Celestial Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

 * 8 – 10 button mushrooms
 * 1 medium capsicum
 * 1 medium carrot
 * 2 tbsp sweet corn niblets
 * ½ cup green peas
 * ½ tsp red chillies, crushed
 * 1 pinch sugar
 * salt to taste
 * 1 egg white
 * 2 tbsp corn flour
 * 1 tsp oil
 * 3 cups vegetable stock or water

Directions

 * 1) Wash and cut mushrooms into four.
 * 2) Peel and cut carrots into quarter inch pieces.
 * 3) Wash capsicum, halve, deseed and cut into quarter inch pieces.
 * 4) Reserve a little for garnish.
 * 5) Boil carrots and green peas in vegetable stock or water. Keep aside.
 * 6) Dissolve corn flour in half cup water.
 * 7) Beat egg white lightly. Keep aside.
 * 8) Heat oil, add mushroom pieces and sauté, then add capsicum pieces and sauté.
 * 9) Add boiled carrot pieces, corn niblets and vegetable stock or water and mix.
 * 10) Add salt, sugar and crushed red chillies.
 * 11) Add (frozen) green peas and mix.
 * 12) When the mixture begins to boil add corn flour dissolved in water and mix well.
 * 13) Finally add the beaten egg white, stir lightly and serve hot garnished with chopped capsicum.