Ingredients

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

How to Make Vegetable Stems 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 chilli, sugar, salt, soya sauce and boil till thickened like corn soup
• Serve fresh and piping hot.