Ingredients

• 8-10 stems - spinach leaves
• 4-5- tender stalks of the leaves just below cauliflower
• 2-3 stems -coriander leaves
• 1- small sprig spring onion
• 1 stalk - celery
• 1/2 inch- ginger peeled and crushed
• 1 -clove garlic crushed
• 1 tbsp corn flour
• 1/4- dried red chilli crushed
• 1/2 tsp. -sugar
• salt
• pepper
• 1/2 tsp. -oil or butter
• 2.5 cups- water

How to Make Stem Soup

• Clean any fibrous threads from the stems.
• Chop the vegetables into thin slanted slivers.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic.
• Saute for a minute. Add vegetables.
• Stir-fry till tender. Add water and bring to a boil.
• Mix corn flour in 1/2 cup cold water.
• Add to soup, stirring continuously till it comes back to a boil.
• Add the chilli, sugar, salt, pepper and boil till thickened like corn soup.
• Serve fresh and piping hot.