Spicy Prawn Soup from WHOLE: Bowl Food for Balance by Melissa Delport

Ingredients

• 2 limes
• 1 stalk celery, finely sliced
• 800 millilitres coconut milk
• 1 plum tomato, chopped
• ½ red pepper, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil
• 1 handful fresh coriander leaves
• 1 cup water
• 1 handful pak choi
• 1 teaspoon coconut sugar or brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons coconut milk
• 1½ tablespoons fish sauce or soy sauce
• 100 grams fresh or frozen prawns, shelled and deveined
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 1/2 cm piece fresh ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1–2 red chillies
• 1 stalk lemongrass, chopped
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• ¾ teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 shallot