Sunday, January 22, 2012

Veg Wonton Soup



My tried and tested recipe  yesterday and it just came out yummylicious, I admit that I mixed two recipes online, one of Emeril Lagasse and the other from another blogger..I improvised by adding, removing few ingredients. Here is my version:
Ingredients:
  2 medium carrots
1/2 of a cabbage ( baby bok Choy from Oriental shop)
1 yellow onion and a bunch of scallions
  dried Fungus ( oriental shop)
1/2 tsp chopped garlic and ginger paste
3 stalks of green onion, finely sliced
1 package of firm tofu and use just 5 tbsp mushed
1 package of wonton wrappers (Oriental shop)
1 package of fresh egg noodles
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper.. optional
3 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 Tsp corn flour ( optional)

spices:
chilie garlic sauce( Oriental Mart)
lite soy sauce
Hoisin sauce

pinch of salt
Step 1: The soup!
  lets start with the stock and let it simmer away while we make the dumplings. In 2tbsp oil ( any)  add chopped garlic. Take 1 1/2 carrots and cut into big chunks and throw in a medium pot. Now add in 1/2 of a cabbage, roughly cut in half. Cut an onion into sections and throw  in as well. Stir fry a bit may be like 10 minutes . Fill the pot with water. (I added 12 of 8 oz cup) Add pinch of salt and bring to a simmer on medium heat. Let that simmer for about 45 to 50 minutes
Step 2: The dumplings!
To my processor I added diced cabbage,( 1 cup ) few stalks of green onions, equivalent to 8 baby carrots and few tbsp of tofu, 1 tsp of chilli garlic sauce . Chop in your  processor, it should look like  a little chunky crumbs dont turn it into paste.  In a wok, add tbsp of sesame oil, add above mixture and a little salt and stir fry. Cook until soft flipping the over several times – about 5 minutes total. Turn off heat and set aside. Once cool, finely dice the mushrooms and add to the mixture bowl.  Sprinkle the corn flour on top, toss to combine and we’re ready to wrap! Take about 1/2 a tablespoon of filling and put it in the middle of the wrapper, take one corner of the wrapper and fold it so it meets the diagonal corner. Crimp down the wrapper along the filling and set aside. Continue until you run out of wrappers! suggestion watch You tube on how to wrap wonton or dumplings ..mine usually turns out dumplings even though I start as Wonton :-)
Drop them gently in boiling water and let it cook until they float on top.
Step 3: The cooking!
Once your stock is ready strain the broth. I usually use carrots from this stock by crumbling them with fork and add it to the pot again. Boil soup and add cooked dumplings. Dumpling are already cooked so all you are doing at this point is to heat soup and Serve immediately with sauce. I prepare mine with 4 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp chilli garlic sauce, 1/4 tsp hoisin sauce.

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