tom yam kung

ingredient:
675 ml chicken stock
3 stalks of lemongrass, cut slices.
3 lime leaves
6 medium sized prawn,shelled but not deheaded
150 g mushrooms,halved
5 fresh small whole green chillies
10 gr coriander leave, sliced
3tbsp lime juice
fish sauce


boil the stock in a pan, add the lemon grass and lime leaf,then the prawns and mushrooms,when the prawns are cooked,about 8-10 minutes.remove the pan from the heat and add rest of the ingredients,let stand for 5 minutes,then check the seasoning,adding more fish sauce or lime juice,or breakingup the chillies to realease more heat as required.soup should be spice saour and litlle salty.