Prepare your ingredients
Peel and dice potatoes. Cover with about 3.5 quarts of filtered water and bring to boil. When start boiling take off the foam with the slotted spoon and reduce heat to medium. Add wild rice at this stage (wash it in a colander under running cold water to remove all dirt) Rice and potatoes would need 30-45 minutes of cooking time while rice and potatoes are cooking proceed with remaining ingredients. Wash and quarter your fresh mushrooms at this stage (if mushrooms are small leave them whole, it will add some character to the dish)
Before you start cover dry mushrooms with 1/2 cup (125 ml) of boiling water. Mushrooms will release their extensive flavor and the dirt and sand will be removed and will go on the bottom of the flavored water.
Dice onion and garlic. Sautee in olive oil on medium heat for 5 minutes or until onion becomes translucent
Add mushrooms to sauteed onions and cook for 5 minutes
Add mushroom mixture to the soup. Add chopped, steeped mushrooms. Also, add flavored water from steeped mushrooms (make sure to not pour in the residue from the bottom). Add salt and pepper to taste. I like to add 1 tbsp of salt for this amount of soup. Cook for 5 more min.
Dice carrots and celery, and set aside
Add diced carrots and celery. Cook for 3 min.
Add coconut milk , cook for 5 min and set aside.
Add diced parsley to the wild rice mushroom soup and enjoy! Bon Appétit!