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Soups
Soups
Tomato soup
Ingredients:
Tomato- 3 (big, firm and ripe)
Carrot- 2 (medium sized)
Garlic- 4 flakes
Salt- to taste
Pepper- to taste
Butter- 3 tbsp
Water- for cooking vegetables
Serves-2
Method:
 Clean tomatoes and carrot well.
 Cut carrot into 3 big pieces (after trimming the top and bottom). Peel and wash
garlic flakes.
 Place carrot, tomatoes, butter, water and garlic in a pressure-cooker and cook till
vegetables are well cooked. Apart from vegetables the cooked water is the stock.
 Place the cooked vegetables in the big jar and blend for 1 minute using speed 1.
Now add the hot stock and blend well in speed 1.
 Serve hot immediately with salt and pepper. (Optional: breadcrumbs can be fried
in ghee and added to the soup immediately before serving).
Medicinal value: This is a concentrate of carotenoids and lycopene. Excellent
medicine for a glowing skin and remedy for defective vision, if consumed regularly.
Stock: Liquid basis for soup made by stewing vegetables.
Garlic soup
Ingredients:
Garlic - ½ Cup
Onion- ½ Cup
Vegetable/chicken Stock- 2 Cups (steaming)
Corn flour- 1 tbsp(optional)
Pepper- ½ Tbsp
Cumin- 1 tsp
Salt As Per Taste
Oil- 1 Tbsp(or Butter)
Serves-4
Method:
 Heat oil well in a kadai, add chopped onion and garlic. Fry well till transparent.
 Now place the fried ingredients in big jar add little stock and blend well to make
a smooth paste.
 Dilute corn flour in 2 tbsp of stock water add to the ground paste, add cumin,
pepper, salt and blend at speed 1 for 1-2 minutes in a big jar along with all the
stock.
 Now pour hot soup to bowl, add grated cheese(optional). Serve hot.
Medicinal value: This soup is very effective in curing cold and cough because
of its spices used. It’s a wonderful snack food especially during winter season.
These types of foods when consumed your nose will start to run and the mucus
will begin to clear.