Creamy Mushroom Soup

Its really easy to make this delicious, comforting, rich and creamy mushroom soup. It requires very few ingredients, takes less time to prepare and everyone in your family will love this soup.

Ingredients:

1 cup sliced mushrooms.

1 medium onion finely chopped

2/3 cloves of garlic finely chopped

4 cups chicken / vegetable broth

1 cup whole milk 

1 tbsp plain flour (maida)

2 tbsp butter

salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Melt butter in a pan. add garlic and onions and saute for 2 mins. Then add mushrooms and saute for another min.

Now add plain flour and saute for few seconds, add broth and bring to a boil, now simmer and cook on very low heat for 10 to 15 min.

Add milk and mix well. season with pepper and salt, and simmer for another 3 to 4 mins on low heat.

Now remove from heat, let it cool a little then blend until smooth. garnish with fresh coriander and serve.

Enjoy!

Roasted bell pepper and rice soup

This yummy and creamy soup tastes delicious, is healthy has low calories and kids enjoy this soup a lot. It is very easy to make and with rice in it makes this soup a complete meal.

Ingredients:

1 yellow bell pepper

1 red bell pepper

1 orange bell pepper

1 cup cooked rice

6-8 shallots

2 garlic cloves

2 cups chicken or vegetable stock

½ cup milk

½ cup mix cheese

½ tsp chili powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tbsp butter

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp sugar

Salt to taste

Method:

Preheat oven at 400⁰ F

Cut bell pepper in half and remove the seeds. Place them in a baking dish (skin side up) also add garlic and shallots to the baking dish and roast for 20 to 25 min.

Once the peppers, shallots and garlic are roasted place the peppers in plastic bag or a container and cover it tightly which will help to remove the skin easily.

Now blend together peppers, shallots, garlic and rice to a smooth paste. Add little water if required.

Heat oil and add cumin powder, pepper puree and chicken stock and mix well. Then add chili powder salt, butter and bring to boil. Now lower the heat and add milk, Simmer for 2 min.

Serve hot, topped with mix cheese.

Enjoy!

Tomato saar

Spicy and tangy tomato saar is a typical maharashtrian soup. It’s almost like a regular soup which is tempered with some spices and green chilies. Tastes delicious with rice.

Ingredients   

4 tomatoes

1 onion

2-3 garlic pods

2 green chilies

1 tbsp ghee

1 tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp asafetida

1 ½ tbsp sugar

2 ½ cups water

4-5 curry leaves

Salt to taste

Method:

Cut tomatoes and onions in halves. Pressure cook tomatoes, onion and garlic to 2 whistles or till pressure is released 2 times.

Let it cool completely, then peel tomatoes and blend together with onion and garlic to a fine paste.

Pour this paste in a pot and add water, salt and sugar and bring to a boil

Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds and let them crackle, then add asafetida, green chilies and curry leaves. Pour tempering on the boiling saar and cover the lid immediately. Simmer for few mins and serve hot with rice or simply as a soup.

Enjoy!

Broccoli and Cheese Soup

This comforting soup is very healthy and simple to make. Broccoli is high in vitamin C as well a good dietary fiber.  Kids will love this soup because of its creamy texture and mild taste.

Ingredients:

1 Tsp of melted butter or olive oil

4 Cups of broccoli

2 Cups of water

½ Cup of milk

2 Tsp of heavy cream

½ Cup of shredded cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Bring water to boil and add broccoli. Cook broccoli till soft. Drain the broccoli and keep the water to mix later in soup. Blend the broccoli to a smooth paste and keep aside.

In a pan, add oil/butter and sauté the broccoli paste and add water (used previously to boil broccoli) and bring to boil. Now add milk, cream, cheese and simmer for 3-5 mins. Add salt, pepper and mix well. Serve with little grated cheese on top.

Enjoy!