Steam Boat

Had steamboat for Father's Day at my home. My brother-in -law joined us for  dinner. First time trying to make this cuisine. Prepared the stock -  tom yam soup and chicken soup. Actually there is no fixed recipe .... I made the soup just by boiling:

Chicken Soup:   chicken bones (the backbone part) + about 4 litres water + 2 inches ginger (sliced) + 4 pips of garlic + 1 carrot (cut into cubes) + 2 tomatoes (cut into cubes) + salt to taste & a dash of pepper.  

Tom Yam Soup:  All the above ingredients as for chicken soup. Just add after boiling for 1/2 an hour:- 2 tbsp of tomyam paste + 3 stalks of serai, crushed + 4 leaves of limau purut + 1 bunga kantan.                                                                         

Now to enjoy the steamboat:

Place your electric steamboat pot with the stock in the centre of the table, then follow these steps when you're ready to have your meal:                           

Step  1 :   Bring the stock to a gentle simmer in your electric steamboat pot.

Step 2 :   Arrange the raw meat, seafood like prawns, fishcakes and vegetables on separate plates around the steamboat.                                       

Step 3 :   Add a few raw ingredients to the stock at a time, then use  chopsticks  or slotted spoons to transfer the cooked ingredients to serving bowls to eat with dipping sauces.                                                                                   

Step 4 :   At the end of the meal, crack an egg into the stock, if desired, then enjoy the enriched stock as a soup and have it with noodles.