This hot and sour soup recipe is perfect for the winter season but we don’t wait for winters, every time we make Chinese food, we do make this as a starter.
Preparation Time: | 20 minutes |
Servings: | 4 |
Difficulty: | Easy |
Ingredients
Black Pepper Crushed | 1/4 tsp |
Sugar | 1/4 tsp |
Soy Sauce | 1 tsp |
Rice Vinegar | 2 tsp |
Aromat Powder | 1/2 tsp |
Green Chilli Chopped | 1/2 tsp |
Bean Curd Sauce | 2 tsp |
Tabasco Sauce | 1/4 tsp |
Salt | 1/8 tsp |
Potato or Corn Starch | 1 tsp |
Vegetables (green onion, carrot, broccoli, mushroom, coriander stems) | 1 tbsp each |
Method
- Chop vegetables finely.
- Make slurry by mixing the starch in 1/4 cup of cold water.
- Add all other ingredients in a pan and bring it to boil. Once it starts to boil, simmer it on low heat for 10 minutes.
- Mix slurry in the soup and stir continuously till it starts to boil again.
- Add all the chopped vegetable and optionally tofu pieces. Boil for another 2 minutes. Hot and sour soup is ready.
- Garnish with chopped green onions and serve it hot.
Notes
- The vegetables should stay crisp for best taste.
- If you like, you can also add small pieces of tofu in it.
- Always use cold water to mix starch. Mix it again just before adding it to the soup. Once added to the soup, keep stirring otherwise it will form lumps.
Summary

Recipe Name
Hot and sour soup
Author Name
Ruchi Garg
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