Homemade Thermomix strawberry jam

Tis strawberry season! Here's a quick and simple recipe for homemade strawberry jam 

Ingredients

500g strawberries

100g coconut or rapadura sugar (or honey)

30g chia seeds 

1/2tsp lime or lemon juice

Method

Cook strawberries and sugar for 20min/sp1/100deg

Add remaining ingredients and mix 7 sec/sp3

Transfer to sterilised jars 

Vegetarian Bun bo hue

Perfect soup weather. This soup guarantees 2 bowls from hubby (and sister). Worth all the work. It's soo delicious and nutritious!!

You can make the soup stock with whatever veggies you like. This is what I used to make my soup base:

Daikon Radish

Cabbage 

Jicama

Carrots

Ginger 

Dried shiitake mushroom and the reserved soaking water

Lotus root

Apple

Pear

Lemongrass - lots of it

Add water to cover the veggies and boil

(As I don't like wastage, I remove some of the veggies and the fruits from the soup, then blitz it in my Thermomix until smooth. It is then added back to the soup to cook for more flavour and nutrition. The soup is made with pure veggies :)

If the soup is too thick due to puréed veggies, just add more water. 

Stirfry in oil until fragrant and golden brown:

Fresh variety mushrooms (shiitake, king oyster, white etc)

Vegetarian mushroom beef balls

Diced up lemongrass (I blitz it in my thermomix)

Tofu chips

Add to the cooking soup broth

Fry 2tbs vegetarian shrimp powder and 2tbs bun bo hue chilli powder (or to taste, I probably used more) in oil and add to the soup. 

Cook bun bo hue noodles (or thick vermicelli) in a separate pot according until a soft chewy texture. Drain and rinse. 

Put cooked noodles into a bowl and garnish with basil, mints, lettuce, bean sprout, coriander and other asian herbs you like. Chilli if you like. Don't forget lime/lemon!!

Pour soup on top of the noodles and eat while it's hot. 

Some people are unsure of the products I bought, so here are photos:

Vego shrimp paste

Bun bo hue chilli powder mix