Manchow Soup

 Manchow Soup 

In these rainy, gloomy and unbearably cold winters, warm and spicy soups prove to be the best solution to combat the chilling cold. Manchow Soup, in particular is a healthy and delicious way to include some of the best winter-selling vegetables like cabbage, zucchini, beans, spring onions and carrot in an appetising wrapping of spicy and warm soup. It has been the highlight for my family's evening conversations, so much that it almost felt impossible to get the picture clicked for the blog. Soups are best served warm and therefore, to absolutely no one's surprise, the soups would be gone before I could even get a hold of my camera. The solution to that was simple really, I booked the entire Sunday afternoon and warned everyone to not enter the 50 cm radius surrounding the soup and my kitchen. The threats, as can be seen below, worked like a charm. 

The inclusion of various vegetables can at times be a task for the person preparing the soup. With a lot of ingredients to chop, the cook would need a lot of time, patience and perhaps a good music playlist. If you have all those essentials ticked down, all that is left is for you to prepare this recipe and enjoy a warm bowl of soup while enjoying the chilly wind of winters, wrapped up in a blanket.

Preparation Time : 20 Min

Cooking Time : 7 to 10 Min

Serves : 2 

Ingredients : 

• Oil 1 Tablespoon
  
• Garlic chopped 1/2 Tablespoon
• Ginger 1 Teaspoon chopped
• Green Chillies chopped 1 Teaspoon
• Onion 2 Tablespoons chopped
• Onion greens 1 Tablespoon chopped 
• Carrot  2 Tablespoon chopped 
• Zucchini chopped 2 Tablespoon
• Beans chopped 2 tablespoon
• Cabbage chopped 2 tablespoon
• Salt according to taste
• Black pepper crushed 1 Teaspoon or according to taste
• Soy sauce 1 tablespoon
• 1/2 tablespoon cornflour dissolved in 1 tablespoon of water
• Chilli sauce 1 teaspoon
• Vinegar 1 tablespoon
• Sugar 1 teaspoon
• Fried Noddles for garnishing 

Procedure : 

• First of all cut and chop all vegetables and keep aside.

• Lets prepare fried Noodles. First, boil your noodles and keep a side. Now add 1 Tablespoon of cornflour, some salt and pepper mix it well. Now deep fry them in small portions and keep it in an air tight box use it as required. 

• Let's start making our soup
• In a pan, take a tablespoon of oil, add chopped garlic, ginger and green chillies and saute them 

• Now add chopped onions and sauté it but not too much just for a minute on high flame so the crunch remains.

• Now add chopped beans, carrot and zucchini and toss them on high flame for a minute or two

• Now add chopped cabbage to this along with salt, pepper and sugar 

• Let's add 2 cups of water to this. Once its start boiling add soy sauce and chilly sauce to this 

• Now add cornflour mixture slowly slowly give a 2 to 3 boil and close the gas 

• Finish it with vinegar and some spring onion greens 

• Now serve this hot with fried noodles and enjoy 

Tip :  

You can add other vegetables too like bell peppers, mushroom or capsicum 

Try to cook vegetables on high flame and avoid over cooking otherwise your soup will not be as crunchy as restaurant one 

Stir Fried Tofu and Vegetables in Hot and Sour Sauce

Stir Fried Tofu and Vegetables in Hot and Sour Sauce

Lifestyle is changing. every time kids want to have snacks, pizza, burger or restaurant style food simple food they don't like. Mom are working they don't have much time and on the same time they want to make their kids happy and eat healthy. I am also a mother so just to find out the solution I tried restaurant style Hot and Sour Vegetables with Tofu, ready in 15 to 20 minutes, fully loaded with vegetables and goodness of tofu and very less oil ...

Preparation Time : 10 to 15 Min

Cooking Time : 10 Min

Ingredients :

200 gm Tofu (cut into diced)

1/2 Cup diced onions

1/2 Cup diced Bell peppers

1/2 Cup diced carrot

1/2 Cup diced capsicum 

1/2 Cup baby corn

1/2 Cup broccoli

1 Small Zucchini 

1 Tablespoon chopped garlic

2 Tablespoon tomato sauce

Green chillies according to taste

1 Tablespoon Schezwan sauce

Crushed red chilly according to taste

Salt according to taste

2 Tablespoon oli for cooking

Pinch of sugar (optional if you like sweet as well as hot)

Procedure :

• Finish all cutting and chopping of vegetables, then cook all vegetables except capsicum and bell pepper in boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes then wash it with cold water and keep it aside (to keep your vegetables crunchy after boiling immediately transfer it in cold water)

• Now in a pan add 1 tablespoon of oil and sauté Tofu pieces for 3 to 5 minutes and transfer it in bowl

• In a pan add rest of the oil, add crushed garlic saute it. Now add diced onions and cook it on high flame for 2 minutes 

• Now add all the blanched vegetables, capsicum, bell peppers and tofu, cook for a minute. Add salt, red chilly, tomato sauce and schezwan sauce and mix all together nicely. (if you want bit sweet taste just add a pinch of sugar)

• In a bowl take 1/2 cup of water add corn flour to it, mix well and add this to vegetables. If you want more gravy just add water according to your taste. Cook vegetables till 1 or 2 boil, switch off the gas 

 Serve it hot with chapati, boiled Rice or chilly garlic noodles

Chilly Garlic Noodles.

 Chilly Garlic Noodles

A Simple Way to serve Noodles with gravy.....

Preparation Time : 5 Min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

Ingredients :

• 1/2 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• Chilly flakes according to taste
• Salt according to taste
• 5 - 6 Garlic cloves
• Teaspoon of crushed black pepper
• 1 Bowl boiled Noodles

Procedure :

• First of all boil noodles with salt and olive oil and keep it aside

• Now in a pan, add oil, butter and crushed garlic, sauté it. Now add chilly flakes, black pepper and salt 

• Now add boiled noodles, cook it on high flame for 3 to 4 minutes 

• Serve it hot with stir fried Tofu Vegetables in Hot and Sour Sauce

Tip : You can serve this with any type of gravy like Stir Fried Tofu Vegetables in Hot and Sour Sauce or Assorted Vegetables in Chilly Garlic Sauce 

Stir Fried Honey Chilly Garlic Baby Corn and Carrot

Stir Fried Honey Chilly Garlic Baby Corn and Carrot :

Crispy baby corn and carrot can be enjoyed any time as a stater or can be served with steam rice or with Bread . Carrot and baby corn are nicely coated with lots of garlic, chillies and honey so it gives nice sweet and spices taste.......

 
Preparation Time : 15 Min

Cooking time : 20 Min

Ingredients :

 For Stir Fried Baby Corn and Carrot

• 200 gm Baby Corn
• 2 Medium size carrot cut into long segments
• 1 Tablespoon Corn flour
• 1 Teaspoon crushed garlic
• 1 Teaspoon Tomato sauce
• 1 Teaspoon soya sauce
• Salt according to taste
• Oil for frying

For Gravy :

• 1 Tablespoon chopped onion
• 1 Tablespoon green capsicum chopped
• 1 Tablespoon red bell pepper chopped
• 1 Teaspoon corn flour
• 1 Teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 Teaspoon Soya sauce
• 1 Teaspoon Tomato sauce
• 1 Teaspoon chilly flakes
• 2 Teaspoon honey
• Salt to taste
• Green Chilly according to taste
• 1 Tablespoon oil for cooking

Procedure :

For Stir Fried Baby Corn and Carrot :

• First take a bowl and mix corn flour, soya sauce, tomato sauce, crushed garlic and salt together in this mixture add baby corn and carrot keep aside. On other side keep a oil in pan for frying
• Fry all the baby corn and carrot. Once the frying is done take out carrot and baby corn on paper napkin

 For Gravy :

• Take a pan add a Tablespoon of oil add chopped garlic saute it for minute then add chopped onion cook it for a minute now add copped capsicum ad red bell pepper
• Saute vegetables now add chilly flakes, tomato sauce, soya sauce chopped green chilies and honey

• Mix it well now add fried baby corn and carrot to it. Make sure the vegetables are coated nicely with sauce. Add one teaspoon corn flour with 2 tablespoon of water mix it with vegetables and cook for a minute. Your stir fried honey chilly baby corn is ready it can be served as stater 

• If you like to serve it as a side dish with rice or chapati just add 2 teaspoon corn flour with a  cup of water add this mixture to Stir Fried Honey chilly Baby Corn and Carrot cook for a minute or two your Stir Fried Honey chilly Baby Corn and Carrot with gravy is ready.

Tip : To increase the consistency of gravy you can add more or less corn flour water at the end according to your taste