Vegetarianism: Egg Noodle Soup

One of those simple, less mess and easy to make one-pot dishes. Most importantly, the preparation time is very short. Hence, my love for one-pot dishes because of its simplicity yet nutritious and filling nature. I got the inspiration from a blog written by Minimalist Baker [1].

Everything is in one-pot alright. But of course, you don't throw all the ingredients in at one go (because some ingredients use shorter cooking time). All you have to do is to identify and drop in the ones that require longer cooking time earlier, then just keep adding on. It's that simple!

Another great thing about this dish is you get to be creative! The ingredients you add into your soup, the soup base or even the noodle you use can vary according to your liking! For example, you can use pasta, kway teow or even vermicelli instead of egg noodles. If you don't like vegetable stock soup base, you can change it to tom yam, curry, etc. If you like it more soupy, you can add more water. Else, use lesser water. You get what I mean, right?

Here are the ingredients I used for this round:
Egg noodle
6 vegetarian dumplings
3 mock chicken feet
Sliced tomatoes
Chye sim (greem vegetable)
Oyster mushrooms
Dried seaweed
1 egg
Half a scoop of mushroom granules seasoning
2 tbsp tom yum paste
1000ml water

Steps:

1. In 1000ml water, add mushroom granules seasoning, tom yum paste, sliced tomatoes, mock chicken feet and oyster mushroom. Bring to boil and simmer.
2. Add in egg noodles and cook till al dente or desired softness.
3. Add vegetarian dumpling and seaweed. Cook for about 2 minutes.
4. Add in chye sim and sesame oil. Cook until chye sim is crisp-tender.
5. Switch off the flame. Beat the egg and stir it in. 

If you like clear or less starchy soup, you can cook the egg noodles till al dente (drain it and put into soup bowl first) and soup mixture separately. Then add the soup mixture to the egg noodles before serving.

Oh! If you are pressing for time and you have a water air pot or hot water dispenser at home, use the boiled water from your air pot! That probably would save you 0
about 10 minutes.

Bon appetit!

Reference:

1. Minimalist Baker - One pot vegan pasta