Chicken, Pork & French Beans In Sour Soup (Asem Asem)

Another mummy's recipe - tasty and refreshing!

What you need:

6 shallots - cut thinly

2 cloves of garlic - crushed

2 big red chillies - discard seeds and cut

1 heaped tsp fried shrimp paste (belachan)

1cm blue ginger - lightly smashed

1 large tomato - quartered

1 clench roasted tamarind - shape into a ball (I roasted on a stove fire directly, keep changing the position to roast evenly - let cool)

1 pack french beans - cut

1 chicken - cut into parts
200g pork loin - cut

oil, a pot of water, salt, pepper, sweet soya sauce (kecap manis), sugar

Bring to boil a pot of water with chicken part and pork loin - discard the floating residues

Heat oil in frying pan, stir fry shallots, garlic, chillies, shrimp paste, blue ginger - til fragrant and soft, mix well

Pour in the soup, add in tomato cuts, stir well

Add in salt, pepper, sweet soya sauce, sugar - adjust the taste
Add in tamarind - make sure it's already cool

Bring to boil, add in french beans, let it boiled for 3 minutes (just nice to keep the crunchiness), off heat

Note:

1. The soup tastes the best when consumed the next day

2. Original recipe is using beef tenderloin slices, but I changed to chicken & pork since my family doesn't really into beef (can also use chicken only)