Pumpkin and Coconut Cream Soup
| Yield: | 4 Servings |
| Categories: | Soups, Thai |
| 400 | g | Pumpkin; peeled |
| DIVIDER | -- cut into 2 cm cubes | |
| 1 | tb | Lemon or lime juice |
| 100 | g | Green (uncooked) prawns OR- dried shrimp |
| 2 | md | Onions |
| 1/4 | ts | Shrimp paste |
| 2 | Fresh chilies; seeded OR... | |
| 2 | ts | -Roasted chili paste (opt.) |
| 1 | tb | Finely chopped lemon grass |
| 300 | ml | Water |
| 750 | ml | Coconut milk |
| DIVIDER | --(reserve thick cream) | |
| 1 | tb | Fish sauce |
| 1 | ts | Sugar |
| 1/2 | ts | Pepper |
| 80 | g | Fresh basil leaves |
| DIVIDER | --(reserve some for garnish) |
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