Friday, May 1, 2009

Mixed vegetable soup

So far, I am more interested to learn cooking chinese dishes. No particular reasons, just my preference. Brewing/cooking soup is something i am more likely to try and do regularly. Besides learning how to brew soup from cookbooks, I also pay attention to the ingredients used when i eat out. Mixed vegetable soup (i name it) is one of the soups that i learned from a eating place.

The ingredients are very simple as follows:
- Carrot (qty: 2 - 3 units)
- Potato (qty: 4 units)
- Sweet corn (qty: 2 units)
- Green radish (qty: 1 unit)
- Soy beans (qty: about 35g)



Wash and peel all ingredients and cut all into cube size except the soy bean.

Steps:
(1) Soak the soy beans for about 30 minutes.
(2) Boil a container of water and put in the soy beans first to brew for about 10 to 15 minutes
(3) Add sweet corn and green radish to the soup and continue to brew for another 15 minutes
(4) Then add the remaining potatos and carrots into the soup for another 25 to 30 minutes

Dun need to add any salt. The soup is tasty naturally. Btw, I dun like to use salt when i cook. I like dishs of lighter taste and prefer letting the ingredients to do the wonders. Of course, it is healthier to consume less salt.

I will also use the soup as stock to cook porridge for my daughter. i will then smash some carrot and potatos into the porridge + sweet corn before feeding her. She loves it a lot :-)

The soup is halal and suitable for vegetarian.
Try to brew it one of these days on your own. :-)

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