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Veg Thai Tom Kha Soup Recipe | Vegan Tom Kha Recipe

February 6, 2023 34 Comments

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Vegetarian Thai Tom Kha soup recipe, step by step. 

Thai recipes are not supposed to be vegetarian. They like their seafood and their meat, and create magic with it.

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Since some of us like to be vegetarian and eat Thai food, we need vegetarians versions of Thai recipes. Someone’s got to do it!
While I may not be the first, this is an awesome vegetarian Tom Kha recipe. Tom Kha is my favourite Thai soup and I usually order the one with chicken and mushrooms. However, my homemade vegetarian version has tofu and no mushrooms (because I was serving this to someone who doesn’t eat mushrooms either!).

Also check out vegetarian pad thai recipe.

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In Singapore, we get something called a Tom Yam set on most supermarkets that has all the essential ingredients to make vegetarian Tom Kha soup, namely, galangal, lemongrass, thai chillies, kaffir lime leaves, lemon, and shallots.
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Galangal is not optional and ginger is a very poor substitute. Galangal tastes nothing like ginger, although they look very similar.
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Tom Kha soup is supposed to be watery, not thick, so water is a reasonably good base for the soup. However, if you have the patience to make your own vegetable stock or have access to good vegetarian stock cubes, please use that for added flavour.
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For more Thai recipes, check out pad thai recipe, vegetarian green curry recipe and also how to make Thai green curry paste at home. Oh and by the way, if you haven’t tasted a good Thai mango sticky rice dessert, you haven’t lived. Just saying.

Vegetarian Thai Tom Kha Soup

Serves 2 generously
Ingredients:
1.5 cups thick coconut milk
1 cup water / vegetable stock
2 stalks of lemongrass
2-3 1″ pieces of galangal
5-6 kaffir lime leaves
4 shallots
1 block of soft tofu cut into 1″ cubes
12 button mushrooms, quartered (or any other variety you like)
4-5 Thai chilli padi / serrano chillies
1 tsp sugar
1 lime
Fresh coriander leaves / cilantro to garnish
Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. Discard the bottom 2 inches of the lemongrass. Discard the top woody part and use the middle portion (about 8″ of it) for the soup. Cut this part into small circles and set aside.

2. Roughly chop the galangal, chillies, and shallots. Tear the limes leaves into two.

3. Bring water or vegetable stock to a boil and lower fire to a simmer. Add the galangal, lemongrass, shallots, chillies, sugar, and lime leaves. Keep on simmer for 5-7 minutes.

4. Add the coconut milk and the tofu and mushrooms with some salt. Keep on simmer for another 7-10 minutes until the mushrooms are soft.

5. Remove from fire. Squeeze in fresh lime starting with half a lime and then increasing the quantity as you like. Garnish with roughly torn coriander leaves / cilantro. Serve hot.

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The flavour of Tom Kha soup should be spicy, sour, and sweet from the coconut milk and added sugar. Adjust the ratios according to personal taste.

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  1. Lalitha

    June 17, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    I forgot to mention this – I live in North Carolina in the US.

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  2. Lalitha

    June 17, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Your recipe looks delicious, and I have always loved this soup when I ate it in restaurants! My question is – I am not sure if I can find these things here or where to find them other than in an Oriental store – can you give me some substitutes for galangal, lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves? I guess I can use ginger for galangal, even though you say it is not the same, but what about the other two?

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  3. jollyvindaloo

    May 6, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    My Fav. Thai Soup…Nice Pictures!

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  4. Usha

    May 6, 2011 at 4:36 am

    Soup looks great and love the soup bowl.. I have similar bowls.

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