Thai Corn Soup

Ingredients 

• 4-5 tbsps tinned corn
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsps chopped onion
• 2 inch lemon grass root
• ½ inch ginger
• ½ inch galangal
• 1 fresh red chilli, sliced
• 4 kaffir lime leaves
• 3 cups vegetable stock
• 1 tsp red curry paste
• 3-4 thin slices of lemon
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 5 fresh basil leaves
• Salt to taste
• ½ cup coconut milk

Method

1. Heat oil in a non stick pan, add onion and saute. Diagonally slice lemon grass root and add.
2. Slice ginger and galangal and add.
3. Add fresh red chilli, kaffir lemon leaves and vegetable stock and let it come to a boil. Add red curry paste and mix well. 
4. Drain and add corn and mix. Add lemon slices, lemon juice, 4 torn basil leaves and salt and mix well.
5. Add coconut milk and mix well.
6. Pour into soup bowl, garnish with a basil leaf and serve piping hot.

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