Try this quick and easy soup recipe for a tasty and nutritious meal-in-a-bowl for your lazy dinner. Serve with accompaniments like Breadsticks or Garlic bread. This soup makes it easy to eat your veggies.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- Onion, sliced- 1 medium
- Carrot, sliced- 1 medium
- Potato, sliced- 1 small
- Cabbage, chopped- ½ cup or 4 leaves
- Tomato- 2 medium
- Corn kernels- 2 tbsp to ¼ cup
- Pumpkin- a small piece (optional)
- Celery, chopped- 1 stalk or Coriander stems- ½ cup
- Garlic, crushed- 2 to 3 cloves
- Bay leaf- 2
- Black peppercorns- 4
- Cinnamon stick- ½ inch
- Butter or olive oil- 1 to 2 tbsp
- Chilli flakes or mild chilli powder- ½ to 1 tsp or to taste
- Ground pepper- to taste
- Salt- to taste
- Parsley or fresh coriander- for garnishing
Method:
- Wash and chop all veggies.
- Heat the butter in a small pressure cooker, add bay leaf, black peppercorns, cinnamon stick and saute a while.
- Add the onions and garlic. Saute for a minute.
- Add all remaining vegetables and sauté on for 2 minutes.
- Add 2 cups of water, mix well and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
- Cool and remove bay leaf and cinnamon stick.
- Blend in a mixer or with a hand blender till smooth.
- Add the salt and chili flakes.
- Add some water if required and mix well and cook for 2 minutes, stir occasionally. Bring to boil.
- Transfer this hot soup in a bowl, garnish with freshly grounded black pepper and parsley or fresh coriander
Tip: You can use any other vegetables as your likes.
