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Chinese Hot and sour Soup

6/20/2012

 
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1/2 cup dried shitake mushroom julienned
1 cup napa cabage julienned
1 tsp soy sauce
1/4 cup carrots, julienned
1/4 cup for soup dried seaweed
1/2 cup silken tofu julienned 
6 cups mushroom stock
dash of white pepper
dash of sesame oil
dash of salt
1/4 tsp Taiwanese black vinegar
1/2 tsp white or apple cider vinegar
2 tsp corn starch
2 tbsp cold water
1 tbsp fresh cilantro

   

R
inse dried mushroom then put into a pot with 6 cups of water. Leave in water till soft, when soft drain the mushroom to slice and save the mushroon water as a base for the soup.  Add to the pot, mushroom water, carrots, tofu, napa cabbage, mushroom, seaweed and bring it all to a boil.  Add salt, pepper, soysauce to the soup.  To make a slurry, mix corn starch with cold water until smooth and add into the bubbling soup, stir fast to prevent clumping, turn the heat to low and add vinegar, and sesame oil.  Add the cilantro before serving. 

 


Red Lentil Soup

6/20/2012

 
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1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp thyme
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp combination of whole dried spices: mehti, coriander, yellow and black
mustard seeds, caraway seed, cumin, nutmeg, fenugreek, clove
1 tsp fresh chili
1 tbsp sweet paprika powder
6 cups water 
1 cup fresh tomato puree 
1 cup fresh fig peeled diced 
1 cup eggplant diced 
1 cup fresh mushroom diced
1 cup celery minced including leaves
2 cups cooked red lentils
1 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup parsely minced
1 whole lemon wedged



Toast dried spices, thyme, bay leaves, and chili in 1 tbsp oil for 1 minute on high heat, then add the paprika powder.  Next add water, tomato puree,fig, eggplant, mushroom, celery and bring to a boil.  Add cooked lentils last and bring to a boil.  Then turn the heat to medium low and add  nutritional yeast flakes, salt.  Add the parsely in the pot before serving and serve the soup with a wedge of lemon. 


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