Clear Vegetable Soup

Clear Vegetable Soup

'Tis is the season for clear soups... at my home at least.Well, last week my husband "R" was down with cold for couple of days. He lost his appetite completely, but ,for me it was important to make sure I give him nutritious food to help him in recovery. My secret recipe for down with cold, cold winter days is this clear soup.It is a quick soup with fresh vegetables cooked in water or stock very soothing to the throat. I usually cook a big batch,refrigerate it and heat it up as needed for up to four to five days .You can also make this soup a meal by adding handful of any kind of noodles to it.

Clear Vegetable Soup

6 cups water or vegetable stock
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup diced beans
1 tspn black pepper
1 tbspn soya sauce
1 tbspn rice vinegar
1 tspn sugar
Salt to taste

Method :

Bring the water or broth to boil and add all the vegetables. Let it simmer for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.Add salt ,pepper,soya sauce,vinegar and sugar. Serve hot.

Variations :

Many a times just to get a different taste to the same soup I add finely chopped ginger,cilantro or lemon.Also,  to get a thicker soup I add 1 1/2 teaspoon all purpose flour dissolved in 1/4 cup water to the soup while boiling . I try different variations depending on how I feel like having the soup on that particular day . I would say this soup is a winner hands down any which way !