Water spinach and tomato soup is a soup dish that carries a rustic flavor, rich in hometown essence, making everyone feel nostalgic. With a simple preparation method, surely anyone can make it themselves. Let’s get started into the kitchen with TasteVN to showcase your skills right away!
1. Water spinach and tomato soup
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Water Spinach and Tomato Soup For 3 people
Water spinach 300 gr Tomato 2 fruits Tamarind juice 10 gr Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Seasoning powder a little MSG a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh and clean tomatoes
- Fresh and clean tomatoes are those that are red, round, and look plump with water, while the outer skin is thin and shiny.
- Additionally, freshly harvested tomatoes that have a fresh and delicious taste are those with bright green stems that are tightly attached to the body, not separated.
- Moreover, you should avoid buying overripe tomatoes, bruised, uneven in color, and that feel soft and mushy to the touch, as this is a sign that the tomatoes have been stored for too long.
How to choose fresh water spinach
- Fresh water spinach has small tips that are not too large, and when held, they look firm, not too soft and mushy.
- In addition, water spinach that has been fertilized with a lot of chemical fertilizers, which is not good for health, will usually have a very lush appearance; when you break it with your hand, the water spinach will be very crunchy, and the leaves will be dark green.
- Moreover, you should avoid buying water spinach that is too crushed or wilted, with yellowing leaves, as that indicates the water spinach has been kept too long and is no longer tasty.
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How to make Tomato Water Spinach Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
First, with 300g of water spinach, you only need to pick the young stems, then wash them several times with clean water and let them drain.
Next, wash the tomatoes directly under running water to clean them, let them drain, and then cut them into wedges.
Finally, take a bowl and add 10g of tamarind with 100ml of warm water, use a spoon to gently press the tamarind and soak for about 10 minutes. When the tamarind has released its juice, discard the tamarind and keep only the extracted juice.
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Cooking the soup
Once the ingredients are prepared, you place a pot on the stove with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil over medium heat. When the oil is bubbling, add 2 chopped tomatoes, and stir-fry for 3 minutes using chopsticks.
When the tomatoes are soft, continue to add 500ml of water, all of the tamarind juice, 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, and 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, then increase to high heat and cook for 7 – 10 minutes.
Once the water is boiling, add 300g of water spinach, gently press the vegetables down into the water with a ladle, cook for an additional 3 minutes, then taste and adjust the seasoning as needed, turn off the heat and serve in a bowl.
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Final Product
Stir-fried water spinach with tomatoes may be simple, but its deliciousness is truly hard to resist.
A steaming bowl of soup with the vibrant green of crunchy water spinach, combined with the eye-catching red of tomatoes, enhanced by the rich and tangy broth is simply amazing!
2. Stir-fried water spinach with tomatoes and shrimp paste
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried water spinach with tomatoes and shrimp paste Serves 3
Water spinach 300 gr Shrimp paste 1 tablespoon Seasoning a little (sugar; monosodium glutamate) Tomatoes 2 fruits
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How to cook Stir-fried water spinach with tomatoes and shrimp paste
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Prepare the ingredients
For the water spinach, remove the stems, discard some leaves, then soak in salt water and rinse thoroughly with water.
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into wedges.
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Cook the soup
First, prepare a bowl with 1 tablespoon of shrimp paste and 1 liter of warm water, stir well until the shrimp paste is completely dissolved and then strain it to remove any remaining residue.
Next, place a pot on the stove, then add about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and wait until the oil is hot, then add the tomatoes and stir for 3 minutes.
When the tomatoes are soft, add all the strained shrimp paste water from above and cook until it starts to simmer, then add the water spinach and gently press down with a ladle to submerge the greens in the water.
Finally, season with a little more seasoning: 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate and 1 tablespoon of sugar to balance the flavor; you can adjust this to suit your family’s taste.
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Final Product
Water spinach soup with tomatoes cooked with shrimp paste is a rustic dish commonly found in every family in the North. When eating, you can squeeze in a slice of lime to create a sour taste that blends with the sweet and light flavor of the water spinach soup, making it very delicious with rice. This is indeed a refreshing soup for hot summer days.
So the above article has introduced everyone to 2 simple ways to cook water spinach and tomato soup that are super simple but the deliciousness is anything but simple. Wishing you success in making this delicious dish!
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