Tom Kha and tom yam (Thai food) : Tom kha and tom yam soups are Thai soups. There Soupe, flavored and decorated with meat or fish, sometimes noodles, is one of the key elements of popular cuisine.
There are two very popular families of soups: the tom yam and the tom kha.
– In the tom kha, it is the galanga, associated with coconut milk, who dominates. Besides, kha means galangal in Thai. The best known is the tom kha gaï, the variant with chicken.
– The tom yam are characterized by a clever assembly ofaromatic herbs and spices which give it these flavors raised, acidic and very fragrant.
There are multiple variations of tom yam depending on what is added to it. Thus we will find the best known of these soupes, that which contains shrimp, the tom yam goong. On this same basis we will also find tom yam gaï with chicken, tom yam pla with fish, the tom yam talay sea food and the tom yam nam khon which is the variant with shrimp added with a little coconut milk.
These soups are served in a traditional Thai setting.