Soups. That quintessentially popular & comforting food.
Classified mostly seasonally as Summer Soups (mostly broths) and Winter soups
(Shorbas and the filling and thick creamy ones),.there are some eternal favourites in every
family - like Tomato Soup, Cream of Corn, Veg Clear Soup and today's Manchow
soup. Throw in some cheese and you have kids lapping up a hearty bowl of veggies
without much fuss.
So, a simple Cheesy manchow soup that
works well both as a pre-dinner snack or as an appetiser. Addition of cheese is
optional. But as I was going easy on the Soy Sauce and other additives, cheese
more than made up for the flavour. Which is why I didnt end up with a dark
looking Manchow soup but more healthy filled with veggies. I teamed this up
with some pull apart bread and we had a fab weekend dinner. Sending this to Blogging Marathon (BM
# 26) under "Soups & Salads" theme this week. Check the fellow marathoners
here.
Prep time : 15 mins | Cook time : 15
mins | Serves : 4
Serving suggestions : Croutons / Bread
sticks / Home baked or store bought fresh bread
Difficulty level : Easy
Ingredients:
Veggies (all mixed 2 cups in raw form)
: Finely Shredded cabbage, julienned Carrots, Finely chopped french beans.
Onions - 1 large - minced fine
Capsicum / bell pepper - 1/2 chopped
fine
Garlic - 3 to 4 pods, minced fine
Fresh grated ginger - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies - 1 or 2, adjust spice
(ignore if using green chilli sauce)
Veg Stock - 3 cups
Olive Oil - 2 TBSP
Soya Sauce - 1/2 TBSP
Tomato Ketchup - 1 to 1.5 TBSP
Corn flour - 1/2 TBSP (or more
depending on how thick you want the soup)
Salt - to taste
Garnish : Spring Onion greens, Grated
Cheese (I used normal processed Cheese cubes)
Additional Topping : Fried Noodles (I ran out of Noodles, so didnt add)
Method:
Wash,shred all veggies (mixed
veggies).
Bring a large soup pot or a saucepan to boil with 4 to 4 1/2 cups of
water. Add little salt and tip in the mixed veggies. Let it cook for 6 - 8 mins
till crunchy but not fully done. Strain the water - you should end up with
approx 3 cups of stock. Reserve.
In a wok, heat oil. Fry garlic, ginger
till smell disappears. now add onions and bell pepper and fry till crunchy. Add
the soya sauce, salt & tomato ketchup. Mix well.
If using add the green chilli sauce,
else tip in the chillies and saute for 1 min.
Now add the blanched veggies and saute
for further 2-3 mins. Check for salt and spice.
Add the veg stock and let it come to
boil.
Mix the cornflour in 1 to 2 TBSP of
water and add to thicken the soup. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins more.
Adjust spice once more
Garnish with fresh spring onion greens
and grated cheese. If using Noodles, fry a handful of Hakka Noodles in oil and top before serving.
Serve hot :-)
an all time fav with husband, though personally i feel this soup is not really soup in the sense of light meal, it is more than a meal packed in itself, you have added cheese to it which was i believe the missing ingredient, looks delicious
ReplyDeleteWant to slowly slurrpp this down and enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful appetizing click, Kalyani. Love it! That cheese on top looks nice!
ReplyDeleteSlurppppp...delicious soup dear.
ReplyDeletelove that cheesy click!...and this truly is a complete meal, n a healthy one!
ReplyDeleteSlurp..literally drooling here..Looks delicious..
ReplyDeletePicture has turned out really so well Kalyani..great job...
ReplyDeleteSoup looks so healthy & yummy....:-)
ReplyDeleteI too prepared this the other day.
ReplyDeleteHealthy as it's full of veges.
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looks so healthy and delicious
ReplyDeleteThis is so healthy Kalyani and your pic makes me drool:-)
ReplyDeleteHealthy one and simply cool.
ReplyDeleteGive me that bowl, definitely will keeps me warm and comfort.
ReplyDeleteNice click.. and a healthy soup.Book marked
ReplyDeleteKalyani, that sounds delicious and perfect for a cold winter's day!
ReplyDeleteYummy! This is a one pot meal. Love the idea of using fried hakka noodles in the soup :)
ReplyDeleteA very comforting soup indeed!
ReplyDeleteVery comforting bowl of soup. Loved the click with cheese on top. Looks absolutely inviting..
ReplyDeleteMy fav. soup, looks so inviting.
ReplyDeleteA certainly awesome-ly slurp-y bowl of goodness.
ReplyDeleteLovely click, Kalyani.....and a very comforting looking bowl of soup.
ReplyDeletevery comforting and so good for winter!!!
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I love soups.. and this one looks yummy and awesome..
ReplyDeleteA bowl of comfort.
ReplyDeleteSoup looks delicious..
ReplyDeleteAwesome Chinese soup
ReplyDeleteI love this soup & the broth texture is so good.
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