Lime Coriander Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    for stock
    7 1/2 cups water (veg version) or 7 1/2 cups prepared chicken stock (non veg version)
    6 bunches fresh coriander, roots clipped with about two inches stems (root has the basic flavor)
    1/2 lemon, zest of, grated a
    6 peppercorns
    2 inches gingerroot, skin
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    for soup
    6 1/2 cups prepared stock (from the above ingredients)
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 beans (almost shredded)
    1/2 small carrot (cut in round very thin slices then halve it in semi circles)
    1 mushroom (almost shredded)
    1 teaspoon green portion green onion (almost shredded)
    1 garlic clove, chopped (please don't exceed this soup should be tasting of lemon and coriander garlic and ginger if exceeded)
    2 leaves cabbage (hard portion removed finely shredded)
    2 spinach leaves (finely shredded)
    1/2 cup coriander leaves (cilantro)
    1/3 cup coriander leaves (cilantro)
    5 teaspoons lemon juice
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1/2 teaspoon msg
    1/3 teaspoon white pepper or 3 green chilies, finely shredded
    4 teaspoons cornflour
    1/4 cup water (for mixing cornflour)
    1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken (if using non veg version)
Preparation
    Stock:
    Boil water or prepared stock with salt on a high flame.
    Add lemon zest, coriander roots, peppercorns, ginger skin.
    When it starts to boil, boil it for 3 minutes, then turn off flame let it stand one minute.
    Pass it through a sieve and return the stock to the pan. Note: will be of a very light green colour.
    Soup: (cooked on high flame).
    Boil the sieved stock with 1 tsp salt.
    When it starts boiling, add the vegetables and boil for 1 minute.
    Add msg and pepper / green chillies; cook for another minute.
    Mix cornflour in water or remaining stock if there is any. Add 1/2 cup coriander leaves to the soup mix well now immediately add cornflour.
    Cook till it boils.
    Reduce heat and add lemon juice, sugar, boiled pieces of shredded chicken.
    Cook for 4 minutes only (do not overcook).
    Turn off flame add 1/3 cup remaining coriander leaves; mix well.
    Serve immediately.

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