Healthy Stem Soup

Ingredients:

8-10 stems of spinach leaves
4-5 tender stalks of the leaves just below cauliflower
2-3 stems of coriander leaves
1 small sprig spring onion
1 stalk of celery
1/2" ginger peeled and crushed
1 clovette garlic crushed
1 tbsp. cornflour
1/4 dried red chilli crushed
1/2 tsp. sugar
salt to taste
pepper as per taste
1/2 tsp. oil or butter
2 1/2 cups water.


Directions:

1. Clean any fibrous threads from the stems.
2. Chop the vegetables into thin slanted slivers.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic.
4. Saute for a minute. Add vegetables.
5. Stir fry till tender. Add water and bring to a boil.
6. Mix cornflour in 1/2 cup cold water.
7. Add to soup, stirring continuously till it comes back to a boil.
8. Add the chilli, sugar, salt, pepper and boil till thickened like corn soup

Serve fresh and piping hot.