Recipe : Sup sayur

If we go to the malay stall opposite Seagate for dinner, we will sure order sup sayur which in English is vegetable soup. We like the soup taste as it is sweet with a little hint of sourness. I googled everything I can find yesterday but from the ingredients these people list down, I don't find the sourness. Therefore before I went home, I told WL this : I will try to cook sup sayur today but there is no guarantee that I can make the same as the malay stall's one.


I gathered some vegetables I took from home last weekend and washed out the juice from tamarind and made this! He said this is the best food of year 2010 after the last stewed pork with salted fish. I think this is called a success.


Sup sayur ingredients
Small bak choy- small pieces
1/2 carrot - your fav shape
napa cabbage -small pieces
cauliflower - small pieces
1 tomato - wedged
button mushroom -sliced (This is my extra ingredients to add the kick to the soup)
fishball (This is my extra ingredients to add the kick to the soup ;))
2 cloves garlic -sliced
1 red onion - sliced
chicken boullion 1/2 cube
salt
grounded pepper corns
3 bowls water
Tamarind juice

Garnishing
fried onion

Saute red onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon of oil until fragrant
Throw in fish balls, button mushroom and all vege except small bak choy because we want to mantain the texture of the greenies. Crunchy greenies taste better
Add water, salt, chicken boullion and grounded pepper corns.
Wash out the juice from tamarind after you soak 2 tamarinds in water. Pour the juice in for the sourness.
Boil for 10-15 minutes until carrot soften
Throw in small bak choy, boil 2 minutes and serve hot.