Tom yum calories make an interesting topic to look into. The delicious tom yum soup has enthralled the taste buds of non-Asian people, but at the same...
Tom yum calories make an interesting topic to look into. The delicious tom yum soup has enthralled the taste buds of non-Asian people,
but at the same time the calorie-conscious minds of these people trouble them with a question that if the soup is nutritionally healthy. Health-conscious people of a nation like USA, where obesity is increasing at a fast rate, think always about the amount of calories of any dish they consume. And it is of real relief to all health-lovers, that the yummy tom yum soup provides only 8% of your daily requirement of calories (as per the 2000-calorie diet), i.e. just 143 calories from the quantity that you consume per serving.
If we see the preparation of a typical tom yum soup, the fact will be clearer, as all its ingredients are health-giving. Following ingredients are required to make the soup:
chicken or shrimp 1 pound, made into medium-size pieces
1 ½ cup of mushrooms, sliced vertically
6 – 8 galangal, sliced thin
4 to 5 tbsp fish sauce
¼ cup chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp red chilli pepper (quantity can be more or less than this, as you like it)
4 to 5 kaffir lime leaves
Thin slices of 5 shallots
7 to 8 tbsp lime juice
2 stalks of lemongrass, cut into approximately one inch pieces
1 tbsp of chilli paste, in soy bean oil
3 cups of water
1 cup of cilantro (to sprinkle for garnishing)
To start with the making of the soup, take the water into a saucepan of medium size and bring it to a boil on high flame. Then add the kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass and cook for 2 minutes.
Now lower the flame and add red chilli, galangal, shallots, fish sauce, lime juice and chilli paste in soy bean oil. Add mushrooms and tomatoes too and let it get cooked for a long while.
Now the chicken or shrimp is to be added and is to be cooked on a high flame, but not to be stirred. Even after the shrimp or chicken is cooked, you have to keep the flame on and cook for 2 more minutes. Sprinkle the coriander leaves on the top. And that’s it! You have successfully prepared the tom yum soup. You can serve it hot with rice. This quantity of soup can serve 4 people.
The soup made in this way contains 2.1 gm fat, 17 mg cholesterol, 5.7 gm carbohydrates and 2.51 gm proteins per serving. Its fat content renders 19 calories. It is obvious that the soup renders not a unit more of calories than the daily required amount, besides being so tasty.
