Veg Manchow Soup

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tsp or 9g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 50g

• Onions

  Sweet, raw

  ½ onion or 166g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Ginger root

  Raw

  2 slices or 4g

• Cabbage

  Chinese (pe-tsai), raw

  ½ cup, shredded or 38g

• Carrots

  Raw

  2 medium or 122g

• Green beans

  Frozen, all styles, unprepared snap beans

  50g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  1 small or 74g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  4 cup or 947g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Chili sauce

  Peppers, hot, immature green, canned

  3 tsp or 15g

• Vinegar

  Cider

  4 tsp or 20g

• Soy sauce

  Regular sodium, Shoyu

  4 tsp or 21g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  2 tsp or 4g

• Crispy Noodles

  Crunchy Salad Topping - Whole Foods Market

  2 cup or 112g

• Cornstarch

  6 tsp or 16g

Directions

1. In a large heavy bottomed tawa, add a tsp of oil along with spring onions white and finely chopped onions. saute till they turn translucent.
2. add chopped ginger and garlic and saute till the raw smell disappears.
3. now add chopped cabbage, beans and carrot or any veggies of your choice. saute for a minute.
4. add finely chopped capsicum and fry for another minute.
5. also add 2 cups of water and give a good stir. add more water if required.
6. boil for 5 minutes or till the veggies get cooked well. do not over cook the veggies. you need to enjoy the crunchy bite of veggies as well.
7. add some salt to taste.
8. add 2 tsp of chilli sauce and boil for 2 minutes. adjust the chilli sauce to your taste.
9. now add 2 tsp of vinegar and 2 tsp of soy sauce.
10. now stir the corn starch with some water and make a paste out of it. add it to the soup accordingly. stir again and check the consistency. the more corn starch you add the more thick your soup will be.
11. finally add some freshly crushed black pepper and some spring onions green. give a good mix.
12. serve the soup topped with some fried noodles and spring onions.