Asian chilli crabmeat soup | Reader's Digest New Zealand

Ingredients

• 2 cups (350 g) crabmeat
• 6 French shallots (eschalots), roughly chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 3 cups (750 ml) salt–reduced hot fish stock
• ⅓ cup (65 g) basmati rice
• 1½ teaspoons dried red chilli flakes
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• 200 ml (7 fl oz) low–fat coconut milk
• juice of 1 lime
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, to serve
• 2 spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced, to serve