Malabar Spinach Soup / Vietnamese Canh Mong Toi Tom for kids lunch

Name: Malabar Spinach Soup / Vietnamese Canh Mong Toi Tom for kids lunch
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4-5 sprigs tender Malabar spinach or Mong Toi; 100 gms shrimps; 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp black pepper powder; 4-5 garlic cloves minced; 2 cups chicken broth; 1 Tbsp fish sauce; 1 Tbsp oil; 1/8 tsp salt

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA2025
I grow Malabar Spinach at home and today for lunch I wanted to cook something different and not an Indian dish. So, Canh Mong Toi Tom is a very healthy dish for kids and adults - tender Malabar spinach or Mong Toi in Vietnamese language, shrimps, fish sauce for seasoning and best enjoyed over rice. Of course one can have as is too.

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

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Ingredients

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -15 mins

2-3 servings

4-5 sprigstender Malabar spinach or Mong Toi
100 gmsshrimps
1egg yolk
1 tspblack pepper powder
4-5garlic cloves minced
2 cupschicken broth
1 Tbspfish sauce
1 Tbspoil
1/8 tspsalt
Serve over rice

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Steps

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -15 mins

1

Wash the tender Malabar spinach or Mong Toi discarding the stems, chop fine and set aside. Wash the shrimps, discard the head and tail, devein and mince.
2

Mince garlic and in a bowl add minced shrimps, egg yolk, black pepper powder and salt and mix well.
3

In a wok heat oil, add minced garlic and stir till light brown in colour, add chicken broth and let it come to boil
4

Add chopped Malabar spinach or Mong Toi and let it come to boil
5

Add 1 Tbsp of shrimp mix and drop to form a ball, press gently to put it at the bottom
6

Add fish sauce for seasoning and salt and mix well. Set aside when shrimps are cooked
7

In a serving bowl add rice and add the soup and slurp

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on August 26, 2025 08:40

Kolkata

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