Making a Hot and Sour Soup is pretty easy and at the same time, it's also very easy to screw up the flavour profile of what a Hot and Sour Soup needs to taste like. Simply speaking it's a soup with fresh veggies and spices and in some cases some sauces as well. This is a Soup that is comforting in nature and warms you up from the inside when the weather is a bit rainy and gloomy. Usually, this soup tastes better with some sort of protein but since I didn't have any I made a Veg version of the soup.
INGREDIENTS
The ingredients for this soup is pretty simple, get any veggies you like it depends entirely on your own choice but in my case, I went with Cabbage, Carrots, Onions, Mushrooms, etc. You will also need some Salt, Oil, Spices and some vinegar as well. That's all you need simple right.
PREPARATION
First and foremost you need to chop your veggies into Julieenes. Small bite-sized veggies book easily and melt easily as well making the soup richer. Once you have chopped all your veggies sautee them lightly on a pan with Oil. I used Olive Oil for my Soup but you may use any Oil you like it's entirely up to you what Oil you use.
Once all the veggies have been slightly sauteed add some salt and spices like ginger powder, cumin powder and some chilli flakes. Once they are mixed we'll add some hot water to the mix and let it simmer for 10 minutes on low flame. Once it has come to a nice simmer add some cornstarch to the mix so that you get a nice soupy consistency.
To be honest your soup is done but there are some extra steps that take this soup to the next level one of those steps is to add about 2-3 tablespoons of Soy Sauce and Vinegar to the mix. While mixing them make sure you taste your soup so that you balance the flavours nicely as Soy Sauce and Vinegar is quite overpowering flavours. As for a final touch add some Pepper and Coriander to garnish the soup and eat it while it's hot.
Missed 2 days ago and 9 days ago and 10 days ago. I haven't checked beyond that.
I upvoted the 2dayys one manually but the 9 and 10 ones are gone./ Sorry man autovoter was a little off this month.
Yea... that 7-day cut-off sucks. I've been so busy lately I don't even notice what I make each day.
Thanks for the manual vote.