Soups
Veg Manchow Soup
Restaurant style Soups can be easily made at home. Yummy , nutritious and comforting.. its no surprise why soups are so popular!! Manchow soup a very popular Indo Chinese Soup served along with crispy fried Noodles in most of the restaurants.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Serves
- 4 people
- Total
- 40 min
Ingredients
- 1 ( small- finely chopped)Onion
- 7-8( finely chopped)Garlic
- 1 inch piece ( finely chopped)Ginger
- 1 small-( finely chopped)Tomato
- 2Green chillies
- 5-6 ( finely chopped)French Beans
- 2 ( finely chopped)White Button Mushroom
- 1/2 ( finely chopped)Carrot
- 1/2 ( finely chopped)Capsicum
- 1/4 cup ( finely chopped)Cabbage
- 1/4 cup ( for garnish)Corriander
- 2 tspRed Chilli sauce
- 3 tspDark Soya Sauce
- 1 tspGreen chilli sauce
- 2 tsp cornflour dissoved in 1/2 cup of waterCorn flour dissolved in water
- a pinchMSG - Ajinomoto (optional)
- For Vegetable Stock
- 1/2 cupCabbage
- 2Mushrooms
- 1/2Carrot
- 1/2Capsicum
- a pinchsalt
- a pinchpepper
Method
- Step 1
To make the Fried Noodles ( optional)
- Step 2
Boil the 100 gms noodles as per instructions on the pack and drain them thoroughly.
- Step 3
Add 1 tsp oil and keep them aside for a while.
- Step 4
Add the 2-3 tsp cornflour to the noodles and mix them well with hands coating them well.
- Step 5
Deep fry the noodles in hot oil on low to medium heat.
- Step 6
Once they slightly turn golden brown drain them on a kitchen towel paper.
- Step 7
Crispy Noodles are ready.
- Step 8
To make Vegetable stock
- Step 9
Boil 3-4 cups of water in a pan.
- Step 10
Once the water comes to a boil add the roughly chopped vegetables mentioned to prepare the stock.
- Step 11
Add salt and pepper .
- Step 12
Cover and bring it to a boil atleast for 10-12 mins.
- Step 13
Once done drain the stock and discard the veggies.
- Step 14
The stock is ready.
- Step 15
To make the soup
- Step 16
Chop all the ingredients and keep them ready
- Step 17
Dissolve 2 tsp of cornflour in 1/2 cup of water.
- Step 18
Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan.
- Step 19
Add all the aromatics like ginger, garlic, green chillies, onion saute for a min or two.
- Step 20
Add all the chopped vegetables and saute well.
- Step 21
Add all the sauces and mix well.
- Step 22
Add salt and msg ( do not add too much salt since the sauces already have salt)
- Step 23
Add the stock and mix.
- Step 24
Adjust the sauces as per your taste and mix well.
- Step 25
Cover the soup and bring it to a boil for 4-5 mins.
- Step 26
Add coriander leaves and mix well.
- Step 27
Once it boils add the cornflour mixture and mix well.
- Step 28
Add a little water to achieve the desired consistency and boil for 10-12 mins.
- Step 29
The Soup is then ready to serve.
