• Carrots - 1/4 cup sliced
• Broccoli crowns - 1/4 cup sliced
• Beans - 1/4 cup sliced
• Mushrooms - 1/4 cup sliced ( if preferred)
• Celery - 1/4 cup sliced
• Snow peas - 1/4 cup sliced
• Tofu - 1/2 cup sliced
• Green Peppers - 1/4 cup sliced
• Green Onions - 1/4 cup finely chopped
• Vegetable Broth - 2 1/2 cups
• Soy Sauce - 1/4 cup
• Salt - as required
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Red peppers - 2
• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Corn Flour - 1 tsp

How to make it:

Vegetable broth:

Just try the ready to use vegetable broth available in soups section of grocery stores. I did not have packaged vegetable broth in hand so i made it at home. Herez how i made ... Boil all the vegetables except onion in 4 cups water and cook until half done in a low flame. Separate water from vegetables, add a tablespoon of tomato paste to it and mix it well.

Crush garlic cloves and red peppers into a powder. Drain water from tofu and fry it in oil and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, add green onions and fry for a while. Add the crushed red peppers and garlic and saute until the raw smell of garlic is gone. Now add the vegetable broth and soy sauce and bring it to a boil. Add the vegetables to it and let it boil until the vegetables are fully cooked. Add fried tofu, salt and sugar. Mix the corn flour in 2 tsp water and add it to the vegetables and cook until the gravy thickens. Serve hot with rice.

Vegetable Lo Mein:

Ingredients:

• Noodles - 1 small packet
• Vegetable broth - 1/2 cup
• Soy sauce - 4 tbsp
• Beans - 1/4 cup sliced length wise
• Carrots - 1/4 cup sliced length wise
• Green Peppers - 1/4 cup sliced
• Mushrooms - 1/4 cup (if preferred)
• Green Onions - 1/4 cup finely chopped
• Garlic - 2 cloves finely chopped
• Crushed red peppers - as per taste
• Salt - as required

How to make it:

Cook noodles as per packet instructions and set aside. Heat oil in a large pan, add the green onions and garlic and fry for a while. Then add the vegetables and fry until the vegetables are cooked. Add salt, crushed red peppers, vegetable broth and soy sauce and cook covered for few minutes. Now mix corn flour with little water and add it to the vegetables. Now add the cooked noodles and mix it thoroughly. Serve hot with herbal tea.