Chinese Clear Vegetable Soup ( Low Calorie Healthy Cooking)

by Tarla Dalal

Chinese Clear Vegetable Soup utilizes the technique of stir-frying to cook the veggies to ensure minimum losses of nutrients. Not only does it taste great, it is extremely delicious.

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This soup utilizes the technique of stir-frying to cook the veggies to ensure minimum losses f nutrients. Not only does it taste great, it is extremely delicious.

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Chinese Clear Vegetable Soup ( Low Calorie Healthy Cooking) recipe - How to make Chinese Clear Vegetable Soup ( Low Calorie Healthy Cooking)

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Preparation Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 5 mins Total Time: 15 mins 6Makes 6 servings
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Ingredients

1 carrot, thinly sliced
3/4 cup cabbage
3 lettuce leaves
3 spring onions with greens
3 sticks celery (ajmoda)
50 gms sliced cauliflower
2 tbsp oil
pinch of baking powder
a pinch of citric acid (nimbu ka phool)
2 tsp soy sauce
salt to taste

To Serve
chillies in vinegar
chilli sauce

Method

Tear the cabbage and lettuce leaves.
Chop the spring onions with the leaves.
Cut the celery into about 12 mm. Pieces.
Heat the oil thoroughly. Add the vegetables, baking powder and citric acid and cook on a high flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
Add 5 teacups of boiling water, the soya sauce and salt and boil for 3 to 4 minutes.
Serve hot with chillies in vinegar and chilli sauce.

Tips

Health Information :
This soup uses the stir frying technique (an Oriental method of cooking using small quantities of oil) .
For cooking whilst stirring over a high flame.
This results in minimum loss of nutrients and minimum absorption of fat, making it a very useful nutrient saving cooking technique.