Canh Chua (Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup)

Ingredients

• 4 cups low sodium broth chicken, vegetable or seafood
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 cup water boiled
• 60 grams tamarind paste /pulp, approximately 2 tablespoons. Or 5½ tablespoons of tamarind concentrate
• 1 chicken breast
• cornstarch unchecked▢
• soy sauce unchecked▢
• sesame oil unchecked▢
• 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 handful bean sprouts approx. 1 cup
• rice paddy herb unchecked▢, rau om
• Thai basil unchecked▢
• fried garlic unchecked▢, or shallots
• sawtooth coriander unchecked▢
• 1 Thai chili