Cold tomato soup Kuksi with shrimps
Sergey Batukov, the chef of the Valenok restaurant, prepares cold tomato soup kuksi in four different variations: with noodles, with shrimp, with veal or with crab. This one is with shrimp.
Ingredients
Servings 4- 1 kg tomatoes
- 300 ml drinking water
- 4 g red chilli
- 10 ml 9% vinegar
- 10 ml soy sauce
- 10 g sugar
- 4 g garlic
- 120 g cucumbers
- 80 g of radish
- 40 g celery stalks
- 300 g rice noodles
- 24 unpeeled medium shrimp (with head)
- 15 ml of olive oil
- cilantro for decoration
- salt
Cooking
Step 1
Blanch the tomatoes and remove the skin.
Step 2
Grind tomatoes in a blender. Add half of the water. Then - salt, pepper, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, pre-fried garlic.
Step 3
Add fresh cucumbers, radishes and celery, grated on a fine grater. Mix everything.
Step 4
Let it brew for 3-4 hours.
Step 5
Boil the noodles according to package instructions. Boil shrimp until fully cooked. Cool everything down. Clean the shrimp. Rinse the noodles, if desired.
Step 6
Put noodles in a deep plate, add tomato soup, shrimp on top. Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with cilantro leaves. Serve right away.