Friday, January 19, 2024

Broccoli Soup

 


Thoroughly enjoying Broccoli soups these days...

  • Add butter/ghee/oil to a pot or cooker and few pieces of garlic, half onion chopped
  • Saute few mins, then add chunks of poosani/zucchini/potato/crushed almonds
  • If needed pressure cook the above based on the veggies u used so far
  • Then blanch broccoli chunk and add to the above pot with water
  • Open cook 5mins and then hand blend with electric blender
  • Add one cup milk, pepper, boil few mins
  • Yummy Green Soup is ready!

Friday, January 5, 2024

Hand Blender Soups

 


Recently got hooked on to my hand blender soups! One pot, no oil, no ghee recipe!

  • Add 2 spoons toor daal to pressure cooker,turmeric,1 spoon salt,4 cups water,dont cook yet
  • Add to the above big chunks of medium onion, 2 tomatoes, 1 carrot
  • Add 3 other veggies if you have - red bell pepper, pumpkin, poosanikkai, squash, zuchinni
  • Pressure cook, and in 15mins open and hand blend using the electric blender
  • Boil 5mins, turn off with pepper powder and cilantro topping!
  • Yummy Yummy Soup is ready!!!

Traditional Okra Soup (Alt. Cauliflower)

 




Winter days...enjoying soup atleast 3 days a week..so wanted to share these recipes in my blog...
  • Pressure cook a spoon or 2 spoons of toor dhaal and one medium sized tomato, turmeric
  • Blend it well with hand blender
  • Add 2 spoons ghee to a pot, saute sliced onions and one g.chilli
  • Add cinnamon stick, pepper, saunf if you like..in above saute
  • Once onions are tender add the veggie you like, add one cup water, half spoon salt
  • Cook few mins and then add the dhaal water
  • Cook few mins, turn off with pepper powder and cilantro toppings!
  • Veggies Options - Beets or Cauliflower or Okra - one of these!