In a mixing bowl mix the SaNoh flowers, ground shrimp meat and egg.
Add salt.
Add light soy sauce.
Add oyster sauce.
Add all-purpose flour.
Mix all the ingredients well.
Rub your hands with oil. Using your hands, shape and flatten the SaNoh mix into cakes of the desired size. Set aside.
Heat oil in a pan. When it is hot, use a fork to carefully lift the SaNoh cakes. Lower them one by one into the pan to fry.
Fry until the SaNoh cakes are deep golden in color.
Remove cakes from the pan, and drain any excess oil.
The outsides of the cakes are crispy; the insides are moist and soft. You are probably tempted to eat half of them right now, even before preparing the tom yum.
method - tom yum soup
Roast the dry chilies over low heat until they are slightly charred. Set aside.
Prepare the prawns: discard their legs; peel and devein them. Squeeze and collect the fatty tomalley from the heads. Do not throw away the shells and heads. Set aside.
Bruise the shallots and one stalk of lemongrass.
In a pot, bring water to a boil. Add the shallots and lemongrass.
Briefly and lightly, cook the prawns for 10-15 seconds until only 60% done.
Remove the half-cooked prawns from the pot and set aside.
Add the prawn heads and shells to the pot; cook just until the shells turn orange. Mix and press them, but do not cook more than three minutes – any more will increase the risk of upsetting the delicately sweet taste of the broth. Strain the broth, and discard everything but the liquids.
Bruise the remaining lemongrass and galangal.
Add the lemongrass and galangal to the clear broth.
Season with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce.
Add the straw mushrooms, and cook for couple of minutes until the mushrooms are done.
Add the roasted dry chilies to the pot.
Return the prawns to the pot.
TURN OFF THE HEAT before seasoning to ensure that the flavors remain crisp and fresh.
Crush the bird's eye chilies; keep them intact, to ensure that they float nicely.
Add the crushed chilies to the soup.
Add the hand-torn kaffir lime leaves.
Add the roughly chopped saw coriander.
Season with lime juice.
and the remaining 2 tablespoons of fish sauce.
Transfer the soup to a serving dish.
Just before serving, add the fried SaNoh flower cakes. Enjoy your meal!