Rasams- the tongue ticklers !

Chitvish · Nov 17, 2010

Fruit & Vegetables Soup - a real filler!!

Toamato – 1 big,blanched & chopped

A medium beetroot - boiled, peeled & chopped

A medium apple - peeled & chopped

Chopped onions - 1 tbsp

Chopped garlic - 1 tsp

Wheat flour - 1-2 tsp

Water - 2-3 cups

Grated cheese - 2-3 tbsp

Salt, pepper

Oil - 2 tsp

Heat oil & saute onions & then garlic.

Add wheat flour & fry a little.

Add tomatoes, apples & beetroot.

Saute a little & add 2 cups of water.

Boil till tender.

Remove from stove, cool & blend.

Add water to get desired consistency.

Serve hot, topped with cheese, after adding salt & pepper.

Chitvish · Nov 29, 2010

Vegetable Soup - simple,but tasty!!

Potato - 1 medium, chopped

Turnip - 1 medium, chopped

Cabbage, chopped - 1 cup

Onion - 1 medium, chopped

Leek - 1 head

Bay leaf - 1

Cloves - 2

Milk - ½ cup

Grated cheese - 2 tbsp

Salt, pepper

Pressurise all vegetables & spices with 1 cup of water.

Remove spices & liquidize.

Simmer with salt & pepper.

Add milk. Serve hot.

Chitvish · Dec 11, 2010

Garlic-cauliflower Soup - a hearty ‘diet-soup’!

This soup uses skimmed milk & oats for thickening!!

Olive oil - 1 tsp

Minced garlic - 1 tbsp

Grated gobi - 1 cp

Small flowerettes - few, steamed, for topping

Milk - 1 cup

oats - 2 tbsp

Salt, pepper

Heat olive oil & add garlic.

when aroma comes add grated gobi, 1 cup of water & cook till soft.

Mix oats in milk, add & simmer till cooked.

Serve hot, adding salt & pepper.

Chitvish · Dec 22, 2010

Carrot Shorba - a thick, spicy soup.

There is no cheese or milk. Coconut & green chillies are used.

Heat I tsp oil & add in the given order, sauting each before adding the next ingredient:

Garlic - 2-3 pieces

Chopped onions - 3 tbsp

Grated carrot - 1 cup

Chopped tomatoes - ½ cup

Freshly grated coconut - 2 tbsp

Whole green chillies - 2

Water - 2 cups

Salt.

Close the pan & cook for one whistle or till carrots become soft.

Cool, blend, add cream (optional) & serve with pepper powder. Removing or blending with chillies depends on, how spicy you like the soup.

Chitvish · Jan 3, 2011

Greens Soup with Floating balls – makes a complete meal!

Boil, peel & grate 2 medium potatoes.

Mix the above with;

Almond slivers - 1 tbsp

Salt, pepper, chilli flakes

Make 2 sets of balls with above – half small sized, to dip in soup, the other half, slightly bigger, to serve as balls accompanying the soup.

Deep fry & keep aside.

In a saucepan, heat 2 tbsp butter &

Saute I onion, chopped.

Remove & add 2 tbsp cornflour with I cup of milk, salt, pepper & sugar.

Cook stirring to avoid lumps.

Boil water with a tiny pinch of soda + salt.

Drop cleaned & drained palak leaves coarsely chopped & switch off.

Drain after a minute & refresh in cold water.

Add the strained refreshed leaves to the sauce & add 1 tbsp grated cheese.

Liquidise everything together, adding water to get the desired consistency.

Serve topped with almond slivers – dip the small balls.

Serve the big balls with soup as accompaniment.

Chitvish · Jan 31, 2011

Popcorn Soup - because we all love popcorn!!

Saute in a saucepan in 2 tsp butter /olive oil:

Chooped onions - 2 tbsp

Corn kernels - ¾ cup

Finally add 1 tbsp oats.

Next add 1 cup each of water & milk.

Cook till the corn is soft.

Remove & liquidize.

Ad salt & pepper.

Serve hot adding popcorn, 3-4 tbsp or according to preference.

Chitvish · Feb 8, 2011

Palak-Potato Soup with Cornflakes - crunchy, yes!

Potato - 1, medium, diced with skin & boiled

Chopped palak - 2 cups, blanched

Liquidise the above two.

In a saucepan, heat;

butter - 2 tsp&

sauté:

Chopped onions - 1 tbsp

American corn kernels - 2- tbsp

Any fresh sprout - 2-3 tbsp

Mix well & cook lightly.

Add the palak-potato paste with just enough water & boil.

Add pepper,salt & oregano.

Finally add milk & top with cornflakes just before serving.

Chitvish · Apr 16, 2011

Stirfry – Vegetable Tomato Soup - almost a meal.

Blanche & liquidize 3 medium tomatoes.

Liquidise, strain, add little water, sugar, salt & keep simmering.

In a pan, heat

Olive oil - 1 tbsp

Saute

Finely chopped garlic - 1 tsp

2 cm squares of onion, broccoli, cauliflower, green & colour peppers, baby corn - each 2 tbsp

Soup seasoning - 1 tsp (optional)

Pepper powder, salt & aji no moto (optional)

Saute on a high flame for a few mtes.

Add to the simmering soup & serve immediately.

Chitvish · Apr 29, 2011

Creamy Celery Soup - less common??



Celery roots, cut to 1cm pieces - 1 cup

Red pumpkin, peeled & cubed - ½ cup

Carrots, cut into cubes - ½ cup

Soup seasoning (optional) - 1 tsp

Cook the above ingredients with 2 cups of water, till soft.

Cool & liquidise.

Add enough milk to get the desired consistency; add salt & pepper.

Heat & serve, garnished with chopped celery-1 tbsp,sauted lightly in ½ tsp butter.

Chitvish · May 10, 2011

No-Dhal Rasam - comes in very handy!!

Tamarind paste+ tomato - as per taste (optionally omit tamarind also)

Salt

Fry in 2 drops of ghee & powder:

Red chillies - 2

Pepper - ½ tsp

Jeera - ½ tsp

Tur dhal - 2 tsp

Hing

Copra powder - 1 tbsp

Add all ingredients together with 500 ml of water & cook for one whistle.

Temper in ghee with 1 tsp mustard seeds & few curry leaves