Hot & Sour Chicken Soup - கார புளிப்பு வடிசாரு

Ingredients:

1. Chicken broth - 2 Cup
2. Corn flour - 2 tsp
3. Sesame oil - 2 tsp
4. Soy sauce - 3 tsp
5. Hot Chili Sauce
6. Rice vinegar
7. Chopped Ginger - one tsp
8. Chopped Garlic - one tsp
9. Chicken - 1/2 pound
10. Sliced Mushroom 1/2 Cup
11. Lemon grass or Lemon Zest
12. SaltPepper
13. Green onion
14. Egg - 1
15. Corn kernel
16. Thin cut or small cubes of carrot

Preparation:

1. Heat the pan in low flame and add sesame oil and let it warm up.
2. Add Ginger and Garlic to oil and stir-up for few seconds.
3. Add Chicken to it and stir in medium flame.
4. Add Soy Sauce, Rice vinegar, Hot chili sauce.
   
5. Wait for 2 minutes till the chicken is cooked.
6. Add Mushroom, carrot, green onions, salt & pepper.
7. Taste the soup add soy sauce, chili sauce and vinegar based on your taste preference.
8. Let it heat till all the flavors mix together, may be two minutes in medium flame.
9. Mix Corn flour with one tsp of water to make it a thick paste.
10. Back to low flame and add the corn flour to soup.
11. Now the soup is thick and allow it to simmer for a minute, while stirring.
12. Beat the egg and pour it to the soup, pour the egg slowly and keep stirring fast.
13. Add lemon grass or lemon zest and mix it for 30 seconds.

Variation:

For a vegetarian variation, use Veg Broth and Tofu instead of chicken.

Note: You could use MSG instead of salt, if you want. Do not use water for soup.