Tom Kha Gai (Chicken Coconut Soup) ต้มข่าไก่

Ingredients for Tom Kha Gai (serves 3-4) 300g chicken thighs 1-2 lemongrass stalks, smashed and cut into pieces 3 shallots, bruised 8 - 10 sliced galangals 4 kaffir lime leaves 100g cup of mushrooms, sliced 2 cup coconut milk ½ tsp salt 1 tbsp fish sauce, to taste ¼ teaspoon palm sugar 1/4 teaspoon stock power or ½ cup of chicken stock (optional) 2 tbsp lime juice, to taste Red chilies such as Bird’s Eye Chilli, cayenne chili, bruised or sliced. Fried dried chilli (optional) 2 tbsp coriander plus some for garnish 3 coriander roots 1 tbsp Saw tooth coriander if you can find, I did not use it this time.