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Mummy's Perfect Kuey Teow Mushroom Soup
Malay Heritage

Mummy's Perfect Kuey Teow Mushroom Soup

Months ago, I mentioned to mum how much a friend loved her Mushroom Soup.

Prep15m
Cook30m
Total45m
Difficultyeasy

Months ago, I mentioned to mum how much a friend loved her Mushroom Soup. The morning this friend planned to come by for Raya, I went to the kitchen to begin cooking for my guests at 7am in the morning....to be greeted by a huge pot of Mushroom Soup....all ready cooked by my mother. Mums will always be Mums...They come with a huge beautiful heart.

Ingredients

6 servings
  • Ingredients:~
  • vegetable oil3 tbsp
  • vegetable stock (preferably home-made)6 cups
  • garlic, chopped6
  • ginger, chopped2 inches
  • each of 6 different varieties of mushrooms (choose from either shiitake mushroon, button mushroom, oyster mushroom, enoki mushrooms, porcini mushroom, snow fungus, chinese black mushroom, straw mushroom, wood ear fungi)0.5 cup
  • cherry tomatoes8
  • fishball (optional)10
  • fishcake, sliced (optional)2
  • crushed black pepper2 tsp
  • salt Method:~ Heat oil in a large pot. Sautee the ginger & garlic briefly. Pour in the stock & allow to boil on low fire. As the stock begins to boil, put in all the different varieties of mushrooms. Flavour with salt & pepper. Put in the fishball & fishcake. Turn off the heat & put in the cherry tomatoes. Can be served with kuey teow, mee hoon or yellow noodles.2 tsp
  • Heat oil in a large pot.
  • Sautee the ginger & garlic briefly.
  • Pour in the stock & allow to boil on low fire.
  • As the stock begins to boil, put in all the different varieties of mushrooms.
  • Flavour with salt & pepper.
  • Put in the fishball & fishcake.
  • Turn off the heat & put in the cherry tomatoes.
  • Can be served with kuey teow, mee hoon or yellow noodles.

Instructions

  1. 1.

    ~ Heat oil in a large pot.

  2. 2.

    Sautee the ginger & garlic briefly.

  3. 3.

    Pour in the stock & allow to boil on low fire.

  4. 4.

    As the stock begins to boil, put in all the different varieties of mushrooms.

  5. 5.

    Flavour with salt & pepper.

  6. 6.

    Put in the fishball & fishcake.

  7. 7.

    Turn off the heat & put in the cherry tomatoes.

  8. 8.

    Can be served with kuey teow, mee hoon or yellow noodles.