Potato, Leeks soup

Ingredients: (Serves 2-3 people)

Russet Potato - 2
Leeks - 2
Bay leaves - 2
Dried thyme
Vegetable broth - 2 cups or more
Salt and Pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese: grated - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 1 Tbs
Garlic - 2 cloves
Corn starch - 1 tbs to thicken the soup
Heavy cream - 1/2 cup
Fresh parlsy chopped  - handful

Method :

• Trim the green part of the leeks, use the white part. Clean the leeks with running water. ( you can save the green part to prepare broth).
• Peal the potato skin and chop roughly.
• In a large pot, add vegetable broth, potato, chopped leeks, bay leaves, salt garlic.
• Partially cover the pot and cook for about 15-20 minutes until the potato cooks nicely. Turn off the heat.
• Once it cooled slightly, grind them to make puree.
• Add dried thyme,  pepper and heavy cream and bring it to boil again.
• Check for seasoning taste, adjust if required.
• Just before serving add chopped parsley and serve.

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Potato, Leeks soup

French Onion Soup

Ingredients: (Serving size 2 adults)

Onions - 2 big

Olive Oil - 4 tbs

Bay leaves - 1 whole

Dry Parsley - 2 tbs

Garlic - 2 Cloves, minced

Red Wine - 1/2 cup

Water as needed or broth

Sugar - 1/8 tbs

Salt -11/2 tbs or to taste

Pepper - 2 tbs or to taste

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French Onion Soup

Couscous, Coconut soup

Ingredients:

Couscous - 1 cup

Dry Coconut flakes- 3 tbs

Paneer - cubed 1 cup

Carrot - chopped finely - 1/2 cup

Onions - chopped finely - 1 cup

Green beans - chopped- 1/2 cup

Peas - 1/2 cup

Garlic - 2 cloves minced

Ginger - 1 inch piece - grated

Milk or heavy cream - 1 cup

Water or broth - ~3 cups (Adjust according to your required consistency)

Corn kernels - 1 cup

Butter - 1 Tbs

Salt and Pepper - to taste

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Couscous, Coconut soup

Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients: (Serving size 2 adults)

Cream style sweet corn kernels -  small tin

Onion - 1/2 cup finely chopped

Green onion(Scallions) - 2 spring

Carrots - 1/4 cup Finely chopped

Green beans - 1/4 cup chopped

Cabbage - 1 cup Shredded

Garlic- 2 cloves minced

Ginger - 1 inch piece grated

Butter - 1 tbs

Salt - to taste

Pepper - to taste

Water or Broth

Corn starch

Add any other vegetables of your choice - Finely chopped cauliflower is also very good option.

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Sweet Corn Soup

Carrot and Ginger Soup

I know, i have been posting so many recipes of carrots, believe me i have more recipe of carrots to post. I started giving boiled, pureed carrots to Arushi and she loves it, Just like me!. :)

Ingredients:

Butter 1 Tbs

Carrot 3 - cut into 1 inch disks

2 medium size potato - pealed and cut into chunks

Onion - 1 medium size chopped roughly

Ginger - 1 inch piece grated

1/2 cup of milk

Salt and Pepper

Water

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Carrot and Ginger Soup

Roasted Corn potato soup

Ingredients:

Corn kernels - 2 cups

Potatoes - 3

Celery - 1 stick

Bell Pepper - 1/2 cup chopped

Green beans - 1/2 cup chopped

Any other vegetables if you like, I like to add zucchini and french onion

Milk/ heavy cream - 1 cup

Broth or water - 2 cup

Onion - 1 cup chopped

Cheddar Cheese - 1 cup

Garlic- 4

Salt and Pepper to taste

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Roasted Corn potato soup

Hearty Barley, quinoa soup

Barley is good source of dietary fibre, vitamin A and protein. And low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Read more about barley nutritional facts, selecting the barley and storage here.

Barley is one of our regular diet food. Sometime I use barley replacing rice, sometime make soup with that or make barley dosa and Idli. I ground the barley and make barley cereal for Arushi, she is 6 months now and she likes it.

Ingredient for Barley soup :

Barley - 1 cup
Quinoa - 1/2 cup
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Hearty Barley, quinoa soup

Quinoa Soup

Ingradients: Serving size 4

Quinoa - 1/2 cup

Garlic - 2-3 cloves chopped

Onion - 1 cup chopped

Celery - 1 stick chopped nicely

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Quinoa Soup