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2 pounds fresh mushrooms (or other ingredient) cut into convenient

2 pounds fresh mushrooms (or other ingredient) cut into convenient is a home-style recipe. flavorant) 2 "kaffir" lime leaves (use lime zest if you can't get it) 2 coriander [cilantro] plants, chopped.

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Ingredients

• 2
• 2
• 10
• 2

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Beat the lemon grass with the grinder of the mortar and pestle (it's called a 'sa' in Thai, I'm never sure whether it is the mortar or the pestle in English...) or the back of a cleaver.

2. 2

   Heat about 3 cups of water to boiling point, add all the ingredients, and stir constantly until cooked (it doesn't take long for mushrooms, longer for chicken or shrimp, and longest for beef). variation: use three cups of thin coconut milk instead of water, the result is tom kha, rather than tom yum...