Taste this fantastic seafood dish to help you keep away the cold especially during winter.

Prep time: 1 hour plus soaking
Total cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 4

Rice Noodles and Seafood in Spicy Soup Recipe Ingredients:

4-5 large dried red chillies
500 g raw prawns
1.5 litres of water
1 red onion, chopped roughly
5 cm piece galangal, peeled and roughly chopped
4 stems lemon grass, sliced (only the white part)
10 candlenuts
3 medium-sized red chillies, seeded and roughly chopped
2 teaspoons grated fresh turmeric
2 teaspoons shrimp paste
3 tablespoons oil
2 cups coconut milk
8 ready-made fried sliced fish balls
500 g fresh thin rice noodles, gently separated using fingertips
1 or 2 cucumbers, cut into short thin strips
100 g bean sprouts, scraggly ends removed
1/2 cup mint leaves

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