Thai-style Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

• chicken stock
  3 cups
• garlic cloves

  minced
  2 unit
• kaffir lime leaves
  5 unit
• fresh or dried ginger
  3 slices
• fish sauce
  ¼ cup
• lemon grass

  lower ⅓ portion only, peeled, cut into 1 inch lengths
  2 stalks
• hot green Thai chile peppers

  optional
  5 unit
• sliced straw mushrooms
  ½ cup
• shrimps or prawns

  shelled and split length wise
  8 ounces
• lime juice
  ¼ cup
• roasted chile paste
  1 teaspoon
• chopped cilantro
  1 tablespoon