Coconut-Poached Prawns and Herb Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 800 ml coconut milk
• 1 tbsp each fish sauce and soy sauce
• 20 gm galangal, thickly sliced
• 4 kaffir lime leaves, crushed in your hand
• 2 red shallots, thinly sliced
• 2 small red chillies, thinly sliced, plus extra (optional), to serve
• 1 lemongrass stalk, bruised
• 20 uncooked prawns, peeled and cleaned
• 50 ml lime juice, plus extra wedges to serve
• 600 gm fresh rice noodles (see note) or 300gm dried rice noodles
• ½ cup each (loosely packed) coriander, mint and holy basil
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced