Ingredients

• Button mushrooms - 200 g, sliced
• Celery - 2 stalks, chopped
• Spring onions - 1/2 cup, chopped
• Garlic - 2 tsp, finely chopped
• Water or chicken stock - 750 ml
• Milk - 250 ml
• Salt & pepper - to taste
• Dried shitake mushrooms -3
• Spring onion greens - 4 tbsp for garnish

How to Make Light and Tasty Mushroom Soup

• Combine all the ingredients from mushrooms to water or stock.
• Heat till it begins to boil.
• Lower the flame and gently simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, if using dried shitake mushrooms, soak them in 1/2 cup of boiled water.
• Cool the cooked vegetables and blend till smooth.
• Add milk, salt and pepper to taste.
• Drain the shitake mushrooms from water, discard the stalks and chop the caps and add to the soup.
• Heat thoroughly and serve garnished with chopped spring onion greens.