Heat 1 tsp butter in a pan.Sprinkle minced garlic and sauté. Add chopped onion or spring onion and toss.Add rest of the vegetables and 2 cups water.
Add chopped dry lemon grass.Boil for 5 minutes.Discard dry herb lemongrass after its flavour is infused in the soup.
Sprinkle chopped coriander and serve piping hot a bowl full of goodness as an appetiser on cold winter days or during wet Monsoon season.
Add salt to taste,black pepper,soya sauce and green chilli sauce.Make a slurry of cornflour and add it to the boiling soup.Diet watchers may avoid cornflour.Add lemon juice,Chinese seasoning and grated carrot.Give it a boil.
