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    Home » Cuisine » Indo-Chinese

    Veg Hot and Sour Soup Recipe (Indo-Chinese)

    Published: Jan 16, 2012 · Last Modified: Aug 19, 2022 by Kanan Patel / 6 Comments

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    Vegetable Hot and sour soup recipe (Indian-Chinese Recipe)

    Veg Hot and Sour Soup Recipe - This recipe is one of the most popular Indian-chinese recipes. It is spicy, sour and hot in terms of flavors.

    Veg Hot and soup recipe (Indian style)

    This veg hot and sour soup recipe is fusion indo-chinese recipe. This soup tastes same as Indo-chinese restaurant one. Serve this as a starter as this soup cannot be paired with bread or other dish.

    During the winter season, I make this soup very often. As this is hubby’s favorite soup recipe. I and hubby prefer different kind of soups. I like smooth and puree kind soups like palak soup, spring onion soup. While he likes the chunky soup like this one or veg manchow soup or sweet corn veg soup. He wants some texture in the soup and he thinks that smooth soups are for babies. He and his thoughts huh..

    I have adapted this veg hot and sour soup recipe from Sanjeev Kapoor’s recipe.

    Black pepper powder and Chili sauce, These two ingredients makes soup spicy and hot. The original recipe calls for white pepper powder and green chili sauce. I substituted both because this is what easily available in my kitchen and of course your kitchen.

    Vinegar makes the soup sour tasting. Here I have used white distilled vinegar. Rice vinegar can be used instead.

    Corn starch or Corn flour helps to thicken the soup. The consistency of the soup can be thin or thick. I prefer slight thick just like the restaurants serve. If you like slightly thinner then reduce the corn flour amount and let it simmer for less time than mentioned.

    How to make Vegetable Hot and Sour Soup?

    1) First prep all the ingredients, chop the veggies (ginger, garlic, celery, onion, carrot, mushrooms, green pepper, cabbage and green beans) and keep it aside.

    2) Also dissolve the cornstarch into ½ cup of water.

    chopping vegetables and making cornflour slurry

    3) Now heat the oil in a saucepan on medium heat. Once hot add chopped ginger, garlic, celery and onion.

    4) Mix well and saute till onions become soft and translucent.

    sauteing onion, ginger, garlic, celery

    5) Then add rest of the veggies.

    6) Mix well and saute for just 1 minutes. As we have chopped them pretty small they will get cooked fast.

    cooking rest of the vegetables

    7) Add water or vegetable stock.

    8) Bring it to a simmer.

    adding and simmering vegetable stock

    9) Add soya sauce.

    10) Also add red chili sauce.

    adding soy sauce and chilli sauce

    11) Mix well.

    12) Now first stir the corn flour+water mixture as flour might settled down at the bottom of the bowl. Then pour it into the soup.

    adding corn flour slurry

    13) Taste the soup and add salt as required. If using salted vegetable stock then be careful. Also soya sauce is salty, so always taste first and then add salt accordingly.

    14) Add pepper powder as well.

    adding salt and pepper

    15) Mix well and let it simmer for 5-7 minutes or till the soup is thickened as per your liking consistency.

    16) Lastly add white vinegar.

    adding vinegar

    17) Stir well.

    18) And soup is ready to serve.

    simmering veg hot and sour soup

    Garnish the soup with some chopped green part of spring onion before serving. It is optional though.

    Variations in Indian Hot and Sour Soup:

    • Different vegetables: Here I have used green beans, carrot, cabbage, mushrooms and capsicum. As per your liking, you can skip some or add some more. You can add bean sprouts, bamboo shoots just like original recipe.
    • Here I have chopped the veggies very finely because I prefer that way. But if you like and want veggies bigger then chop however you like. You can slice them as well.

    Serving suggestion: Serve as a starter with your indo-chinese menu. During winter season, you can have it any time of the day.

     Vegetable hot and sour soup (Indian-Chinese Recipe)

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    Veg hot and sour soup recipe - this is indo-chinese restaurant style soup recipe
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: Indo Chinese
    Calories: 130kcal
    Servings 2 Servings
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • 1 ½ tablespoons Corn flour (corn starch) dissolved in ½ cup of water
    • ½ tablespoon Sesame oil
    • ¼ cup Red onion chopped finely
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger chopped finely
    • 1 teaspoon Garlic chopped finely
    • 1 inch or 1 tablespoon Celery chopped finely
    • 2 tablespoons Green beans (French beans) chopped finely
    • 2 tablespoons Carrots chopped finely
    • 2 tablespoons Mushrooms chopped finely
    • ¼ cup Cabbage chopped finely
    • 2 tablespoons Capsicum (Green bell pepper) chopped finely
    • 2 cups Vegetable stock or water
    • 1 ½ tablespoons Soy sauce
    • 1 tablespoon Chilli sauce
    • Salt to taste
    • ¼ teaspoon Black pepper powder
    • ½ teaspoon White distilled vinegar
    • 1 tablespoon Spring onion (green onion or scallion) Green stalk, chopped for garnishing, optional
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    Instructions 

    Preparation:

    • First prep all the ingredients, chop the veggies and keep it aside.
    • Also dissolve the cornstarch into ½ cup of water and keep it aside.

    Making Veg Hot And Sour Soup Recipe:

    • Heat the oil in a saucepan on medium heat.
    • Once hot add chopped ginger, garlic, celery and onion, saute till onions become soft and translucent.
    • Add rest of the veggies and saute for just 1 minutes.
    • Add water or stock and bring it to a simmer.
    • Add soya sauce, red chili sauce, corn flour paste, salt and pepper.
    • Let it simmer for 5-7 minutes or till the soup is thickened as per your liking consistency.
    • Lastly mix white vinegar and turn off the stove.
    • Garnish the soup with some chopped green part of spring onion before serving.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 399g | Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 21.6g | Protein: 6.4g | Fat: 4.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 1137mg | Potassium: 365mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9.1g | Vitamin A: 4050IU | Vitamin C: 333.3mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1.4mg
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    1. sri

      September 24, 2015 at 10:59 pm

      Delicious recipe simply loved it5 stars

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      • Kanan

        September 25, 2015 at 12:20 pm

        Thank Sri. Nice to know that

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