Five-Vegetable Soup
A vegetarian soup simmered with pumpkin, carrots, yam, cowpeas, and fresh shiitake mushrooms.
Ingredients
Pumpkin (washed, peeled and deseeded, sliced)
150 g
Carrot (washed, peeled, sliced)
50 g
Yam (peeled, washed, cut into thick slices, soaked in clear water)
50 g
Long beans (washed, cut into segments)
50 g
Fresh shiitake mushrooms (stems removed, washed, torn into pieces)
5
Salt
to taste
Chicken essence
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Wash the pumpkin, peel and remove the seeds, then slice. Wash the carrots, peel, and slice. Peel the yam, wash it, cut into thick slices, and soak in clear water. Wash the long beans and cut into segments. Remove the stems from the fresh shiitake mushrooms, wash, and tear into pieces.
2
Step 2
Add water to the pot, then add the pumpkin slices, carrot slices, yam slices, long bean segments, and mushrooms. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt and chicken essence, and cook until well-flavored.