Veg manchow soup recipe

Oct 21, 2015
By Mary Anthony
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VEG MANCHOW SOUP

CHINESE VEG MANCHOW SOUP

manchow soup recipe is a vegetable manchow soup, an Indo-Chinese manchow soup which is hot and spicy . It is famously served an Indian street food. Manchow Soup is another popular soup recipe from Indian chinese cuisine. This hot and spicy veg soup is perfect to serve as an appetizer

INGREDIENTS

Oil – ½ tbsp.
Garlic + ginger finely chopped – 1 1/2 tbsp
Green chilly finely chopped – 1 tsp or as per ase
Finely chopped cabbage – 2 tbsp
Finely chopped carrot – 2 tbsp
Finely chopped white onions [ spring onion] – 2 tbsp
Greens of spring onion for garnish
2 bsp cornflour dissolved in water -1/2 cup
Salt as per taste
Black pepper powder – ¼ tsp
Soya sauce -1 ½ tbsp.
Vinegar – 1 tsp
Vegetable stock – 4 cups
Fried noodles

PREPARATION –

For vegetable stock – boil roughly chopped veges like carrot, celery, cauliflower, onion, tomato, cabbage etc [what ever veges you have] in 6-7 cups of water for 20 mins OR make 4 cups of stock by using 2 maggi magic cubes [veg or non veg ]
For crispy noodles refer here –https://maryzkitchen.com/crispy-fried-chinese-noodles/
Make it in bulk at home and store it as it tastes much better than the readymade ones.

METHOD

Heat the oil in a pan.

Add the onion + garlic + ginger + chilli and saute on high flame for few seconds.

Now add the veges carrot + cabbage + mushroom and saute for 1 -2 mins.

Add the vegetable stock and mix well.

Add the soya sauce + salt +vinegar + pepper pwdr and cook by continuously stirring it for 2 mins.

Now add the cornflour mixture and cook for 1-2 minutes.[keep stirring]

Garnish with spring onion greens.

Serve hot by topping with the fried noodles.

NOTES –

Its ok if you don’t have stock use plain water or use maggi magic cubes.
Be careful while adding cornstarch , as the soup has to be watery with a smooth texture and not very thick.
You can add finely chopped coriander leaves for Indian touch.
Keep all things ready before you start cooking.
Vegetables should not be overcooked ,it has to be crunchy.
You can also a pinch of ajinomoto
You can also add baby corn , capsicum, celery,beans etc .
For chicken manchow use chicken stock and boiled & shredded chicken pieces.
Use less oil or it floats in the soup.