Chicken Curry Soup

Ingredients

• 1 onion peeled and halved
• 3 chicken breasts about 400g
• 1 bay leaf
• 3/8 inch fresh root ginger piece, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/2 stalk lemon grass crushed flat
• 5 black peppercorns
• 1 red chilli small, deseeded and chopped
• 4 1/4 cups white cabbage cut into strips
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 2 red peppers deseeded and cut into strips
• 1 9/16 cups bamboo shoots
• 1 3/4 ounces bean sprouts
• 15/16 cup fresh coriander 4 sprigs set aside for garnish, remainder finely chopped