Hot and Sour Soup (veg)
This classic Hot and Sour Soup recipe is easy to make in about 25 minutes, and tastes just like the restaurant version!
Ingredients
- 1 small carrot Or about 50 grams carrots Or ¼ cup grated carrots gajar
- 5 to 6 Button mushrooms Or ¾ cup sliced mushrooms
- ¼ cup Shredded cabbage
- ¼ cup French beans Finely chopped
- 1 Small onion Finely chopped Or about ¼ cup finely chopped onions
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon Celery Finely chopped
- 4 to 5 teaspoon corn starch dissolved in 2 tablespoon water For thicker consistency in soup dissolve 4 tsp cornstarch in water
- ¾ teaspoon Black pepper or white pepper Or ¾ teaspoon red chili paste or green chili sauce
- 3 teaspoon Soy sauce or add as required
- 2 teaspoon Rice vinegar or add as required
- 2.5 cups Water or veg stock
- 2 to 3 teaspoon coriander leaves Chopped dhania patta
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt as required
Instructions
- First rinse and shred the cabbage and french beans.
- Wipe the mushrooms with a wet cloth and then slice them.
- Rinse, peel and grate the carrots. chop the onions, ginger and garlic.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan or kadai (wok).
- Add finely chopped onion, ginger and garlic. stir and saute on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Then add the finely chopped french beans. stir and add the sliced mushrooms.
- On a medium to high flame, stir fry till the mushrooms get lightly browned from the edges.
- Meanwhile make a paste of corn starch and water. keep aside.
- Once the mushrooms are lightly browned (takes about 5 to 6 minutes on a medium to high flame) add carrots, cabbage and celery.
- Stir fry these veggies on a high flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add water or veg stock. stir well. add soy sauce and stir,season with salt.
- Keep a check on the amount of salt as soy sauce is already salty.I added just about one-fourth tsp first and adjusted towards end.
- Bring the soup to a simmer on medium flame.
- Stir the corn starch paste and add it to the soup. stir again very well.
- Allow the soup to thicken on a low to medium flame.
- When the hot and sour soup has thickened, add black pepper or white pepper and vinegar.
- Give a final stir. switch off the flame. check the taste and add more soy sauce, vinegar or salt or black pepper if required.
- Serve the hot and sour soup steaming hot garnished with coriander leaves.
- You can also just add the coriander leaves towards the end and then serve the hot n sour soup.