Fat Free Thai Style Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 liter water
• 1 large green chili, slit (add more if desired)
• 2 large tomatoes, grated (ripe)
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
• 1 large carrot, julienned
• 1 cup chinese cabbage, finely shredded
• 1/2 cup zucchini (julienned)
• 1 pepper (any colour,roughly chopped)
• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (dark)
• 1 teaspoon lemongrass (the chopped and bottled variety)
• 2 tablespoons coriander (fresh)
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 fresh lime leaves (optional)

Recipe

• 1 bring water to boil.
• 2 add salt, carrots, zucchini, cabbage, ginger, lemongrass and continue boiling for 5 minutes.
• 3 while the vegetables are cooking, roast cumin and coriander seeds on a griddle till aromatic and then coarsely crush. add this and remaining ingredients to soup and simmer for further five minutes.
• 4 serve with noodles or thai jasmine rice.