A quick 10 minute soup to fill your hunger pangs. The simple flavours of this soup makes it a lovely one to have even during summers (but with different seasonal veggies).The one below is great for warming your winters.
Ingredients
- Beans:½ cup (finely chopped)
- Carrot:½ cup (finely chopped)
- Cabbage:½ cup (finely chopped)
- Sweet Corn:¼ cup (pre-boiled). If you do not have pre-boiled, throw in some directly into the soup
- Green onions:2 pieces - finely chopped (keep some for garnishing)
- Garlic:3-4 pods finely chopped
- Lemon juice:2 lemons
- Hot Water:2 -3 cups
- Rock salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste (we prefer lots of it)
FOR GARNISHING
- Garlic – 7-8 pods. Slice thinly and stir fry in little cold pressed oil till they are brown and leave aroma
- Coriander – lots of it (1/2 to 1 cupfinely chopped)
- Chopped green onions
- Roasted peanuts or roasted amaranth (optional)
Method
- Salt the onions and garlic in a bowl and leave for a while (This ways you do not need oil to fry them).
- Warm up a pan.
- Put in the onion and garlic.
- Stir till brown.
- Add other vegetables (keep boiled corn for last).
- Stir for some more time.
- Add half of the coriander.
- Don’t over cook – as veggies need to be crunchy.
- Add in water and give one boil.
- Add in salt and pepper.
- Add lemon juice at the end (taste the broth to balance).
- Switch off the gas – as you don’t want to overcook the veggies.
- Serve in soup ceramic bowls (yeah your best-looking ones!).
- Garnish with sautéed garlic, more coriander and chopped green onions and roasted peanuts (optional)
- Taste-test for lemon flavor and balance of salt.
Slurp up!!
Wellcure Tip: You could choose to add rice glass noodles to the soup. Simply put the rice glass noodles in hot water for 2 minutes, drain and add!
Eating guide
- Food group: vegetables
- Veggies, are loaded with enzymes and high water content.
- They aid in digestion and act as a daily dose of vitamins and minerals.
- Steaming or light cooking the veggies ensure you are able to retain the enzymes and the nourishment - making it easier for the body to complete its nutritional profile intake.
- You can have lemon coriander soup when you have a craving for something hot to sip on a winter evening.
- Could be clubbed with a salad of choice.
Image courtesy for title pic: www.yourvegrecipe.com