Soto Ayam/Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
500gr boneless chicken
1 can coconut milk
1 liter chicken stock
1 cup water
cooking oil
sugar n salt

Seasoning Paste:
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
4 shallots (chopped)
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 inc galangal (chopped)
1 lemon grass
1 tblsp of lemon juice


Other ingredients:
sliced cabbages
bean sprouts
1/2 pack of vermicelli
2 limes, cut into wedges
2 hard-boiled eggs (cut into wedges)
1 of spring onion (chopped)

Directions:
Pour some oil in a pot and add in the seasoning paste. Stir the seasoning paste and wait till it turns light brown. Add in chicken stock, coconut milk, lemon grass and water. Once the stock starts boiling, add in chicken. Cover the pot and lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add salt to taste.

Blanch beansprouts, soaked vermicelli, cabbages in another pot of boiling water and transfer them into a bowl once they are cooked. Add in toppings of hard-boiled eggs, chopped spring onions and pour the hot chicken stock into the bowl. Serve hot with lime wedges.