The oriental soup with glass noodles is a flavorful hot dish, vegan, spicy, and simple to prepare. An Asian-inspired recipe rich in vegetables cooked in a fragrant coconut milk broth. It is a completely vegan creamy and aromatic dish that starts from a base of carrots, onions, garlic, and ginger to which we add spices such as curry and turmeric, the grated zest of a lemon or lime, and peas. We cover with coconut milk and hot broth and let it cook over medium heat for about twenty minutes so that all the flavors blend and enhance each other. We also add lemon juice and soy sauce, adjust the salt, and then the previously blanched broccoli. Finally, we add the noodles and in just over half an hour our soup is ready.
To prepare this soup, we used coconut oil which can be replaced with other types of vegetable oil, and canned coconut milk with a creamy consistency. We also used vegetables such as carrots, onions, broccoli, and peas, but the variety of vegetables and legumes you can use for this soup is extensive. For example, you can use mushrooms, spinach, potatoes, bell peppers, cabbage, savoy cabbage, chard, and you can also use frozen vegetables to decrease cooking times. If you want to make this dish complete, you just need to add a protein source like chickpeas, lentils, beans, or tofu.
At the end of cooking, we also added a particular type of noodles known as glass noodles or cellophane noodles. They cook very quickly and their main characteristic is that these noodles are transparent. They are great to add to this soup, but if you don’t have them available, you can use rice noodles or alternatively enjoy the soup as is, maybe accompanying it with some homemade naan bread or with basmati or whole grain rice.
Like the vegetable curry, this soup with flavors and scents of oriental inspiration is a comfort food that will definitely warm us during winter and the colder seasons, but that we can enjoy warm or cold even when temperatures begin to rise. All you need to do is gather all the ingredients to try this oriental soup with glass noodles as soon as possible.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop, Boiling
- Cuisine: Soups, Broths and Creams
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients to make Oriental Soup with Glass Noodles
- 3.5 oz noodles
- 0.85 cups coconut milk
- 2 cups vegetable broth (or water)
- 3.5 oz peas
- 1 broccoli
- 2 carrots
- 2 onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- fresh ginger
- curry (or curry paste)
- turmeric powder
- coconut oil
- soy sauce
- salt
Tools to make Oriental Soup with Glass Noodles
- 1 Pan
- 1 Stove
Steps to make Oriental Soup with Glass Noodles
Prepare the oriental soup by first cleaning the vegetables: scrape the carrots, peel the onions and cut both into cubes. Chop the garlic cloves after peeling them and grate the ginger. Clean the broccoli and divide it into florets. Boil them for about ten minutes.
Pour the coconut oil into a large pan or a wok-like pan or pot and add the carrots, onions, garlic, and ginger. Sauté over medium heat for 7-8 minutes.
Add the curry, turmeric, grated lemon zest, and peas and sauté for a few more minutes.
At this point, pour the coconut milk and the vegetable broth or hot water into the pan.
Add the lemon juice and soy sauce, lower the heat and let it simmer covered for about 20 minutes.
Add the broccoli and mix well.
Finally, add the noodles and cook for about 5 minutes.
Serve the oriental soup with glass noodles hot, adding some chopped cilantro or fresh parsley.
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You can store the soup in the fridge well-sealed in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze it for a maximum of three days.
You can add or replace the vegetables in this soup with mushrooms, bell peppers, spinach, potatoes, pumpkin. Additionally, you can add legumes like beans, chickpeas, or lentils.
Instead of glass noodles or cellophane noodles, you can use rice noodles or serve with basmati or whole grain rice.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What are glass noodles?
They are also known as cellophane or glass noodles and are transparent Chinese noodles made from water and starch. They can be used for soups like the recipe we proposed or in stir-fried dishes.
