Veg Hot and Sour Soup

This is my favorite soup. Whenever i go to a restaurant, my first preference is Veg Hot and Sour Soup. Also whenever i get cold, cough and fever, i prefer this soup to relieve from the ailments.

Hot and sour soup can refer to soups from several Asian culinary traditions. In all cases, the soup contains ingredients to make it both spicy and sour. In India, this soup is made with red and green chillies, ginger, carrots, snow peas, tofu, soy sauce, rice vinegar and a pinch of sugar. It is viewed in India as being a Chinese soup. It can be veg and non veg as well.

Now let see the recipe.

Ingredients:

Every ingredients should be chopped.

Garlic  1tbs

Ginger 1tbs

Green chilli 1 piece

Onion 2tbs

Carrot 2tbs

Mushroom 2 tbs

Baby Corn 2tbs

Green Bell papper 2tbs

Cabbage 2 tbs

Beans 2tbs

Black pepper powder - 1 small tbs

Sugar- 1 tbs

Salt - as per taste

Vinegar - 2 tbs

Chilli Sauce - 2 tbs

Soya sauce - 2tbs

For garnishing:

Green coriander leaves (chopped) - 1tbs

Recipe :

1. Heat a pan and put some oil in it.

2. Add ginger, garlic and onions and then carrot and mix all chopped vegetable except cabbage and bell pepper. Saute for two minutes.

3. Now add soya sauce and sugar and put some water or vegetable stock.

4. Add cabbage and bell pepper and let it simmer for few minutes.

5. Now add Chilli sauce and salt and pepper powder and let it boil for 1-2 minutes.

6. When it is done just before putting off the flame add vinegar and mix it and put off the flame. It you carry boiling after adding vinegar then sourness of soup will disappear with heat.

7. Take it in soup bowl and garnish with some coriander leaves. 

You can make it with variation like chicken and fish like prawns, shrimps etc as main ingredient too.

Enjoy it hot and i will be back with another recipe.

Bye yummy mummies!!

[Note : Few lines on description reference : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_and_sour_soup]