Vegetable soup

Update (04/07/4014): I just came across the Soups with SS event being hosted by Sonal and Shruti through the delicious soupe au pistou post of Angie. I wanted to share the only soup recipe that I have posted on my blog to-date. It is a simple vegetable soup.

Today’s recipe is my mother’s recipe for her favourite soup which she makes almost on a weekly basis at home.

Vegetable soup:

Time taken: 40 mins

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• Mysore dhal – ½ cup
• Carrot – ½ cup, chopped
• Cabbage – ½ cup, shredded
• Potato – 1, small and chopped
• Beans –  ¼ cup, chopped
• Leeks – ¼ cup, chopped
• Celery – piece (optional)
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Garlic flakes – a big pinch
• Vegetable cube – 1 (optional)
• Lime juice – 1 tbsp (optional)
• Water – 4 cups

Method:

1. Clean and chop the vegetables and place them in a soup pot/ pan.
2. Add 4 cups of water and cook the soup for about 20 mins.
3. Remove from stove and let the soup cool a little.
4. Transfer half the soup to a blender and blend. Return the blended soup to the soup pot.
5. Add salt and pepper, to taste, and garlic flakes to the soup pot. Mix well. A vegetable cube can also be added, if you like. Cook for few mins and warm up the soup.
6. Just before serving, add some optional lime juice.
7. Serve with toasted bread.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.