Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Red Vegetable Soup

What is the real name for this vegetable? I don’t know. It is labeled as red vegetable and you can get it from the wet market and FairPrice Supermarket in Singapore. I remember my mom used to boil this quick soup with a salted egg. For this vegan recipe, I added some kelp to impart some flavour to the soup as I was not using any vegetable stock.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 220g red vegetable, stem discarded
° 6 dried kelps in knot
° 1-2 thin slices ginger
° 750ml water
° salt and pepper to taste

Method
1. Place the dried kelps, ginger and water in a pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
2. Add in the red vegetable and bring to a boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Ladle the soup into individual serving bowls. Serve hot.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

if i not wrong...is called 'ang kee chai' in dialect...since the stalk is red...is def rich in iron...then there is another veg called...'di wang chai' sthg like 'emperor veg'?? the latter is sticky during preparation...and it got a funny taste....donno how to explain...now that i realised i missed alot of veg b4 i turned vegetarian...kekeke!! SF

a veg*n @ Blog*Spot said...

Thanks, SF :)

You're right, there are so many different type of vegetables.

Cheers,

Anonymous said...

Is it, perhaps, malabar spinach? Google it.

Anonymous said...

we call it alugbati here in the philippines,we have plenty of that. . .hoticsc

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