Tom Yum Thai soup (Vegetarian)

If you have a cold or a sore throat, this soup will help your throat. Tom yum is a soothing soup with lemongrass, ginger and veggies.

Ingredients:

Low sodium vegetable stock

1 whole carrot chopped (rounds)

½ cup chopped button mushroom

¼ cup chopped onion lengthwise

2 twigs of fresh lemongrass cut into 1 ½ inch pieces

4/5 large ginger pieces cut

½ tomato chopped lengthwise

Spring (green)onions chopped to garnish

Cilantro chopped to garnish

Salt to taste

½ tsp soy sauce (low sodium)

½ tsp rice vinegar

Juice of 1 whole lemon

2/3 lemon leaves

Boil the vegetable stock and add the chopped onion, carrots, mushroom, lemongrass and lemon leaves with ginger and continue boiling. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar and salt as per taste. Add lemon juice little at a time and taste before adding everything.

After boiling, turn off heat and sere hot. Before serving, garnish with chopped green onions and cilantro.