Hot N’ Sour Soup

What do I want? I want a real winter. A real winter with real snow. A lot of you guys might be questioning yourself, “Is she mad?”. Don’t judge me, hear me out. Unlike most of you, I live in a place which has summer for ten WHOLE months. The last two months are fake winters,that is winters without snow. I think wintery-winters are lovely. And its not just the snow. Its the warm blankets, hot food,coffee,chocolate,nuts,soup,gossip and laziness that attracts me. I’m attracted to cold mist and cold hands. Glad to have a break from the moisture and sweat that marks the other months. Maybe I should consider myself lucky that we often end up with the best of both seasons. Even the summer heat is never smoldering, its just there too much of the time. Does that mean we don’t have spring and autumn? Probably,since I never spotted the difference. Either it’s cold or it’s warm. It was cold yesterday, I could feel the winter on my nose. The best way to feel winter on your nose it to touch it. The feeling is like porcelain left in the fridge for a while. I wonder if it can crack as well if I pinch it. My sister told me to try it out! Obviously I did not 😛 Anyway. I made hot n’ sour soup for the two of us yesterday. We love this soup. Its the “sssss soup”. All you can do after eating it is stutter and gasp, from the hot and spicy-ness of it! And its super easy, super delicious,super everything good!

Ingredients (Serves 4)

8-10 green chili(finely chopped)
1/2 cabbage(finely chopped)
2 tbsp red chili sauce
1/3 cup tomato ketchup
2-3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp white vinegar
salt to taste
1 tsp white (or black) pepper
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp red chili powder
6 cup chicken stock
1/6 of spaghetti packet boiled (we just need a few noodles based on how much you want in your soup)
2 tbsp cornflour
1 egg whisked
1 1/2 cup shredded chicken

How to go about it

In a pan stir fry shredded chicken in 2 tbsp oil. Just fry for a minute or two. Take out and set aside.
In a pan add finely chopped green chili and cabbage. Saute for a while in some vegetable oil.
Add chili sauce, soy sauce,salt,pepper,red chili powder,brown sugar,chicken stock,ketchup.
Add boiled noodles and stir.
Let the soup simmer.
Add fried chicken to the pan.
Dissolve cornflour in 2 tbsp water and pour into the soup. This is to thicken it slightly.
Pour egg over soup in THREADS and not lumps. You can use a piping bag/Plastic bag with tiny hole/spoon for this.Be careful.
Let the soup simmer for a while before serving.