Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu

Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu

Today I am going to make a spicy soup with beef balls together with silken tofu which is uncommon. Beef is a red meat. We do not consume often as chicken. I have written many chicken recipes. To make a difference I tried beef ball with silken tofu.

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                     Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes

Serves: 3

1. In a large pan heat 2 table spoon of oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add 150 grams onion, coarsely chopped and fry for 5 minutes.

2.Add 4 cloves garlic, sliced and 20 grams ginger, finely Add garlic and ginger fry for 1 minute, 

3.Add 100 grams celery and fry for 5 minutes. 

Ingredients

4.Add 1 tsp broken chili flakes and fry for 1 minute.

5.Add 250 grams beef balls and stir fry for 3 minutes.

6.Add 150 grams cabbage pieces and fry for 5 minutes.



7.Add 1 cup chicken stock  stock and 2 cups of water. Bring to the boil in high heat.

Crushed Cumin and pepper corns
.crushed chili flakes

8.Add ½ tsp salt, crushed cumin and pepper powder crushed together from ½ tsp cumin seeds  ½ tsp pepper and cook for 5 minutes. You can crush pepper and cumin in a mortar and pestle or grinder coarsely.

9. Add 200 grams silken tofu and oyster sauce. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.  

Spicy Beef ball soup 
with silken tofu

10. Add 1 tbsp soy sauce.

11.Add 1 tbsp oyster sauce. 

12. Add 1 tbsp corn starch, dissolved in 3 tbsp water and stir.

13. sprinkle a few coriander leaves.

The beef ball soup is ready. Serve while it s still hot.

Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu is ready.

                     Recipe follows in detail with pictures.


Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 3

Ingredients
Main
250 grams beef balls (store bought)
150 grams cabbage, cut into large pieces
100 grams celery
200 grams silken tofu
Spices
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp broken chili flakes
½ tsp cumin and pepper powder
Others
150 grams onion, coarsely chopped
4 cloves garlic, sliced
20 grams ginger, finely chopped
1 tbsp corn starch, dissolved in 3 tbsp water
1 cup chicken stock
2 cups water
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Crushed cumin and pepper and crushed dried chili flakes

Silken tofu

Corn starch

Ingredients

Method
In a large pan heat 2 table spoon of oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add onion and fry for 5 minutes.

Adding onion.

 Add garlic and ginger fry for 1 minute.

Adding garlic and ginger

 Add celery and fry for 5 minutes. 

Adding celery

Add broken chili flakes, and fry for one minute. 

Adding chili flakes

Add beef balls and fry for 3 minutes.

Adding beef balls 

Stir frying beef ball

Add cabbage pieces stir fry for 1 minute.

Adding cabbage

 Add chicken stock and 2 cups water. Bring to the boil in high heat.

Adding chicken stock

Add salt, crushed cumin and pepper powder and cook for 5 minutes. You can crush pepper and cumin in a mortar and pestle or grinder coarsely.

Adding ground cumin and pepper

 Add silken tofu.

Adding tofu

 Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add soy sauce.

Adding soy sauce

   Add oyster sauce.

Adding oyster sauce

Add corn starch.

Adding corn starch

Add coriander leaves.

Adding coriander leaves

The beef ball soup is ready. Serve while it s still hot.

Spicy Beef ball soup with silken tofu