Recipe: Appetizing Vegetable Hot&Sour Soup

Vegetable Hot&Sour Soup.

You can have Vegetable Hot&Sour Soup using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegetable Hot&Sour Soup

1. Prepare 1/4 cup of each of grated carrot, shredded cabbage, finely chopped french beans, finely chopped onion.
2. It's 1 tsp of finely chopped garlic.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of finely chopped ginger.
4. You need 2 tsp of finely chopped celery leaves.
5. It's 4-5 teaspoon of corn starch dissolved in 2 tablespoon water (for a slight thicker consistency in the soup).
6. You need 3/4 tsp of black pepper powder.
7. You need 3/4 tsp of chilli sauce.
8. It's 3 tsp of soy sauce.
9. It's 2 tsp of vinegar (I have taken apple Cider vinegar).
10. Prepare 2.5 cups of water or veg stock.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp of Olive oil.
12. You need 1 tsp of sugar to adjust the sour.
13. You need as required of salt.

Vegetable Hot&Sour Soup step by step

1. First rinse and shred the cabbage and french beans..
2. Peel and grate the carrots. chop the onions, ginger and garlic..
3. Heat 1 tbsp Olive oil in a pan Add finely chopped onion, ginger and garlic. Stir and saute on a medium flame for 2 minutes..
4. Then add the finely chopped french beans, stir fry on a medium to high flame.Add carrots, cabbage and celery..
5. Meanwhile make a paste of corn starch and water. keep aside. Stir fry these veggies on a high flame for 2 to 3 minutes..
6. Add water or veg stock. Cook well. Add soy sauce and stir. Then season with salt. Bring the soup to a simmer on medium flame..
7. Mix 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..
8. When the soup has thickened, add black pepper, vinegar and sugar. Give a final stir. switch off the flame. I garnished the veg hot and sour soup with butter. Thanks.
9. Note: keep a check on the amount of salt as soy sauce already has a lot of salt. I added just about one-fourth teaspoon first and adjusted towards the end..