🇻🇳 Vietnam recipe
Canh Chua (Sour Soup)
A beloved home-style soup from the Mekong Delta, canh chua is a bright, tangy tamarind broth filled with chunks of fresh fish, tomatoes, pineapple, okra, and bean sprouts, finished with a shower of fragrant herbs and fried garlic. It is the quintessential everyday Vietnamese comfort food.
Prep20 mins
Cook20 mins
Serves4
Difficultyeasy
Ingredients
- 500 g firm white fish fillets (catfish or snakehead), cut into chunks
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste
- 200 ml warm water
- 2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 150 g fresh pineapple, cut into small chunks
- 100 g okra, cut into 2 cm pieces
- 100 g bean sprouts
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 litre water or light fish stock
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 spring onions, sliced
- 1 bunch fresh saw-leaf herb (ngo gai), torn
- 1 bunch fresh rice paddy herb (ngo om)
- 1 red chili, sliced
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 220
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
- Fat
- 10 g
