Finally, they get to be together.... This is the first time I combined both the vegetables and noodles in a soup though I had been making separate versions of both often. I have to admit that the combo was too good and the kids went crazy over it. Arjun loves soups especially Indo-Chinese fares and he was delighted to have this for Dinner. I made this on the fateful day when we were hit by cyclone to keep away the chill hence the bad lighting, do excuse. TH and Arun who are not that much into soups also enjoyed this very much. I always use home made vegetable stock for making soups and do not use readymade soup cubes as Arjun is allergic to them.
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Chinese Vegetable Noodles Soup
You’ll need:
- Mixed Vegetables – ½ cup
- Noodles – 100 gms
- Celery stick – 1
- Mushrooms – 4 to 5
- Spring Onion – 4
- Onion – ¼ cup or 1 small
- Grated ginger – 1 tsp
- Grated garlic – 1 tsp
- Vegetable Stock – 4-5 cups
- Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp
- Chilli sauce – 2 tbsp
- Soy sauce – 2 tsp
- Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
- Aji-no-moto – 2 pinch
- Lemon – 1 halved
- Black pepper powder – to taste
- Coriander leaves – 3 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 3 tsp
Method:
I used a vegetable mix of finely chopped carrots, shredded cabbage, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets and French beans. Chop the celery stick finely. Chop the onions finely. Shred the celery and coriander leaves. Separate the green and white part of spring onions and chop both finely.
Heat a soup pot with oil. Add the onion and sauté till it turns pink. Now add the spring onion whites, ginger, garlic, celery stick and sauté for a min. Now add the vegetables, mushrooms and aji-no-moto and sauté over high flame for a min or 2.
Add the tomato sauce, chilli sauce, soy sauce, and red chilli powder, salt and mix well. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Add the celery leaves, coriander leaves and noodles and let it cook in the stock till done over medium flame. This will take approx. 3-4 min. Check salt and season with black pepper powder. Switch off stove and let it be for 2 min with a lid closed.
Now to the magic ingredient which takes the soup to the next level. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon and give it final mix. Garnish with spring onion greens and serve piping hot in individual soup bowls.
Version-2:
Cook the noodles separately as per the pack’s instructions and keep it aside. Make the soup without adding the noodles. While serving, place the noodles in individual soup bowls and pour the soup over the noodles. Add the lime juice, mix well. Garnish with spring onion greens and serve.
If you plan to serve later by reheating the soup do not add the lemon juice. Add lemon juice while serving.
Notes:
- Do not reheat the soup after adding lemon juice as it will give out a bitter taste. So always add lemon juice just before serving.
- You can also use readymade soup bouillon cubes in place of home made stock.
- Instead of grated ginger and garlic, you can use ginger garlic paste.
- Do taste the soup before and after the addition of lemon juice and you will see a marked difference in taste enhancement. You will agree that lemon juice takes this soup to the next level.
This is off to Vardhini’s New U, Jyothi’s Hearty and Healhty and to Priya’s Healthy Diet – Warm Soups
Can I come over?? This looks so inviting...perfect for the weather..slurp!
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Yummy looking soup...looks tempting and delicious. Nice click.
Lovely soup dear!!!!
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Oh yum, it sounds like it'd be so full of flavor!
Soup looks aweosme and yummy.
This sounds yummy and can be had as a meal too. Pretty clicks and will give this a try soon
Nice presentation and the soup looks inviting. Love Chinese flavor and noodles.
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Hey Radhi, soup looks totally like out of a magazine. I m sure it would have tasted excellent.
awesome...luks super yummy
my hub just Love the Chinese flavor..it looks delicious dear....
wow... I am so making this.... will try it soon and let you know how it came out for me
looks tempting...amazing clicks...
ooh what a delightful & hearty looking bowl; nice clicks radhika
Awww...this is divine!!
The clicks are as usual phenomenal and the soup looks utter maddening...cheers gal!! 🙂
delicious looking soup...
Super looking soup..healthy!!
soup looks tempting and delicious..perfect for the cold climate..
really reallly really temptg
Wow...What a lovely soup..perfect for the winters we are having...
Omg, feel like grabbing that whole bowl and having rite now,irresistible super filling soup..Thanks for sending dear..
irresistable & droolworthy soup radhika
My hearty festive wishes to you & your family..:)
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Super yummy looking soup...
Oh My! Looks sooooo good. I wish I was your neighbour and could drop in at your house fo a cup of soup.
Its so inviting. Can you send some over?
My kidoos love this noodles n veg soup, I use to give them knorr or maggi soup...thanks Radhika for sharing this recipe,soup looks so inviting...Neat presentation!!
what kind of noodles?....please let me know.
what kind of noodles?....please let me know.
Great dish, looks yummy. I will try this. My son loves to eat chinese items.
You can check mine recipes till now -
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@ Shamma: I used plain noodles. You can also use spaghetti kind.
Wow it looks so healthy and yummy.. love the dark color as well..
Drooling here...yummy looking
Tried this out today and we loved it.
@ Vidya: Thanks for trying out and glad that you all enjoyed it.
Soup looks restaurant style Radhika!! Delicious and well captured to say the least!! Yum! I am going to try this soon! Thanks for sharing!
lovely pic, makes me so hungry just looking at it 🙂
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Beautiful clicks Radhika 🙂 Love it!
So yum! !! Very tempting n filling bowl of soup!!!!
This looks like such a hearty and flavorful meal. I'm going to have to look up Aji-no-moto as I'm not familiar with it. Can't wait to try this for my family.
Mmmm! I saw this on Baking in a Tornado's FB page, and had to come over for a closer look! Beautiful- thank you! 🙂
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Can't wait to try this! I have a tip. When I make my own recipe, I get all my veggies from the salad bar at the market. No chopping. They even have bean sprouts!
Thanks for the recipe. Looks fantastic!
Wow it looks Yum ! Can't wait to try it !
Awesome recipe, Makes me want to try it now...