Authentic Thai Coconut Soup | Food Stuff

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 (13.5 ounce) cans canned coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 (1 inch) piece galangal, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon green onion, thinly sliced
• 10 kaffir lime leaves, torn in half
• 4 stalks lemon grass, bruised and chopped
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
• 1 pound shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 1 pound medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
• 2 cups water