Soup with Fish, Coconut Milk, and Bamboo Shoots | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup jasmine rice
• 2 stalks fresh lemongrass, trimmed and lightly crushed (optional)
• 2 (4'') pieces lesser galangal, peeled and lightly crushed
• 1 1⁄4 cups coconut milk
• 2 tbsp. Tuk Prahok
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced diagonally
• 1 large canned bamboo shoot, thinly sliced (see note below)
• 3⁄4 lb. catfish filets, skinned and cut into 2'' pieces
• 1⁄4 cup packed chile leaves (optional)