305. Cucumber Soup with Pepper

I cooked this 'Cucumber Soup' last week, to eat with my 'Roasted Chicken'.

Well, today hubby brought home some more cucumbers.

I cooked the soup the same style again, on Zu's request, she said,' Sedap, makan panas-panas, Alif pun suka makan ya..'

My family can't do without a soup dish in a meal. They like to sip hot soups when eating rice. So sometimes my soups come down to as simple as this!

My Simple Cucumber Soup

Preparation :-

1) Skin and then cut the cucumbers in small strips as above.

2) Clean and drip dry in a sieve.

3) Ground one small shallot and one garlic.

4) Saute the grounded shallot and garlic.

5) Add water (how much soup I want).

6) When boiled, add the cucumbers.

7) Boil until cucumbers are soft.

8) Add a pinch of shrimp paste to the soup.

9) Add salt and ajinomoto to taste.

10) Add a few drops of pepper powder.

11) Bring to boil, then off fire.

Eat the cucumber soup while it is hot.

I wonder if you ever cook a soup dish as simple as this!

p/s. Later hubby brought in these 2 cucumbers into the house. He told me he forgot all about them, which he left in his motorbike's basket.

He told me these two were given by a friend :) And another type of cucumber!

Cheerio.