Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup (Canh Chua)

Ingredients

For 3 servings

• 4 cups low sodium broth ((chicken, vegetable or seafood))
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoons + 1 ½ teaspoon sugar
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 cup boiled water
• 60 g tamarind paste ((approximately 2 tablespoons. Or 5½ tablespoons of tamarind concentrate))
• 1 chicken breast
• cornstarch
• soy sauce
• sesame oil
• 1 cup pineapple ((fresh or canned, cut into 1 inch pieces))
• 1 cup tomatoes ((1 small or 1 large tomato, chopped into 1 inch pieces))
• 1 cup okra
• 1 cup elephant ears (taro stem)
• 1 handful bean sprouts ((approx. 1 cup))
• rice paddy herb (rau om)
• Thai basil
• fried garlic or shallots
• sawtooth coriander
• 1 Thai chili