This is a recipe taken from Chef Guru Tarla Dalal's recipe. This has tons of veggies and it is prepared in such a way that all the nutrients are intact.
Prepare soups similar to this once in a week and serve with toasted bread for yourself and spouse and garlicky buttered toasted bread for your kids.In this soup you dont need to serve bread too as it is already added in the soup. I would highly recommend adults to have only soup for dinner once or twice in a week with lots of veggies, pulses and no grains. This flushes your system and makes you feel light in the next day.
Ingredients:
Pressure cook the following:
- Carrot- 2
- Potato-1 small
- Onions-2
- White pumpkin- ½ cup chopped
- Tomato- 2 large
Chop them to medium sized chunks . Add enough water(abt 6 cups) and required amount of salt. Just pressure cook them for about 2 whistles till they are nicely cooked. Strain and cool. Keep the drained nutritious water aside. Grind only the veggies to a fine paste. Keep aside both of them.
Other ingredients:
- Olive oil
- Onions- 1 finely chopped
- Mixed veggies- carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas , chayote, etc.
- Grated cheese- 2 tbsp(optional)
- Torn bits of bread or a handful of cooked rice
- Crushed black pepper
Method:
- Take a stainless steel or anodized pressure cooker. Heat and then add olive oil. Add the onions and sauté till they turn transluscent.
- Add the mixed veggies and sauté for a minute. Add required amt of salt and just a ¼ cup of water . Close the pressure cooker. Pressure cook for one whistle. Off flame. Keep aside till you are able to open the cooker.
- Now add the fine veggie paste to this and the drained veggie water(prepared above) to get the required consistency. If you need to make it more loose , then add some water.
- Boil for some time and add crushed black pepper and grated cheese.
- Add cooked rice or torn bits of bread and boil for a minute.
- You can garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves/basil/parsley.
One pot soup is ready !
Note:
Instead of the usual processed cheese , you can even add crumbled feta cheese while serving.
Torn bits of bread in this soup tastes awesome! do not add croutons or crunchy fried bread pieces to this soup. Just fresh or one day old bread is enough. Bread pieces will just go limp inside the soup and that adds to the taste.
You can even add boiled whole wheat spaghetti or rice noodles instead of bread pieces for a change.