Manchow soup
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Simple street-side Indian Chinese eatery version of Chicken Manchow Soup | |
| Course | Soup |
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| Place of origin | India |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Vegetables, scallions |
| Variations | Non-vegetarian version with chicken |
 Cookbook: Manchow soup  Media: Manchow soup | |
Manchow soup is a soup popular in Indian Chinese cuisine due to its ease of preparation and hot spicy taste. It is available in large restaurants and street food carts alike. Although the soup is named after Manchuria it does not resemble any that is normally found in the cuisines of the region.
It is a dark brown soup prepared with various vegetables, scallions, and chicken (in the non-vegetarian version only), thickened with stock and corn flour, and flavored with relatively generous doses of soy sauce, salt, garlic and chili peppers. It may also be garnished with chopped spring onions, and served with crispy dry noodles.
Recipe
The quantity of ingredients described in this recipe is sufficient to prepare 2 bowls of soup. The quantity of the ingredients can be adjusted to prepare more bowls of soup. The total time required to get this soup ready is 35 minutes including 20 minutes of cook time and 15 minutes of preparation time.
Ingredients Required:
- 2 cups of vegetable stock with equal quantities of green beans, cabbage, spring onion and carrot
- 1 table spoon of chopped ginger
- 1 table spoon of chopped garlic
- 1 tea spoon of green chili
- 1 table spoon of corn flour
- 1 table spoon of oil
- 1 tea spoon of soy sauce
- Salt as per taste
Take 1 teaspoon of oil in a pan and fry it along with chopped chili, garlic and ginger for half a minute. Now add chopped cabbage, green beans and carrot to the pan and cook it for another 2 minutes. Take ΒΌ cup of water in a separate bowl and mix 1 table spoon of corn flour. Now pour this mixture of water and corn flour into the pan along with soy sauce and mix them well. Now add chopped spring onion. Heat the mixture for at least 5 minutes or until it becomes sufficiently thick. Add fried noodles to this prepared mixture as garnishing. Cook it further for another 5 minutes along with noodles. Manchow soup is now ready for serving. It is a healthy cuisine which serves as a great appetizer.