Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2                    to
   3      stalks        lemon grass
   2      pounds        tiger shrimps -- or- boneless
                        -- chicken
   5                    to
   6                    lime leaves -- (kaffir)
                        lemon juice and fish sauce
   2                    to
   3      small         red/green chili peppers
   1      can           straw mushrooms
   1 1/2  tablespoons   Thai chili paste *
                        cilantro/parsley

Preparation:

* with soy beans oil (dark reddish-brown color), which comes in a jar that can be bought at any Thai grocery Boil some water (half of the pot) in a 1.5 qt sauce pan. Put in lemon grass, and the chili paste. Put in the shrimps and the mushrooms. Let it boil for 10 minutes. Put in the "lime" leaves and sliced chili peppers (1 min). It's done!! Now you can mix it in a serving bowl with some lemon juice and fish sauce. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with Thai Jasmine rice