No Recipe Healing Soup - Oryana

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground turmeric or 2″ piece fresh turmeric – peeled, grated/minced
• 1″ piece ginger – peeled, grated/minced
• 5 whole garlic cloves
• 1 jalapeño or small chili pepper – minced (leave seeds in if you prefer a spicier soup)
• 10-12 cups water
• freshly ground black pepper – to taste
• 1-2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari to taste
• juice of 2 lemons
• Salt to taste
• 1 large sweet potato or 3-4 medium carrots, or any other root vegetable – cubed
• 8 oz shiitake or crimini mushrooms – sliced
• 2 lemongrass stalks – bruised with the back of a chef’s knife, sliced into 3 pieces
• 1 piece kombu
• about 4 oz soba
• 1-2 clusters baby bok choy – separated into leaves or 1 small bunch any other greens
• spaghetti squash ‘noodles’ (from 1 roasted spaghetti squash)
• 1-1½ cups cooked beans or lentils
• handful cilantro leaves – for garnish