We often have vegetable soup at home. It has carrots, potatoes, cabbage and green peas in it. Lots of people also add cauli flowers, broccoli, tofu, mushroom or meatballs (bakso). That's why this food is ideal for small kids. Complete vegetables in a meal.
We also need beef or chicken stock besides vegetables. I prefer lean meat, but my mother usually prepares part of meat which has more fat every time her grandchildren come to visit her.
Meat with fat will of course make a more delicious soup.
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My mother will only need to add chopped and fried garlic, white pepper and salt. My recipe needs more than those three ingredients because of the lean meat that I use.
I prefer fresh spices rather that the ones packed in blottles and would need:
- 1 piece of garlic
- half teaspoon of white pepper
- cinnamon (about 2cm long)
- 1 piece of nutmeg
- 4 pieces of cloves
- 1 piece of cardamom
- ginger (about the size of an adult's thumb)
Don't forget to grind the white pepper first. More white pepper can be used in order to have a more spicy and tasty soup, but not for children.
I have to boil 500 gram of beef cuts together with the above mentioned spices plus salt until the beef becomes tender. The amount of water should be just enough to immerse the beef and later on the vegetables too. Then, I'll add cuts of carrots and potatoes. The other vegetables follow afterwards.
Finally, sprinkle the soup with chopped of fresh tomatoes and leek as well as fried shallot. Serve it warm with white rice.
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