Clear vegetable soup with beans
A healthy, flavourful, wholesome soup, with goodness of loads of vegetables and protein packed beans.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil Seasame oil, or any cooking oil
- 4-5 mushrooms chopped
- 2-3 spring onions chopped
- a handful leeks
- 2-3 tbsp sweet corns i used frozen, you can use fresh if available
- 7-8 cloves garlic chopped fine
- 8-10 mangatout beans diced
- 8-10 french beans chopped
- 2 tbsp cooked red beans you can use chickpeas instead
- 1/4 cup chopped paneer cubes or replace this with tofu
- 1/2 green capcsicum/ pepper chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped carrot
- 1/2 inch ginger chopped finely
- 1 tsp Soya sauce
- 2 tsp White wine vinegar
For garnishing
- Sesame oil
- sesame seeds slightly toasted
- fresh coriander leaves chopped
- Spring onion greens
- freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped ginger and garlic, sauté for 2-3 minutes. do not brown. Add spring onions, sauté for 2-3 minutes.
- Add mushrooms. Sauté for 3-4 minutes.
- Add rest of the vegatbles , and beans and mix well. Sauté everything these for 3-4 minutes. Add paneer cubes.
- Add salt and pepper, vinegar and soya sauce.
- Add 4 cups water. Cover and let simmer for 8-10 minutes.
- Serve hot, topped with sesame oil (or olive oil), fresh spring onion greens, some coriander.
