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Showing posts with label Soups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soups. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Spinach Soup

Ingredients

2 cups chopped fresh spinach
1 small onion chopped (around 1/2 cup)
1 small potato cooked and mashed (around 1/4th cup)
1 tsp oil
1/4th cup milk
small piece of cinnamon stick
salt and pepper to taste
Method

1) Heat Oil and fry onions for a minute and add spinach and fry for another minute.Add a cup of water and cook spinach for 3 to 4 mins.

2) Blend spinach-onion to smooth with milk and mashed potato.

3) Mix the Puree to the water you used to cook onions and spinach, add more water if required and bring to boil.

4) Add salt and pepper to taste

serve hot with your favorite croutons

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cauliflower Soup

Ingredients

1 and 1/2 cups cauliflower florets
1/2 cup chopped red onions
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp dried basil or oregano
1/2 cup milk
1 cups water
salt and pepper to taste
Method

1) Heat oil and fry onions and garlic for a mins and then add cauliflower,salt and let it simmer for 10 to 15 mins until cauliflower is cooked

2) Cool the ingredients and blend to smooth paste by adding milk.

3) Remove the puree into pan, add required water and simmer for few more minutes.

4) Add pepper and dried basil

server hot with your favorite croutons.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Bell Pepper Soup (Capcicum)

Ingredients

2 large peppers chopped, 1 Yellow and 1 red (capcicum)
2 garlic cloves peeled
1 small onion (1/2 cup chopped)
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 teaspoon dried basil
salt to taste
Method

1) heat Oil olive and throw in cumin powder, add chopped onion and fry for a minute and then add chopped red and yellow bell peppers, garlic and cover and cook in medium-low heat for around 10 mins

2) Once the ingredients are cooled, blend them into smooth paste with 2 cups of water and Strain the juice to the same pan you used for frying the veggies.

3) Bring the soup to boil, add salt and pepper. At the end add dried Basil and serve Hot with your choice of bread

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Tomato Soup

Ingredients

3 large tomatoes
4 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons corn flour
1 teaspoon dried basil
salt to taste

Method

1) Blend tomatoes,garlic & cumin powder with 1/2 cup water into very smooth paste and keep aside

2) In a pan heat olive oil, add the tomato paste and bring it to boil. Meanwhile mix 2 teaspoons corn flour in 1/2 cup water and add to the pan and cook for couple of minutes

3) Now add sugar, salt, pepper and dried basil and serve hot.