Fresh Squid Soup

Here is a simple sea-food soup to try. After coming home from work, you can prepare this fast and nuitritous soup for your family. You need some dry mushrooms which must be soaked and washed clean the day before. Frozen squid must be thawed below the compartment in the fridge. Celery, big onions and tomatoes are added to this soup.

Ingredients:serve 4

300 gm clean squid, defrost
1 stalk celery. cut 1 inch long
2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 big onion cut into wedges
6 meduim sized Chinese mushrooms, soaked and cleaned
1 litre fresh chicken stock, prepared earlier
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Chopped pasley to garnish

Method:

Bring water to boil in a pot. Blanch squids and mushrooms. Cut the squids into rings and slice the mushrooms. Put aside . Blanch the rest of the vegetables. Pour away the hot water and add chicken stock to boil. Put in all the ingredients except the squids and bring to boil for 15 minutes. Put the squids in and bring to boil. Add sesame oil, salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with parsley and serve.