Hot Pumpkin Soup

Try this Chinese Food recipe. It Needs A lot of ingredients and herbs but practically simple in the making. Like another classic chinese recipe cooking art, it has a rich flavour in one dish.

Hot Pumpkin Soup served 5.


Ingredients :

3 Roma Tomatoes,cubed
1 large Shallot, cubed
4 cloves Garlic, cubed
1 large piece Ginger, cubed
1/2 Red Onion, cubed
2 stalks Lemongrass
1/2 Pie Pumpkin, roasted, peeled, cubed
4-5 Pepper,if dehydrated, wrap in cheesecloth
1 can Coconut Milk
1/2 Pie Pumpkin,roasted and pureed
Chives
4 oz Roasted Red Chili Paste
1 can Baby Corn
7 cup Chicken Stock
Juice from Lime
1 oz Wood Ear Mushrooms
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Mirin
1/2 cup Soy Sauce
1/4 cup Nuoc Mam
1 bunch Cilantro
1/2 lb Mussels
1/2 lb Shrimp
3/4 lb Squid
10 oz Noodles


Coking Direction :


Saute the shallots, onion, and garlic in oil till soft.
Add the tomatoes, lemon grass and pumpkin and sweat for 10 minutes

Mix the pumpkin puree and the coconut milk
Add this to the vegetables. Drain
Add the corn
Cook for about 6 minutes. stirr frequently
Add the chicken stock, chives, mushrooms, lime, sugar, mirin, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili paste, pepper
simmer for a couple of hours to thicken it.

Peel and vein the shrimp, clean the mussels, and clean and cut the squid

Add the noodles to the soup. Cook till al dente
Add the seafood. Cook for 6 minutes

Remove from heat and finish the soup with the cilantro.

Garnish with some mussels topped with chopped tomato and cilantro.


Enjoy the food, and don't forget to see my other Soup Recipe :

1. French Onion Soup
2. Oxtail Soup