Instructions: (A herbal vegetarian soup with gluten balls as the meat substitute. Best enjoyed with steaming hot rice or by itself.)

PIT black dates. Soak gluten balls and mushrooms until soft.

Boil water in a pot. Pour in ingredients (A). Cook for two hours on a low flame.

Add gluten balls, mushrooms and seasoning ingredients. Cook for another 45 minutes. When ready to serve, add 1 tbsp oil.

This soup can be used as a master stock and served with noodles. If you use the pressure cooker, you need only 30 minutes. You can also buy vegetarian master stock from speciality shops.

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