Hot and sour soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
• 1/2 cup finely chopped cabbage
• 1/2 cup finely chopped french beans
• 1/2 cup finely sliced mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon green chilli paste
• 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped bamboo shoots optional
• 2 teaspoon dark soya sauce
• 2 teaspoon red chilly sauce
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon white pepper powder
• Small pinch of sugar
• Small handful of chopped spring onions
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cooking oil
• 2 teaspoon corn flour

Instructions

1. Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a pan or wok in high flame and add the chopped ginger and garlic.
2. Saute them till light brown. Add the chopped french beans. cabbage. carrot.
3. Saute them for 1 minute in high flame.
4. Pour 3 cup water and simmer for 2 more minutes.
5. Make hot and sour soup
6. Add green chili paste. dark soya sauce. red chilly sauce. vinegar and mix nicely.
7. Add the mushroom slices. 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon white pepper powder.
8. Simmer the soup for one more minute.
9. Make a slurry with 2 teaspoon corn flour and 1/2 cup water and pour into the soup and mix well.
10. Pour few chopped spring onions and simmer until the soup thicken.
11. Taste the seasoning and pour a small pinch of sugar into the soup.
12. Sprinkle some chopped spring onions and remove the soup to serve.