Party squash soup

INGREDIENTS

• 1¼ litres organic chicken or vegetable stock
• 6-7 lime leaves
• 3 fresh red chillies, deseeded
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 large thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled
• 3 sticks lemongrass, trimmed and squashed with the back of a knife
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 small bunch fresh coriander
• olive oil
• 1 heaped teaspoon five-spice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 onion, peeled and finely sliced
• 1 large butternut or acorn squash, halved, deseeded and cut into 1 inch chunks
• 200 g basmati rice, washed
• 2 x 400 ml tinned light coconut milk
• juice of 3-4 limes
• 1 fresh red chilli, finely sliced, optional