Lime Coriander Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 7 1/2 cups water (veg version) or 7 1/2 cups prepared chicken stock (non veg version)
• 6 bunches fresh coriander, roots clipped with about two inches stems (root has the basic flavor)
• 1/2 lemon, zest of, grated a
• 6 peppercorns
• 2 inches gingerroot, skin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 1/2 cups prepared stock (from the above ingredients)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 beans (almost shredded)
• 1/2 small carrot (cut in round very thin slices then halve it in semi circles)
• 1 mushroom (almost shredded)
• 1 teaspoon green portion green onion (almost shredded)
• 1 garlic clove, chopped (please don't exceed this soup should be tasting of lemon and coriander garlic and ginger if exceeded)
• 2 leaves cabbage (hard portion removed finely shredded)
• 2 spinach leaves (finely shredded)
• 1/2 cup coriander leaves (cilantro)
• 1/3 cup coriander leaves (cilantro)
• 5 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon msg
• 1/3 teaspoon pepper or 3 green chilies, finely shredded
• 4 teaspoons cornflour
• 1/4 cup water (for mixing cornflour)
• 1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken (if using non veg version)

Recipe

• 1 stock:.
• 2 boil water or prepared stock with salt on a high flame.
• 3 add lemon zest, coriander roots, peppercorns, ginger skin.
• 4 when it starts to boil, boil it for 3 minutes, then turn off flame let it stand one minute.
• 5 pass it through a sieve and return the stock to the pan. note: will be of a very light green colour.
• 6 soup: (cooked on high flame).
• 7 boil the sieved stock with 1 tsp salt.
• 8 when it starts boiling, add the vegetables and boil for 1 minute.
• 9 add msg and pepper / green chillies; cook for another minute.
• 10 mix cornflour in water or remaining stock if there is any. add 1/2 cup coriander leaves to the soup mix well now immediately add cornflour.
• 11 cook till it boils.
• 12 reduce heat and add lemon juice, sugar, boiled pieces of shredded chicken.
• 13 cook for 4 minutes only (do not overcook).
• 14 turn off flame add 1/3 cup remaining coriander leaves; mix well.
• 15 serve immediately.