PREPARATION:
Put water in a pot, heat until boiling. Add lemongrass, galangal, shrimp chilli paste, shrimp heads and onion. Cook until fragrant. Add tomatoes, shrimp meat and mushrooms. When done, flavour with fish sauce, salt and sugar. Stir thoroughly and finally add lime juice, spring onion, Thai parsley, coriander and lime leaves. If not spicy enough add hot chillies. Serve with rice.
**Shrimps can be replaced by chicken, pork, tofu, fish or mixed seafood.
TOM YAM WITH SHRIMP (Tom Yam Kung)