SWEET AND SOUR VEGETABLE SOUP

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4 

Ingredients:

10 french beans finely chopped
1 carrot finely chopped
1/2 capsicum finely chopped
1/2 cup cabbage finely chopped

1 spring onion finely chopped
1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tbsp tomato puree

3 cups water
1 tbsp Vinegar
3 to 4 flakes of garlic
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp sugar or as per taste (optional)

1 tbsp oil
salt to taste

black pepper to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add garlic and onions and stir for 2-3 minutes.
2. Then add choped capsicum, carrot, french beans and cabbage and stir for a while.
3. Add water and let the above mixture come to a boil.
4. Mix cornflour with half cup water and add to the vegetables. saute well.
5. Add soya sauce, tomato ketchup,tomato puree, vinegar,sugar,salt and pepper and let cook the soup for 2-3 minutes on high flame.
6. Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot.

Note: 

You can add more vegetables as per taste and availability like mushrooms,baby corn,broccoli etc.