Thai-inspired coconut chicken soup - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable or other flavourless oil
• 2 banana shallots , finely chopped
• 1 lemongrass stalk , bashed
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 5g galangal , peeled and sliced, or 2 tsp galangal paste
• 1-2 Thai chillies (or to taste, depending how spicy you like it), finely sliced
• 10g coriander , leaves picked and stalks finely chopped
• 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
• 400ml can coconut milk
• 400ml chicken stock
• 2 chicken breasts , cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 lime leaves (fresh or dried)
• 300g white mushrooms , sliced
• 1½ tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tsp golden caster sugar
• 1 lime , juiced