Comments on: Coconut Hot and Sour Soup

By: Les O'Riley

Les O'Riley — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:20:16 +0000

@ Debbi ~
Sorry I never responded to you. I’ll blame that on getting caught up in the hecticness (sorry, WordPress, but that IS a word!) of the holiday season. I am a big fan of Penzey’s spices too, favoring their Hot Curry over their Sweet Curry. I have not tried the Maharajah Curry. I usually mix my own. (When I have the time.) I’ll be picking up the ingredients you mentioned soon, and give them a whirl. Thanks! Bon appétit. ~ Les

By: Thailand Breeze

Thailand Breeze — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:12:03 +0000

That’s a clever idea! I haven’t thought of any soup with both coconut milk and rice in it. Usually we put curry soup on top of rice.

Another fast way to prepare quick curry dish is using Roi Thai brand seasoned coconut milk. They come in several types of curry soup, such as Massaman curry and Green curry soup. You just add fresh vegetables and any fresh ingredients you like.

By: Debbi

Debbi — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:08:17 +0000

For Les, here’s our “fast-food” curry lunch. Probably not exactly what you meant, but oh, it’s great when the hungries are so bad you need something NOW.

One pkg West-pac Quick-&-Easy frozen Rice Stir Fry (already has veggies in it)

One can mandarin oranges plus the juice from the can

Stir-fry the rice & vegetables and oranges together.
Add your favorite curry powder as you stir.
I like the Penzey’s Maharajah Curry or their Hot Curry.

Just before serving, stir in or top with shaved Parmesan.

(serves two rather generously)

By: Kalinda

Kalinda — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:46:23 +0000

For whatever reason the limes from our grocery store are always small and not very juicy. Adding the lime juice in bit by bit seems like good idea. Glad the soup ended up working in the way.

By: Les O'Riley

Les O'Riley — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:55:56 +0000

Okay. This soup was great. I made a few minor changes, but it was basically the same. For one, I added a can of (drained) water chestnuts. I'm pretty sure it's illegalto use bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms and baby corn and exclude water chestnuts, so in they went. They added yet another fun texture. Crunchy and firm. I also finely diced up a jalapeno pepper. I didn't measure out two cups of diced bell peppers, I used one large green bell pepper and one large red one. That seemed about right. I also bumped up the edamame to a full cup, making it a bit more hearty. I used 3/4 of a cup of orzo (warning: contains glutton) instead of rice because that's what I had on hand. Even though I used "small" limes, they were super juicy. As I totally love lime, I used the juice of 6 instead of 5. Big mistake! I added a full cup of lime juice, and it wound up overpowering the delicate coconut. In the future I will start with the juice of 2 limes and see where I stand. Even after adding an additional can of coconut milk, I still wound up with a face twister. My wife enjoyed the soup more the second day, having it cold and said that it toned down the lime too. At least I know for next time. Even using the Sarachi garlic/chili sauce, I wish I had hot oil in the house to add a little more heat. A bit more Sarachi in my bowl worked for me. Thanks again, Kalinda, for a delicious soup! Here in Oklahoma we've dropped into the 20's and 30's temperature range, so next it's going to be time for a curry. Have any great curry recipes to share? Bye for now. ~ Les

By: Kalinda

Kalinda — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:14:48 +0000

Thanks, I really liked the way this turned out. I really like the coconut and lime together.

I actually don’t have a meat-free chili. It’s long been on my list of things to make but I haven’t gotten around to it yet.

By: Les O'Riley

Les O'Riley — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:45:50 +0000

Oh my goodness, I’ve GOT to try this recipe soon. Iris (my wife) and I absolutely LOVE Thai food, especially coconut soup. It looks SO easy to make! Looks like I may have to go back to the store this afternoon. We hit 30º this morning, so I’m making turkey-chili with fresh ground peppers. Do you have a recipe for a yummy meat-free chili? Tis the season. Thanks for this soup recipe. I’ll report back on how ours turns out. ~ Les