Green Tea Umami Soup

Hello Readers! 

It has been pouring quite a bit here in Singapore. Here's a really easy hot soup recipe for the chills..this soup is so tasty & the best thing is - most of the flavours are natural, nope not from salt or soy sauce, but from the natural flavours of mushrooms, green tea and sweet old carrots. Yes, the star ingredient today is Green Tea. Fairprice is having a promotion from 3 - 16 October for Harada Green Tea, a box of 50 sachets cost $5.65 (U.P. $6.60). Grab a box today ! There are so many recipes you can whip up with these Green Tea dust.....

Now, what is Umami, you might ask. Well, humans have 4 basic tastes: Sweet Sour Salty Bitter....& the 5th basic taste, my friend, is Umami. This taste was discovered by a Japanese scientist: Dr. Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University. 

Umami gives a kind of meaty flavour and boosts the flavour of dishes without you having to add too much of salt. These food are rich in Umami flavours: seaweed/kombu, tomatoes, green tea, cheese & mushroom.

Click here to hear the pronounciation of Umami. 

For more information about Umami, click here. 

Do hold back the salt shaker in your kitchen! Instead...include Umami-rich food in your dishes & enjoy the natural flavours of it. Here's an easy soup recipe that brews a rich Umami flavour:

Yours Truly,

SSD (Kitchen Box of Recipes).