Vegetarian Shark Fin Soup

Ingredients

1 small carrot, shredded
1 small courgette, shredded
10 g black fungus, shredded
1 can or a packet of fresh needle mushrooms
1 packet of vermicelli (tong fen)

Seasonings
Dark soya sauce
1 vegetable cube
Black vinegar
a dash of pepper

Method

1. Soak the black wood ear with hot water, and cut into strips. Drain the canned of needle mushrooms and rinse. Soak the vermicelli and cut into shorter length.

2. Bring a pot of 1.5 L water to boil. Add in all the ingredients last the vermicelli to cook.

3. Add in the vegetable cube & dark soya sauce to slightly brown the soup. Put in the starch to thicken the soup. Off fire, scoup into a serving bowl, add in vinegar and pepper. Serve immediately.


Note: Ingredients mentioned above are optional, you can modify with your favourites.