Quick and Easy Thai Coconut Soup with Mushrooms and Mixed Vegetables

Thai curries and soups are one of my favorite ways to enjoy vegetables and mushrooms — I love the light and fragrant spicy gingeriness of broths seasoned with Thai flavors. I also appreciate the simplicity of Thai vegetable curries and soups — if you have a jar of  Thai curry paste  on hand in your refrigerator, they're the easiest thing to put together. After some chopping, this creamy mushroom and mixed vegetable soup simmered in a coconut milk broth is a snap to make and showcases the best of Thai flavors — with a little assist from Indian  curry powder . If you're serving a small gathering, this soup will be gone in no time. Vegetables and mushroom simmered in an easy, light and fragrant Thai spiced coconut milk curry broth Ingredients: 1/2 oz (14 g) dried shiitake mushrooms 1 tablespoon sesame oil or olive oil 1 small red onion, diced 1 medium carrot, diced 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced or grated 1 clove garlic, minced or crushed 1 red chili, seeded and minced 2 ...