Jamaican vegetable soup

For the soup:

• 1.5 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 red onion finely chopped
• 2 stalks celery finely chopped
• 1 red pepper deseeded and finely chopped
• 200 g sweet potato cubed
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp minced ginger
• 1 tsp minced garlic 
• 2 tsp paprika
• 0.5 tsp ground allspice
• Scotch bonnet chilli chopped to your taste
• 450 ml hot vegetable stock
• 450 ml very finely chopped tomato
• 4 sprigs of thyme
• 450 g leftover coconut rice and peas warm

For the corn:

• 2 large corn on the cob

To garnish:

• thyme sprigs
• Lime slices