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# Clear Soup Recipe
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| **Prep time** | 10 min |
| **Cook time** | 15 min |
| **Total time** | 25 min |
| **Serves** | 4 servings |
## About Veg Clear Soup
It is basically known for its clarity and purity of the liquid soup and hence it is also referred to as consommé across multiple countries. Generally or most often, **Veg Clear Soup** is confused with the broth, but the soup is an end product prepared using the broth. The soup got a lot of traction during the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe for its crystal clear texture. Interestingly, the chef took a lot of pride in making this super clear, rather than the actual health benefits it offered when consumed regularly.
The most common way to make this Clarified Soup or **Clear soup** is using the clarification method. In this method, the thick and rich flavored broth is prepared initially. This would undergo the clarification method using an egg white, onion, carrots, and celery to trap any impurities and capture the cloudiness. These vegetables when boiled together with broth would separate any impurities. However, this process can be tiring and labor-intensive and hence not followed at home and made in an easy quick way.
## Why Does This Recipe Work
The veg clear soup recipe has many things to offer, yet the significant properties that make this soup popular are –
1. **Simplicity –** Well, the entire soup recipe is made with a combination of basic vegetables, water, salt, and pepper. There cannot be a much simpler recipe than this. In addition, with this simple recipe, the health benefits are numerous.
2. **Comfort Food –** Due to the use of basic vegetables and limited spices, the soup is comforting, filling, and light in nature. Hence this filling soup is generally served during indigestion, constipation, or during cold and flu symptoms.
3. **Healthy –** Again due to the use of basic vegetables, and basic spices, the soup is healthy and pure. Due to the use of a range of vegetables, it is loaded with nutrients like minerals, vitamins, fiber, iron, and calcium.
4. **Visual Appeal –** Compared to all other soup recipes, it has a striking appeal due to its crystal-clear texture. However, do not be mistaken about its water-like texture, as it is loaded with flavor and taste.
5. **Umami Taste –** Most of the veggies used have umami compounds which is one of the 5 basic and essential tastes. In other words, when the umami compound is combined with salt, sour, sweetness, and bitter, it makes a perfectly balanced soup.
## Ingredients
* 1 tsp olive oil / any oil
* 2 cloves garlic *(finely chopped)*
* 1 inch ginger *(chopped)*
* ½ cup spring onions *(finely chopped)*
* 1 cup broccoli *(florets)*
* 5 mushrooms *(thinly sliced)*
* 1 carrot *(sliced)*
* 1 cup cabbage *(roughly chopped)*
* 5 cups veg stock / water
* 1 cup lettuce *(roughly chopped)*
* salt to taste
* 1 tsp pepper *(crushed)*
* 1 tbsp lemon juice
## Instructions
1. firstly, in a large wok heat oil. use olive oil for more healthy option.
2. saute garlic and ginger on high flame for a minute.
3. also add spring onions and continue to saute. alternatively use onions, if you do not have spring onions.
4. further add thinly sliced mushrooms and continue to saute till they sweat. mushrooms release water while frying, so saute for 2 minutes.
5. additionally add vegetables of your choice. i have added broccoli, carrot and cabbage.
6. add salt and saute on high flame for 2 minutes.
7. further add vegetable stock or water.
8. get the soup to boil for 10 minutes or till vegetables are partially cooked.
9. additionally add lettuce. do not cook lettuce too much as they will loose crunchiness.
10. also add pepper and mix well.
11. simmer for 5 minutes adjusting the desired consistency.
12. now add lemon juice for tanginess. however, it is optional.
13. finally, serve veg clear soup piping hot.
## Step-by-step
firstly, in a large wok heat oil. use olive oil for more healthy option. saute garlic and ginger on high flame for a minute.
also add spring onions and continue to saute. alternatively use onions, if you do not have spring onions.
further add thinly sliced mushrooms and continue to saute till they sweat. mushrooms release water while frying, so saute for 2 minutes.
additionally add vegetables of your choice. i have added broccoli, carrot and cabbage.
add salt and saute on high flame for 2 minutes.
further add vegetable stock or water.
get the soup to boil for 10 minutes or till vegetables are partially cooked.
additionally add lettuce. do not cook lettuce too much as they will loose crunchiness.
also add pepper and mix well.
simmer for 5 minutes adjusting the desired consistency.
now add lemon juice for tanginess. however, it is optional.
finally, serve **veg clear soup** piping hot.
## Video
## Tips
The recipe is extremely simple and takes basic vegetables to prepare it. Yet some mandatory and critical tips to make it perfect are –
1. **Fresh Vegetables –** The key and significant tip for this soup is the use of fresh ingredients, particularly vegetables. The use of fresh veggies makes it more flavored, tasty and healthy.
2. **Choice of Veggies –** The recipe is open-ended and hence any type of veggies can be used to make the broth. In addition, rather than using fresh vegetables, you can also use veggie waste to make the broth. Yet, do not complicate and use, basic and easily available vegetables.
3. **Experiment –** The broth preparation, is easy but it can be easily experimented with using any vegetable and meat combination. Perhaps, using meat broth or stock is more relevant to this recipe and more balanced and filling for lunch and dinner.
4. **Simplicity –** Keep it simple and do not complicate it with fancy and not many important ingredients. Basically, salt, pepper, and vinegar are more than sufficient for this recipe.
5. **Skimming –** While preparing broth ensure to skim all the impurities using a spoon or laddle. When the broth starts, boiling, it is the best time as all the impurities start to float at the top, and easy to capture it.
## Notes
* firstly, do not overcook the vegetables as they will lose nutritions.
* also add vegetables like capsicum, celery stalk, bean sprouts, and beans.
* additionally, refrigerate the leftover soup, which can be consumed for at least 3 days.
* finally, for variations add rice noodles in **veg clear soup.**
Original recipe by Hebbar's Kitchen: [https://hebbarskitchen.com/clear-soup-recipe-veg-clear-soup-recipe/](https://hebbarskitchen.com/clear-soup-recipe-veg-clear-soup-recipe/)
