Spicy Hot & Sour Prawn Soup (tom Yum Goong)

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19 Ingredients

• 2 Tbsps tamarind pulp
• 1/3 cup boiling water
• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
• 1/2 tsp chile paste
• 1/2 tsp chile flakes
• 2 thin slices galangal (fresh or frozen)
• 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised with the side of a knife and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
• 5 cups chicken stock (homemade or low-sodium canned)
• 2 Tbsps fish sauce
• 4 1/2 tsps sugar
• 3 Kaffir lime leaves, cut in half
• 1/2 cup drained canned straw mushrooms; or 3 ozs white mushrooms, quartered
• 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 lb raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
• Juice of 1 lime, or to taste
• 1 scallion, coarsely chopped
• 8 Thai basil leaves, coarsely chopped
• 5 cilantro sprigs, chopped