Ingredients
- 100 g (3½ oz) shrimps, head and tail removed, crushed
- 4 tomatoes, cut into 6-8 wedges each
- 3 bunched water mimosa, about 600 g (1.3 lbs), hard branches removed, cut into bite-sizes portions
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 clump of tamarind paste, or 3 fresh tamarinds
- a few rice paddy herbs, cut into small portions
- 1 or 2 birds' eye chillis, seeds removed, sliced
- cooking oil
Water Mimosa “Canh Chua” Soup with Shrimps
Canh chua is a Vietnamese sour soup native to Southern Vietnam, and water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea, Vietnamese: rau nhút or rau…