Hot and Sour Soup

Recipe for Hot and Sour Soup, a filing dish for those who like their soup hot and spicy…You can have this soup with spring rolls and chicken drumsticks.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup cabbage, shredded
• ½ cup carrot, grated
• ½ cup cauliflower florets, small
• ½ cup spring onions with leaves, chopped
• 1 tbsp coriander, chopped
• 2 tbsp dried mushrooms, chopped
• 7 baby corn, small, cut diagonally
• 6 cups clear vegetable stock
• 2 tbsp brown vinegar
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 1 tsp chilli sauce
• ½ tsp black pepper powder
• 3 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

For the Topping:

• Chopped coriander & spring onion and thin strips of carrot

Directions:

1. Heat the oil on a high flame in a wok / frying pan.
2. Add the vegetables and stir fry over a high flame for 2 mins.
3. Add the stock, vinegar, soya sauce, chilli sauce, pepper powder and salt and cook for another 2 mins.
4. Make a mixture of cornflour in ½ cup of water and slowly add to the soup.
5. Cook for another 2 mins while stirring continuously.
6. Serve hot with chopped coriander, chillies in vinegar, soya sauce and chilli sauce.