Pak Choi Soup with Buckwheat and Courgettes

Makes: 3-4 bowls                                                  Prep and Cooking: 20-30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 200g pak choi leaves with the stems
  • 200 g leeks or onions
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 small courgette

From the cupboard:

  • cooking oil
  • 80g buckwheat
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon dried coriander or handful of fresh coriander
  • Splash of soy sauce
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Chop the leeks, carrots, courgettes and pak choi stems
  2. Stir fry for about 3 minutes. Add the buckwheat and keep stirring for another 3 minutes.
  3. Add salt, turmeric, coriander and soy sauce and stir for about a minute. If you are using fresh coriander keep it to add at the end, when the soup is cooked.
  4. Add boiling water and cook until the buckwheat softens.
  5. At the end add the pak choi leaves, roughly chopped and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes

Buckwheat can be replaced with noodles or rice.

 

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