VEGETARIAN VEGAN TOM YUM SOUP RECIPE

a vegetarian soup it's also a vegan soup it doesn't contain any animal products so let's get started with how to prepare the soup so for our soup recipe will need vegetable broth we will also need some lemongrass lime leaves bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and if you can't find them fresh don't worry you might be able to find them canned we also need some fresh chopped garlic and chilli garlic is something that you should always use fresh you will also need some fresh chopped tomatoes and then you will also need some fresh vegetables like broccoli snap peas green beans and bok choy which is a form of Chinese cabbage now you can use other vegetables as you like for your soup but for my tom yum soup these are most of the vegetables that I use you will also need some sesame oil and some soy sauce so to start take some sesame oil and then add the chopped garlic and chilies and then just fry it for a little bit we will now add our vegetable broth to the garlic and chili that we just added to the container so before we bring the brought to a boil what we can do is just add the lemongrass and lime leaves now these other two ingredients add a lot of flavor to the soup and they need to really boil along with the vegetable broth so this is why we add them first and now we bring the vegetable broth to come to a boil it usually takes about five to ten minutes and once it comes to a boil and add the hard to cook vegetables like water chestnuts and the bamboo shoots first and then also are the other vegetables so that includes tomatoes the snap peas green beans chopped green beans the broccoli and also the bok choy or the Chinese cabbage now sometimes it might look like these are a lot of vegetables for this container yes you could use a bigger container if you want however I noticed that as you cook the vegetables they reduce in volume so they become smaller so this container will actually be able to fit in all these vegetables that you see here and you're welcome to use a larger container of that's easier for you know once you might get all the vegetables button below to add some extra flavor to the soup is just had some soy sauce now you can use soy sauce thats regular soy sauce or low sodium soy sauce but all we're gonna do is add some soy sauce to the soup and that really bring out all the flavors in the soup and what we gonna do now start cooking our soup now remember that we want our vegetables to be nice and crispy so what we gonna do is just give our soup a little bit of a stir and then cook our soup for about four minutes remember that the flavor and joy of eating tom yum is with fresh and crispy vegetables so if you are tempted to go for a longer time do not do that you do not really need to over cook vegetables you'll also be getting the most amount of nutrition from your vegetables if you do not overcook them so about four minutes is a good time to cook your vegetables should have nice crispy vegetables in your tom yum soup and also you do not need to add any salt to this broth the vegetable broth already contains salt in it so that's our vegetarian vegan tom yum soup that's ready to be served I'm just gonna use some colorful bowls here to serve the soup this is a very nice delicious soup very healthy for you and it's perfect for the holidays prepare it at home with your family eat it with your friends and family so that was our episode on the tom yum