Hearty soup with Asian flavours

Ingredients

• 1-2 small onions, finely chopped
• 3 or more garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed
• 2.5cm ginger (or more) finely chopped
• 1-2 fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1-2 sticks celery, chopped
• 1-2 carrots, chopped
• 1 small zucchini, chopped
• olive oil
• sesame oil (optional)
• salt and pepper
• 1 tbs red miso paste (vegan)
• water
• 1 cup soup mix (or make it yourself by mixing things like dried lentils, kidney beans, buckwheat kernels or whatever you like)
• 1/2 cup chinese cooking wine or similar
• 1 bunch broccolini
• 6 mushrooms (or more)
• 1 bayleaf (optional)
• 1 star anise (optional)