Sup kerang - mussel soup (East Java)

mussel soup (East Java)

ingredients:

200 gr mussels

1000 ml water

2 tsp salt

2 tsp palm sugar

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 leek

 

bumbu:

2 cloves garlic

2 shallots

1.5cm temu kunci/fingerroot

 

preparation:

blanch separately the mussels and drain. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Cut the leek into thin slices.

Heat in a pan the water together with the bumbu and cook it for 3 minutes. Add the mussels, salt, palm sugar and pepper and cook until tender. Add the leek and serve.