lemon juice. Add in the prawns and napa cabbage or kangkong leaves. Simmer for another 10 minutes or till the prawns cooked. Season well with salt and pepper. Serve with steam rice and enjoy.