More Dhaka cooking :: by mama

I promised earlier that our next recipe experiment would be vegan, with no pasta. This sort of fulfills that promise: miso soup (with optional noodles).

As it turns out, there is a large South Korean population here in Bangladesh. I believe they are here largely for business, and mostly as part of the garment industry. In any case, there is a Korean shop here in Dhaka called Ko-Mart (really) that stocks all sorts of Korean goodies, from doughnut mix to underwear, as well as a few other Southeast Asian foods. They have sushi rice, nori and pickled ginger, wheat noodles, black rice, and miso paste, among other things. I had never made miso soup before but was a bit desperate for some variety, so I decided to give it a try.


I used a recipe from 101 Cookbooks, following the ingredient list pretty closely (with the sole addition of dried mushrooms, also from Ko-Mart) but increasing the amounts of everything. I ended up with a pretty full pot of very hearty, substantial, and tasty soup. Thank you, Ko-Mart!