Oriental Noodle Soup

A spicy soup with lots of vegetables.Lemon rind adds flavour to it and noodles make it a substantial soup!!




Ingredients

1.Oil 11/2 tbsp
2.Garlic 3 flakes chopped
3.Mushrooms 6 sliced and then finely chopped.
4.Carrot 1 grated.
5.Green capsicum 1/2 fine chopped
6.Spinach leaves fine chopped
7.Tomato puree 3 tbsps.
8.Whole red dried chillies -deseeded and broken into small pieces.
9.Noodles -30 gms boiled.
10.Salt and pepper to taste
11. Rind of one lemon
12. Chilly Sauce 2 tsps.
13.Vinegar 11/2 tbsps



Preparation

1)Prepare the lemon rind by grating a firm whole lemon without applying too much pressure.Grate only the yellow/green skin and not the white bitter pith beneath the yellow/green skin.Keep this aside.

2) Boil the noodles and keep aside.

3)In a pan heat the oil and saute the chopped garlic for 1/2 minute.

4)Add the chopped mushrooms,capsicum and the grated carrot and stir fry for 1 minute.

5)Add the tomato puree and red chilles and stir for 1/2.

6)Add 4 cups of water and bring the soup to boil. Add the noodles and further cook for about a minute.

7)Add salt,pepper, lemon rind, chilli sauce and vinegar.

8)Add the finally shredded spinach and simmer for a minute.Serve hot.

Variations

You can use cabbage, broccoli alongwith the other vegetables.
You can also use chicken to make this soup. But chicken has to be shreddded and cooked before adding to the soup alongwith the other vegetables.


Gotchas

The soup should be had immediately else the noodles will become very soft.