Vegan Nilaga Soup
 
 
Ingredients
  • 2 quarts water
  • 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and chopped
  • 3 celery stalks, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • 3 cups vegetable broth, plus more if needed
  • ½ small kabocha squash, peeled, deseeded and chopped, (divided)
  • 3-5 tablespoons vegetable broth powder added to 3 cups water, or 3 cups liquid vegetable broth
  • Few pinches salt
  • 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into big chunks
  • 1 carrot, peeled and cut into big chunks
  • a bunch green beans, ends trimmed, sliced into 2-inch lengths
  • 1 Napa cabbage, base removed, sliced into big chunks
  • ¼ small green cabbage, same cut as the napa cabbage
  • 1 bunch Bok bok choy, base removed, same cut as the napa cabbage
  • 4-6 pieces mini corn on the cob, cut in half
  • 2 pieces dried Snow fungus (/tremella mushrooms), reconstituted in warm water, cut into chunks
  • 2-3 pieces Saba bananas, peeled, cut into big chunks
Instructions
  1. Place 2 quarts water, onion, celery, peppercorns, vegetable broth, a few pinches of salt, and half portion of the squash in a pot and put bring to a boil. Cook until squash is mushy. Mash squash with the back of your ladle, a large fork, (you may also use or a potato masher).
  2. Add potatoes, carrots, and the rest of the squash. Cook until you can pierce the potato with a fork, about 15 minutes.
  3. Taste and add more vegetable broth and more salt, if needed.
  4. Add rest of the ingredients: green beans, napa cabbage, green cabbage, bok choy, corn, snow fungus, and saba bananas. Add more vegetable broth, if needed. Mix well and put bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked through.
  5. Serve by ladling broth and vegetables into bowls. Turn off heat and serve hot.
Notes
You can buy find bok choy, napa cabbage, snow fungus/tremella, kabocha squash, and saba bananas at Asian grocery stores. They’re all in the produce section except for the snow fungus/tremella, which will be with the dried shiitake mushrooms in the dried fungus section.
Recipe by ASTIG Vegan at https://www.astigvegan.com/vegan-nilaga-soup/