This meat-free vegetable soup is the perfect comfort food when you're looking for a simple tasty meal. It contains healthy vegetables and a hearty broth. Be sure to make a large pot to share with friends and family.
Course Soup
Cuisine Filipino
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 19 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Calories 43kcal
Author Joost Nusselder
Cost $10
Ingredients
5cupsrice washing water
1green papayasliced
2cupscalabaza squashsliced
2medium tomatoessliced
1cupsitawstring beans
1/2eggplantchopped
1cupbunga ng malunggaymoringa leaves
10piecesokrasliced
1handfulloofah patolasliced
4clovesgarliccrushed
1piecelemongrass1 inch long
2tspsalt
1tspbagoong isda (anchovy paste) or fish sauceoptional
Instructions
In a cooking pot, pour in rice washing water and bring it to a boil.
Add garlic, lemongrass, and ginger to the rice water and cook for about 7 minutes. Then remove the lemongrass, or else it'll be too flavorful.
Add the squash and papaya and cook for an additional 6 minutes. Add the salt.
Next, add the okra, tomatoes, eggplant, loofah, and sitaw, and boil for another 5 minutes.
Lastly, add the malunggay leaves and bagoong isda (anchovy paste) or fish sauce (patis). Cook for 1 minute, then turn off the heat. Serve hot!