Ingredients
3 cups gluten free vegetable stock
2 lemon grass stalks halved and bruised
2 garlic clove finely sliced handfull of cilantro stalks finely chopped and leaves torn
2 kaffir lime trees
2 red chillies seeded and halved
2 inch fresh ginger peeled and halved
3/4 sliced green peas topped and tailed then sliced
7 oz can water chestnuts drained and sliced
7oz Firm tufu , cubed
4 scalliouns sliced
1 cup basmati rice
Method
Pour the stock into a large saucepan, stir in the lemon grass vginger, cilantrostalks , lime leaves , chillies and ginger and simmer for 10 minutes .
Remove the pieces of ginger and lemon grass .
Add the beans , water chestnuts , tufu and coconut cream and simmer until the beans are just tender . Meanwhile cook the basmati rice in a saucepan of boiling water according to the packet instructions .
Sprinkle the remaining cilantro leaves over the soup ladle into bowls and garish with the remaining rice , for each person .
For thai chicken noodle soup make the soup as above , replacing the tutu with 10 oz cooked and bell pepper . omit the rice and replace with 1 oz cooked rice noodles
