Recipes
Veg Manchow Soup Recipe
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Ingredients
for the soup
- cup ¼shredded cabbage
- cup ¼grated carrots
- cup ¼ to ⅓sliced or chopped mushrooms
- cup ¼finely chopped french beans
- cup ¼finely chopped onion or spring onion whites
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger/adrak
- 1 tsp finely chopped garlic/lahsun
- 1 tsp finely chopped celery optional
- 1 to 2 fresh red chilies or green chilies finely chopped
- tsp ½rice vinegar or regular vinegar
- 2 tsp soy sauce or add as required
- tsp ¼black pepper or white pepper powder add as required
- 3 cups water or veg stock
- 6 tbsp tsp cornstarch dissolved in 2water (for a slight thicker consistency in the soup dissolve 7 to 8 tsp corn starch in 3water)
- 2 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish (optional)
- 1 tbsp sesame oil or any other oil
- salt as required
- for the fried noodles: optional
- cup ⅓cooked noodles
- oil for frying as required
Ingredients
for the soup
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Instructions
- first chop all the veggies and keep aside.
- heat oil in a wok or pan and add the chopped fresh red chilies, garlic and ginger.
- saute for a minute and then add chopped onions. saute again for a minute.
- now add finely chopped french beans and chopped mushrooms.
- stir fry on a medium to high flame till the mushrooms get lightly browned from the edges.
- then add grated carrots, shredded cabbage, finely chopped capsicum/bell pepper & celery.
- stir fry on a medium to high flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
- in the meantime, if you have cooked noodles, then add them to oil for frying. this is an optional step.
- fry the noodles till they are crisp. drain the fried noodles on kitchen paper towels.
- once the veggies are stir fried for 3 to 4 minutes, then add soy sauce and black pepper. stir.
- now add water or veg stock.
- season with salt. allow the soup to come to a simmer on a medium flame. keep a check on the amount of salt as soy sauce already has a lot of salt.
- meanwhile. make a smooth paste of the corn starch with water.
- add the corn starch paste to the soup. stir very well and let the manchow soup thicken.
- lastly add rice vinegar or regular vinegar. switch off the flame. stir and check the taste. add more seasonings like salt, black pepper or soy sauce or vinegar if required.
- stir and serve vegetable manchow soup hot topped with fried noodles. you can also mix chopped coriander leaves towards the end or serve the soup garnished with coriander leaves.