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==Ingredients==

     * Tom Yum paste
     * Button mushrooms (quite big, preferably about an inch in diameter)
     * Coriander (or "cilantro" as you wacky Americans call it)
     * Prawns (I used 5 motherfucker huge uncooked king prawns)
     * Mussels (200g in the shells, wash them and rinse them and take off their weird beard things)
     * Lemon juice
     * Fish sauce
Here are the mussels:
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[[Image:Tomyum mussles.JPG]]

The prawns:<br>
[[Image:Tomyum prawns.JPG]]

The mushrooms before and after slicing them into quarters:<br>
[[Image:Tomyum mushrooms before.JPG]]
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[[Image:Tomyum mushrooms after.JPG]]

===Preparation===
Take a litre of water, put it in a saucepan, and bring it to the boil. Then, add 4 or 5 teaspoons of soup paste, and stir it in. The water should turn red, and a little oily, like you see in this picture:
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[[Image:Tomyum soup pan.JPG]]

Okay, that's not a very good photo, but you'll get a more accurate idea of what it should like from upcoming photos. Anyway, if the soup tastes spicy enough for your liking, that's good. If it's not spicy enough, add the paste a teaspoon at a time until you're happy. Once you've done that, add a little bit of lemon juice and a little bit of fish sauce. It's said that fish sauce is "the salt of Southeast Asia", so treat fish sauce with caution. You want to make sure that you add enough to bring out the flavour, but you don't want to ruin your food. Anyway, here are pictures of me adding the lemon juice and fish sauce.
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[[Image:Tomyum soup pan add lemon.JPG]]
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[[Image:Tomyum soup pan add fish sauce.JPG]]<br>
Once you've done that, add a bunch of coriander...
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[[Image:Tomyum coriander.JPG]]<br>

...and the mushrooms...
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[[Image:Tomyum soup pan mushroom.JPG]]<br>
Leave it for a little, then add the prawns and mussels. Let it cook for a couple minutes on a low heat. The mussels and prawns should be done by now. Here is a picture of a big, delicious prawn.
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[[Image:Tomyup soup prawn.JPG]]<br>
Anyway, check the soup to see if you like it. Add lemon juice and fish sauce to taste, and you're DONE!

So, now for...


'''Pad Krapow Gai'''
For the Pad Krapow Gai, you're going to need: