Community Harvest Whetstone - Swede laksa

Ingredients

• 6 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
• 3cm ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 4 tsp chilli powder
• 2½ tsp ground cumin
• 2 lemongrass stalks, bases only, roughly chopped
• 30g fresh coriander, leaves and stalks
• 6 banana shallots, peeled and halved (I used the equivalent in onions)
• 1 litre stock
• Rapeseed oil
• 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
• 1½ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp sugar
• 800g swede (ie, about ¾ of a large one), peeled
• 150g rice vermicelli noodles