Comments on: Mushroom Coconut Milk Soup

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:09:19 +0000

If you can’t find fresh galangal where you are you can get it shipped to you from http://importfood.com/freshthaiproduce.html, however the minimum is a pound — probably enough for a few gallons of soup! However, it seems to freeze well, so that could be the answer (I’ve purchased frozen for this soup before, and it comes out nicely).

Also, note that if you’re not making the veggie version you can substitute fish sauce for the soy sauce.

By: Patricia West

Patricia West — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:50:50 +0000

Do you have a recipe for Tom Yum?What about a good Larb? There are many Asian markets here in America now and I find Galangal easily but Lime leaves are very difficult to find.My Thai friend made tom yum with chicken broth added and we spooned it over rice. Wonderful!!

By: brynn

brynn — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:42:48 +0000

this soup came out absolutely lovely. could only find frozen galangal but seemed to come out fine. thanks for the recipe!

By: tee

tee — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:28:16 +0000

I had to add quite a bit of the galangal powder to taste. But it did come out wonderful.If I could find fresh I would buy it in a heartbeat. but this worked. Very fragrant. Tom Kah Gai is my favorite soup.

By: cee

cee — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:05:51 +0000

Tee -
I’ve never cooked with galangal powder. I would imagine it’s not as good, but it might work. I’m not sure how strong it is, so I can’t give you an approximation for substituting it for fresh. You could try adding 1/2 tea at a time until it tastes ok to you. (Probably boil the lemongrass, lime leaves & chilies first, then add the powder.)

By: tee

tee — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:30:05 +0000

I could not find fresh galangal near me, I purchased galangal powder. Will that work?

By: Hoover

Hoover — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:48:47 +0000

This site is absolute beautiful and fully useful, specially the glossory. I start printing out the soup recipies.

Thanks, Caitlyn!