Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients:

Vegetable stock/Chicken stock powder-1 tbsp
Water-3 cups

Soy sauce-2 tbsp

Rice vinegar-1 tbsp
Chilli sauce to taste

Pepper- 1 pinch

Sugar-1/4tbsp

Ginger(fine sliced)-1/4tbsp

Tofu(firm),cut into cubes)-1/4 cup

Green onion-1/4 cup

Ajinamoto-1 pinch

Sesame oil-1 tbsp

Cornflour-1/2 tbsp

Salt-1 pinch

Chopped fine vegetables

(mushrooms,carrots,snowpeas,beans)

Method:

Add vegetable stock in a pan and add water.Mix.To this stock add soy sauce,rice vinegar and add little hot chilli sauce according to how much hot you want.Add pinch of pepper,sugar and chopped vegetables.Add ginger,green opnions,pinch of ajinamoto.Now mix well and bring this to boil and check the seasoning.When it come to boil add sesame oil.Mix.

Remove excess froth which is floating on top of the mixture with spoon.Add pinch of salt if you need.Now add tofu(tofu breaks easily so add it in last after soup boils).Now add corn flour(1/2tbsp of cornflour mix with little water).

Let the soup boil n remove any excess froth.If u want soup more thick then add little more cornflour.Take out in serving bowl and garnish with chopped green onions and serve hot.