Asian Soups Recipes - Burma Mixed Vegetable Soup (Hincho) Recipe

Ingredients

• 5 cups stock

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 1 large onion, finely chopped

• 2 Tbs dried shrimp or 3 shelled fresh shrimp

• 2 tsp blachan (dried shrimp paste)

• 1/2 small Chinese cabbage, shredded

• 2 zucchini, thinly sliced

• 1 1/3 cups cubed pumpkin flesh

• pepper and salt

Serves 6-8

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Method:

1. Put the stock, garlic, onion, dried prawns or shrimp and blachan into a saucepan and bring to the boil.

2. Add the remaining vegetables, adding those which take longest to cook first, and simmer until all are cooked through (about 5 minutes in all).

3. Adjust seasoning and serve at once.

Note: The selection of vegetables given below is optional; any green vegetable, such as cauliflower, okra or cucumber could be added.