Egg Drop Soup

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As I mentioned in a previous post, Abi is a very picky eater. To add protein to his diet, I give him boiled or poached eggs. But after his initial interest in egg, he is now creating difficulty in eating it. Since he doesn't eat protein in any other form, I don't want to stop giving egg. Similarly, he doesn't eat vegetables, so I make a soup of all vegetables (in different combination) for him every evening and somehow force it down his throat. 

Having chosen egg as an ingredient for the BM, I was thinking on what to make with egg. I struck upon the idea of making this soup. It perfectly combines vegetables and eggs (in fact, it can be made with chicken stock also, which I am planning to try next time). The best part was that Abi actually relished it and kept asking for more! I think I'm going to call this my dream-come-true soup!!!

Egg Drop Soup:

Ingredients for the soup:

1. Veg/ non veg stock -  2 cups (recipe for veg given below)

2. Eggs - 2

3. Cornstarch - 1.5 tsps

4.Salt and white pepper to taste

Method:

pouring the egg into the broth

1. Whisk the eggs in a bowl and keep aside. Its best to keep the eggs in a bowl/cup with sharp edges.

2.Take a saucepan and pour all but 2 tablespoons of the stock into it and bring it to a boil.

3 Mix corn starch with the remaining 2 tablespoons of stock.Then pour this mixture back into the saucepan. Let it boil for a minute while stirring it gently. The stock will get a bit thicker.

4. Lower the flame to the minimum.

5. Now, here's the part to be careful. Slowly pour the egg into the broth through a fork so that the egg does not lump up.Switch off the gas immediately.

6.Add the chopped chives for garnish and mix.

7. Let it sit for a minute and then serve.

How to make a Veg Broth:

Ingredients:

1. Leftovers from cut vegetables like cauliflower stem and leaves, peas shell, potato skin, etc.

ingredients for the stock

2. Some cabbage leaves, 1 chopped carrot, 1 chopped turnip with leaves, chopped chives

3. Whole spices:

   a) ginger - 1/2 inch

   b) star anise - 1

   c) cloves - 2-3

   d) bay leaf - 1 piece

   e) cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch

4. Water - 3 cups

Method:

1. Put all the ingredients in a cooker. 

2 Bring it to one whistle and simmer for about half an hour.

3. Once the steam is gone from the cooker, take out all the veggies in a strainer and mash it nicely so that the juices pass through the strainer.

4. Vegetable broth is ready!

in the cooker

after cooking