Lemon Coriander Soup (Vitamin C Rich Vegan Soup)

Lemon coriander soup with step-by-step images. It’s a clear vegetable soup flavored with lemon and coriander leaves. Lemon provides to the tangy style and coriander leaves give delicate citrus notes on this soup. The addition of blended greens makes the soup wholesome and flavorful.

A bowl of lemon and coriander soup could make all that cough blues go away from you in heavy monsoons or in a chilly biting climate. The soup is warming, nutritious and loaded with vitamin C. One other South Indian variation of a spicy lemon based mostly soup which I’ve shared is that this Lemon rasam.

How is Lemon Coriander Soup made?

A easy lemon coriander soup is made by cooking some herbs or greens after which including them to a vegetable inventory. Later lemon and coriander leaves are added.

My recipe is completely different as I’ve not used any retailer introduced vegetable inventory. I’ve cooked veggies and within the technique of cooking veggies the inventory is made. So for this recipe, you do want to purchase any vegetable inventory.

There is no such thing as a monosodium glutamate (msg or ajinomoto) added on this soup recipe. So the style gained’t be like restaurant ones, however you get clear and wholesome flavors on this homely lemon coriander soup.

Which greens so as to add in soup?

Greens give plenty of depth and taste on this soup. Add them for some crunch and to make the soup extra flavorful and nutritious.

You possibly can add a myriad of greens on this soup however add in small portions. I often add some carrot, white button mushrooms and cabbage within the soup.

On this recipe publish although I’ve used mushrooms and carrots. Mushrooms give a pleasant texture and chew on this in any other case plain soup.

From the veggie listing, you may add corn, candy corn, cauliflower, cabbage, carrot, bok choy, mushrooms, bell pepper (capsicum), snap peas, inexperienced peas and spring onions (scallions).

Herbs & spices added in Lemon Coriander Soup

Other than garlic and ginger, inexperienced chilli, coriander leaves and lemongrass make up for the fragrant parts on this soup. Now should you do not need lemongrass, you may take into account skipping it.

Inexperienced chilli will also be skipped. Coriander leaves are a should as it’s, in any case coriander and lemon soup.

Freshly crushed black pepper provides the soup some heat, spicy, woody taste.

Serve this soup as an appetizer drink. Do keep in mind to take away the lemongrass stalk earlier than serving.

Learn how to make Lemon Coriander Soup

Preparation

1. Rinse after which chop 2 small spring onion whites (scallions). Rinse, peel and finely chop or grate 1 small carrot. Rinse and chop 4 to five white button mushrooms.

Additionally, rinse and finely chop 1 inexperienced chilli, coriander leaves, ginger and garlic. Chop the lemongrass stalk and preserve it apart.

Cooking Greens

2. In a pan or pot, warmth 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil or any impartial flavoured oil.

3. Preserve warmth to a low or medium-low. When the oil turns into sizzling, add 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger, 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic and chopped inexperienced chilli.

4. Sauté ginger, garlic, inexperienced chilli for a number of seconds on medium-low warmth until the uncooked aroma of ginger and garlic goes away. Take care to not brown them.

5. Add ¼ cup chopped spring onion whites.

6. Stir and saute for a minute on medium-low to medium warmth.

7. Add the chopped greens – ¼ to ⅓ cup finely chopped carrots and 1 to 1.25 cups chopped mushrooms.

You possibly can add 1.5 to 1.75 cups of chopped combine greens like cabbage, spinach, corn, child corn, broccoli, carrots, snap peas, bok choy, inexperienced peas, cauliflower and mushrooms.

8. Combine very effectively.

9. Stir fry on a medium warmth for about 3 minutes. If not utilizing mushrooms then stir fry for much less time. Mushrooms go away the water and thus the vegetable combination doesn’t follow the pan whereas stir frying.

10. Add 4 cups of water. As an alternative of water, you may even use home made vegetable inventory or a sodium free vegetable stalk.

11. Add 1 lemongrass stalk (chopped). You possibly can even add barely crushed and chopped lemongrass bulb as an alternative.

12. Add salt as required.

13. Add freshly crushed black pepper as per style. Stir.

14. Cowl and let the soup combination simmer on medium-low to medium warmth.

Making Lemon Coriander Soup

15. Simmer until the greens are cooked. It took me 10 minutes for the carrots and mushrooms to cook dinner. Relying on the kind of greens used and the way smaller they’re chopped, it could take much less or extra time. Preserve a verify when the greens are cooking.

16. Add ⅓ cup coriander leaves as soon as the greens are cooked.

17. Subsequent, add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Stir and change off the warmth. 2 tablespoons of lemon juice provides a superb bitter style within the soup.

If you need a much less tangy or bitter style, then add ½ to 1 tablespoon lemon juice. So add lemon juice in accordance with your style.

18. Lastly, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of chopped spring onion greens (scallions) or chives.

19. Combine and Serve sizzling lemon coriander soup in soup bowls or soup mugs. Whereas serving you may garnish with some extra spring onion greens and lemon slices.

Some crushed black pepper will also be sprinkled on prime of lemon coriander soup. Do word to take away the lemongrass stalk earlier than serving.

Suggestions for Greatest Lemon Coriander Soup

1. To barely thicken the soup you may add cornflour paste (corn starch slurry).
2.  For an umami style, a little bit of soy sauce could be added to the soup.
3. Add your selection of greens. You possibly can add 1.5 to 1.75 cups of chopped combine greens like cabbage, corn, child corn, broccoli, carrots, snap peas, inexperienced peas, spinach, bok choy, cauliflower and mushrooms. A mixture bag of various styles of mushrooms will also be used.
4. Including lemongrass stalk is optionally available.
5. When you have home made vegetable inventory, you need to use it.
6. Some purple chilli powder or cayenne pepper will also be added to extend the spiciness.
7. Add the quantity of lemon juice as per your style buds.
8. You possibly can even use a vegetarian or vegan bouillon cubes in order for you. I don’t use them as monosodium glutamate (msg or ajinomoto), synthetic flavors, components and preservatives are added in them.
9. You possibly can even add some extra herbs like parsley or thyme.
10. A small onion could be added as an alternative of spring onions (scallions).

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This Lemon Coriander Soup from the archives, initially revealed in June 2019 has been up to date and republished on February 2023.