Veg Manchow Soup (Hot & Spicy)
Veg Manchow soup is a popular vegetarian soup from Indian Chinese cuisine. It is a hot & spicy vegetarian soup prepared with a lot of vegetables, broth, & flavored with sauces.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 135kcal
Equipment
- Heavy bottom pan
Ingredients
To make crisp fried noodles
- 100 grams noodles, cooked
- 2 teaspoon cornflour,
- Oil for deep frying
To make the Manchow soup
- 2 teaspoon garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger, finely grated
- ¼ cup spring onions, finely chopped
- ¼ cup corns, boiled
- 4 button mushrooms, finely chopped
- ¼ cup carrot, finely chopped
- ¼ cup green capsicum, finely chopped
- ¼ cup cabbage, finely chopped
- ¼ cup beans, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon chili sauce
- 2 cups vegetable broth or water
- cornflour slurry - Mix 2 tablespoon cornflour in 5 tablespoon water. If you prefer thick consistency then add 3 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- cilantro or coriander leaves
- spring onion greens
Instructions
Preparation
- Finely chop all the vegetables & set it aside.
- Finely chop the cilantro & spring onion greens.
- Mix 2 teaspoon cornflour to ¼ cup of water. Set it aside.
- Add ¼ cup of fresh corn in boiling water. Cook it for 5 minutes. Drain & set it aside. Skip if using canned corn.
- Keep all the sauces & seasoning ready.
Making the crisp fried noodles
- Cook noodles as per the instructions given on the package.
- Drain & rinse it with cold water.
- Sprinkle 2 teaspoon cornflour over the noodles.
- Coat the noodles with cornflour well.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Add noodles & fry it until crisp.
- Let it set. Do not flip immediately.
- Flip & fry on the other side too.
- Crisp fried noodles ready.
- Once cooled, crush it & set it aside.
Making the Manchow soup
- Heat oil over medium heat.
- Saute garlic, ginger, and spring onion whites for a minute.
- Add boiled corns, mushrooms, carrot, green capsicum, cabbage, and beans.
- Saute until vegetables are cooked but crunchy. It might take 3-4 minutes.
- Add black pepper powder, salt, soy sauce, and chili sauce. Mix it well.
- Next, add 2 cups of vegetable broth or water. Mix it well.
- Cook until the soup comes to a boil.
- Once the soup starts to boil, add cornflour slurry.
- Cook stirring continuously until the soup thickens.
- Add vinegar, cilantro, or coriander leaves & spring onion greens.
- Simmer & cook for 5 minutes.
- Taste & adjust the seasoning. Remove from heat.
- Veg Manchow Soup is ready.
- Serve with crispy fried noodles. Serve hot & enjoy!
Video
Notes
- Saute the vegetables - Stir fry the vegetables until they are cooked but still crunchy. Do not overcook the vegetables. We do not want soggy vegetables in the soup.
- Adjust the consistency of the soup - Manchow is a thick soup. You can add more cornflour slurry to thicken the soup or use less of the slurry to keep it thin.
- Add the cornflour slurry only when the soup starts to boil. Also, stir continuously until the soup thickens.
- Add sauces & spices as per taste.
- You can add some fresh green chilies to the soup with ginger & garlic. I skipped adding it for my kids. But if you prefer spicy, add some fresh green chilies to the soup.
- Be careful while adding salt. All the sauces especially soy sauce has salt in it.
- Restaurant-style Manchow soup has Ajinomoto in it. Better to avoid it to make it a healthy soup.
- Add crispy fried noodles to the Manchow soup only when you are ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 135kcal