Vegan Khao Soi – Creamy Noodle Soup in Yellow Curry

Khao Soi is a well known soup in the nothern part of Thailand. This creamy noodle soup in yellow curry is served with sliced shallots, and pickled cabbage on the side. Also, crispy noodles sprinkled on top add a nice crunch. I used local prepared curry in this recipe. This step makes it easy for anyone to make this delicious soup.

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Ingredients

– 1-2 tbsp olive oil

– 1/4 cup shallots or sweet onion, sliced thin (reserve about 2 tbsp for garnish)

– 1 tbsp red or yellow curry (if you like spicy, add more curry and adjust to your liking)

– 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

– 1/2 cup coconut milk

– 1/2 cup veggie stock or water

– 1-2 tbsp soy sauce

– 1/2 lb linguine pasta

– 1/2 block tofu, slice thin

For garnish

– lime wedges

– one stalk green onion, sliced into small pieces

– 2-3 stalks cilantro, sliced into small pieces

– 1/2 cup pickled cabbage – kim chi or sauerkraut are good substitutes

Directions

– In a pot, boil water for pasta. When the water comes to a boil, add pasta and let it cook until the pasta softens. The pasta should be cooked al dente. Drain the pasta and put it aside. When the pasta cools off, take out about two handfuls and set in a separate bowl for making crispy noodles.

– In a sauce pan, add oil. When the oil is hot, turn down to med, add tofu and cook until tofu is crisp on both sides. Remove from heat and set aside.

– In the same sauce pan, add more oil and turn heat to medium high. When the oil is hot, add shallot or sweet onion. When onions soften, add curry, stir well and add coconut milk. When the stock starts to boil, turn heat down to low and add turmeric powder. Continue to stir well and add soy sauce.

– To the curry, add cooked tofu and let simmer for a minute or two. Turn heat off and remove from heat.

To make crispy noodles for topping:

– In a wok or big frying pan, add oil and turn heat up to high. The oil needs to be really hot. We will use the two handfuls of pasta to make crispy noodle. Separate the pasta well before using for this step. Adding pasta to the hot oil in small portions and cook the pasta until golden brown. Do this until you use up the two handfuls of pasta.

Serve

– In individual bowls, add cooked pasta, ladle curry over it. Top with green onion, cilantro and crispy noodles. Add lime wedges and pickled cabbage as you desire. Enjoy!!