Gaeng Liang

Name: Gaeng Liang
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 tbsp dried shrimp, plus 150g fresh prawns; 5 shallots; 1 tsp shrimp paste; 1 tsp white peppercorns; Pumpkin, angled gourd, baby corn and mushrooms, cut up; A large handful of lemon basil (bai maeng lak); 1–2 tbsp fish sauce

แกงเลียง/gang lee-ANG/

Also known as: Kaeng Liang, Spicy Vegetable Soup

About this dish

A gentle, peppery vegetable soup thickened with a paste of shallots, shrimp paste, dried shrimp and white pepper, with lemon basil.

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Ingredients

🦐2 tbsp dried shrimp, plus 150g fresh prawns

🧅5 shallots

🫙1 tsp shrimp paste

🌶️1 tsp white peppercorns

🎃Pumpkin, angled gourd, baby corn and mushrooms, cut up

🌿A large handful of lemon basil (bai maeng lak)

🐟1–2 tbsp fish sauce

Method

Serves 3

Pound the shallots, peppercorns, shrimp paste and dried shrimp into a paste.

Stir the paste into 1 litre of boiling water.

Add the pumpkin first, then the other vegetables, and simmer until tender.

Add the prawns and cook for 1–2 minutes.

Season with fish sauce, stir in the lemon basil and serve with rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Gaeng liang is one of the oldest Thai soups, cooked at home for nursing mothers and to restore the body; it uses whatever vegetables are in season.

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