Vietnamese hot sour soup w/ catfish recipe?

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The discussion centers around a Vietnamese hot sour soup recipe featuring catfish, with participants sharing their experiences and ingredient suggestions. The primary ingredients mentioned include tomatoes, tomato paste, pineapple, bean sprouts, celery, catfish, sugar, and fresh herbs like mint and coriander. A potential secret ingredient is tamarind, along with spices such as garam masala and coriander powder. A recipe link from RecipeSource is provided as a close approximation of the desired dish.

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There is this very tasty Vietnamese soup, which is on the top of my favorites list.. I once made it myself by just putting together the ingredients which I noted in the restaurant.. and it tasted pretty amazing I must say

I'd really like to know the original recipe though, anyone an idea?

Basically what I did is boil water, add tomatoes and tomato paste, pineapple pieces + the juice, bean sprouts, celery, and big pieces of catfish and some sugar. Boil that for a while and then add fresh herbs: mint and maybe coriander and some fresh slices of tomato.. the mint is very important :)

I guess the secret ingredient I missed might be tamarind..
 
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I don't remember now if I had to put additional spices in it.. probably I added garam masala and coriander powder, yeah.. I probably did :)
 

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