Can we talk about the fact that it’s going to be June tomorrow and I am wearing a sweater and a windproof jacket? Since the weather conditions obviously don’t care one bit that we are approaching summer, here’s a quick and cozy recipe to warm up your frostbite laden souls. If you are lucky enough to experience more reasonable temperatures for this time of the year, then I am deeply envious. But nevertheless, bookmark this quick little recipe for future emergencies.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 4 servings / 1.14 EUR per serving / 4.55 EUR for all)

2 squares of Chinese noodles (1.07 EUR)

6 cups veggie broth (0.40 EUR)

4 large carrots (0.40 EUR)

8 Shiitake mushrooms (0.53 EUR)

½ small head of cauliflower (0.80 EUR)

1 cup edamame beans (0.80 EUR)

1 tbsp miso paste (0.27 EUR)

1-2 tbsp soy sauce (0.13 EUR)

Good pinch red pepper flakes (0.02 EUR)

1 tsp toasted sesame oil (0.13 EUR)

METHOD:

Wash, peel and chop up all the veggies and mushrooms. Cook the noodles according to the package instructions, rinse under cold water and set aside. Bring the veggie broth to a rolling boil and add in carrots, mushrooms, cauliflower and edamame beans. Cook for about 10 minutes, until the veggies are cooked through. Add in the noodles and cook for another minute just to reheat. Turn off heat.

Melt the miso paste in a bit of hot broth, then stir into the soup. Taste and add soy sauce as needed. Stir in red pepper flakes and toasted sesame oil. Serve immediately.

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Možemo li porazgovarati o činjenici da će sutra lipanj, a ja hodam okolo u džemperu i jakni? Pošto vremenske uvjete baš boli briga za to što se približava ljeto, evo vam jedan brzi i fini recept da vam ugrije ozeble duše. Ako imate tu sreću da uživate u razumnijim temperaturama za ovo doba godine, onda vam zavidim. Ali neovisno o tome, bukmarkirajte si ovaj receptić za buduća krizna stanja.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 4 porcije / 8,54 kn po porciji / 34,15 kn za sve)

2 kocke kineskih rezanaca (8,00 kn)

6 šalica povrtnog temeljca (3,00 kn)

4 velike mrkve (3,00 kn)

8 gljiva shiitaka (4,00 kn)

½ male glavice cvjetače (6,00 kn)

1 šalica boba (6,00 kn)

1 žlica miso paste (2,00 kn)

1-2 žlice soja sosa (1,00 kn)

Dobar prstohvat sušenog čilija u pahuljicama (0,15 kn)

1 žličica tostiranog sezamovog ulja (1,00 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Operite, ogulite i nasjeckajte povrće i gljive. Rezance skuhajte prema uputama na pakiranju, isperite pod hladnom vodom i stavite na stranu. Temeljac stavite da zavrije, pa dodajte u njega mrkve, gljive, cvjetaču i bob. Kuhajte desetak minuta, dok povrće ne bude gotovo. Dodajte rezance i kuhajte još minutu da se ugriju. Maknite s vatre.

Miso pastu rastopite u malo vrućeg temeljca pa onda umiješajte u juhu. Kušajte i prema potrebi dodajte soja sosa. Umiješajte čili i sezamovo ulje, pa odmah poslužite.