manchow soup recipe with step by step photos – posting yet another popular and delicious indo chinese soup recipe.
manchow soup is a spicy and hot soup made from mixed vegetables. apart from veg hot and sour soup, manchow soup and tom yum soup are some of the soups we order from chinese takeaways and in restaurants.
as always for proteins i have added mushrooms. you can add tofu or sprouts. i do not get good quality tofu here and hence they don’t get added to soups or any stir fries.
in the indian chinese restaurants, the manchow soup is served with fried noodles. just to give a restaurant like flavor, i also added fried noodles. i was making both the soup and veg chowmein together and hence kept some noodles for frying. you can completely skip the fried noodles part and serve the soup as it is.
in restaurants, what they serve is a thick soup, which we do not prefer. so i add less corn starch in the soup. thickness can be easily adjusted by adding more or less of corn starch.
serve manchow soup as starter with any indo chinese main course like hakka noodles or veg noodles or veg fried rice or burnt garlic fried rice or singapore fried rice.
if you are looking for more veg soup recipes then do check:
manchow soup recipe
Ingredients (1 cup = 250 ml)
for manchow soup
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil or any other oil
- 1 to 2 fresh red chilies or green chilies - finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger (adrak)
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic (lahsun)
- ¼ cup finely chopped onions or spring onion whites
- ¼ to ⅓ cup sliced or chopped mushrooms
- ¼ cup finely chopped french beans
- ¼ cup shredded cabbage (patta gobi)
- ¼ cup grated carrots (gajar)
- ¼ cup finely chopped capsicum (green bell pepper)
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped celery (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder or white pepper powder, add as required
- 2 teaspoon soy sauce or add as required
- 3 cups water or veg stock
- 6 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoon water (for a slight thicker consistency in the soup - dissolve 7 to 8 teaspoon corn starch in 3 tablespoon water)
- ½ teaspoon rice vinegar or regular vinegar
- 2 teaspoon finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish (optional)
- salt as required
for the fried noodles - optional
- ⅓ cup cooked noodles
- oil for frying as required
How to Make Recipe
stir frying veggies for manchow soup
- first chop all the veggies and keep aside.
- heat oil in a wok or pan and add the chopped fresh red chilies, garlic and ginger.
- saute for a minute and then add chopped onions. saute again for a minute.
- now add finely chopped french beans and chopped mushrooms.
- stir fry on a medium to high flame till the mushrooms get lightly browned from the edges.
- then add grated carrots, shredded cabbage, finely chopped capsicum/bell pepper & celery.
- stir fry on a medium to high flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
making manchow soup
- in the meantime, if you have cooked noodles, then add them to oil for frying. this is an optional step.
- fry the noodles till they are crisp. drain the fried noodles on kitchen paper towels.
- once the veggies are stir fried for 3 to 4 minutes, then add soy sauce and black pepper. stir.
- now add water or veg stock.
- season with salt. allow the soup to come to a simmer on a medium flame. keep a check on the amount of salt as soy sauce already has a lot of salt.
- meanwhile. make a smooth paste of the corn starch with water.
- add the corn starch paste to the soup. stir very well and let the manchow soup thicken.
- lastly add rice vinegar or regular vinegar. switch off the flame. stir and check the taste of veg manchow soup. add more seasonings like salt, black pepper or soy sauce or vinegar if required.
- stir and serve manchow soup hot topped with fried noodles.
- you can also mix chopped coriander leaves towards the end or serve manchow soup garnished with coriander leaves.
how to make manchow soup recipe
preparing veggies
1. first chop all the veggies and keep aside.
2. heat oil in a wok or pan and add the chopped fresh red chilies, garlic and ginger. sauté for a minute. you can even add green chilies instead of fresh red chilies.
3. then add chopped onions. sauté again for a minute.
4. now add finely chopped french beans and chopped mushrooms. stir fry on a medium to high flame till the mushrooms get lightly browned from the edges.
5. then add grated carrots, shredded cabbage, finely chopped capsicum (green bell pepper) & celery.
6. stir fry on a medium to high flame for 3 to 4 minutes. add black pepper powder and soy sauce. stir.
7. add water or veg stock to the stir fried veggies.
8. season with salt. add less salt initially as soy sauce already has salt in it.
9. allow the soup to come to a simmer on medium flame.
making manchow soup
10. in the meantime, if you have cooked noodles, then add them to medium hot oil for frying. this is an optional step.
11. fry the noodles till they are crisp. drain the fried noodles on kitchen paper towels.
12. meanwhile. make a smooth paste of the corn starch with water.
13. add the corn starch paste to the soup.
14. stir very well and let the manchow soup thicken.
15. lastly add rice vinegar or regular vinegar. switch off the flame. stir and check the taste of veg manchow soup. add more seasonings like salt, black pepper or soy sauce or vinegar if required.
16. stir and serve manchow soup hot topped with fried noodles or just plain garnished with coriander leaves.
Tried this today and must say it is yumm. Your recipes do not let me down ever 😊 Thank you!
P.S- you mention adding
Capsicum in the method but it’s not there in the ingredients so just have a look.
thanks nupur for the review and feedback both. welcome 😊. i will update the capsicum info in the ingredient list. thanks for letting me know.
Excellent for winter evenings. It was delicious. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work.
welcome sabina. thanks for your positive words.
Wow! This tasted really good. Again my family loved it. Infact the “Wow” comes from my daughter who insisted I mention it in my comment to you.
Thanks for this awesome feedback. Do thank your daughter on my behalf.
Wow I made this today after two days of Christmas roast I needed something real spicy and flavourful food….all my family enjoyed very much.
Brilliant recipes easy but tasty I forgot to put vinegar but I guess it did not effect much.
thanks a lot mintoo. vinegar just give slight sour notes in the soup. its fine if vinegar is given a skip.
this looks absolutely incredible and I can’t wait tot ry it. I wish the recipe were not on a black background, so that it could be printed!
thanks mary. the recipe card plugin that we are using is giving us this black background error for more than a month now. we have informed the plugin developers and they delayed this matter. but now are looking into this issue. initially the background was white. sorry for the inconvenience. but there is nothing that we can do from our end. we tried some tricks, but still having the issue.
Super keep up the good work
thanks caesar