Veg Hot n Sour Soup with Crispy Bread sticks

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time 25 minutes

Ingredients
For the Soup
Capsicum(Chopped) - 1
Spring Onions(chopped) - 1
Carrot (chopped/ grated) - 1
Cabbage (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup
Chilies- 3 (fine paste)
Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsp
Corn Flour / Corn Starch - 1 1/2 tbsp
Soy Sauce- 1 tbsp
Vinegar - 1 1/2 tbsp
Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Ginger- 1/2 inch (fine paste)
Sugar- 1 tsp
Salt to taste
4 cups Water

For the Bread sticks

Wheat flour - 1/2 cup

All Purpose flour (Maida) - 1/4 cup

Sesame Seeds - 2 tsp

Water - 1/2 cup

Oil- 1/2tbsp

Salt to taste

Sugar- 1/2 tsp

Oil for frying

Preparation (Soup)

• Grind the chilies and ginger in to a smooth paste
• Add Soya sauce, Vinegar, Tomato sauce, black pepper powder, sugar and salt to it mix thoroughly
• Take 4 cups of water in a heavy bottom vessel and add the above mixture to it and bring it to a boil
• Now add the half boiled vegetables to the mixture and cook for 2 minutes
• Dissolve the corn flour/starch in 1/2 cup of lukewarm water and add to the mixture slowly while you stir
• As the soup stats to get thick, lower the flame and cook for about 3 minutes
• Garnish  with  spring onions and serve this  hot, spicy and tangy soup with bread sticks

Tip:   1)You can use the vegetable stock from the half cooked vegetables, instead of water, it kind of adds more flavours.
2) You can add your choice of vegetables, you can also use peas, babycorn, mushrooms


Preparation (Bread Sticks)

• Mix all the contents in a bowl expect  water
• Now add the water slowly while mixing the flour and knead it in to a smooth dough
• Make equal portions of the dough (6-8 ) and roll them in to 3-4 inch long sticks
• Now gently  twist the sticks a little so that the marks show on them (do not bend them completely)
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the sticks until light brown.
• Serve them with hot soup.

Spinach & Peas Kebabs (Hara Bhara Kebabs)

Preparation time: 35 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins


Ingredients
Potato - 2
Pea seeds( muttar) - 1 cup
Spinach (chopped) - 1/2 cup
Ginger (finely chopped)  - 1/4 inch piece
Green chillies (finely chopped) - 3
Coriander leaves (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup
Chat Masala - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Cornflour-3tsp
Oil for frying

Preparation

• Boil,mash and mix together the potatoes, peas and spinach till a smooth paste is formed.
• Add chopped coriander, ginger, green chilies,corn flour, salt and chat masala to it and mix well
• Refrigerate it for 15 mins
• Take out the mixture from the refrigerator and shape in to patties
• Heat the oil in a kadai (for deep fry) or a heavy bottomed pan (for shallow fry) and fry the kebabs until crisp on each side
• Serve hot with green chutney or sweet n sour chutney