Ingredients- Cauliflower-1 floret
- Two leaves of cabbage
- One small carrot peeled
- One corn cob boiled
- One onion
- Spring onion-1 tiny sprig
- Mint leaves (chopped fine)-1 sprig
- Coriander chopped fine-1 tsp
- Soyasauce-1 tsp.
- One small dry red chilli crushed
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Cornflour-2 tsp
- Butter-1/2 tbsp
- Water of vegetable stock-3 cups
Method- Chop vegetables very fine. Remove kernel of corn.
- Heat butter to melt in a heavy pan.
- Add vegetables and stirfry till tender.
- Add 3 cups water, bring to a boil.
- Make paste of cornflour in 1/4 cup water.
- Add to soup, stirring continuously till it reboils.
- Add soyasauce, chilli, salt, pepper, coriander, mint.
- Stir and simmer till soup thickens.
- Serve hot with chillies in vinegar and garlic sauce.
Ingredients- One cup tender corn kernels
- One carrot finely chopped
- Cabbage chopped -1 tbsp.
- One spring onion finely chopped
- Sugar-1/2 tsp
- Green chilli sauce-1/2 tsp
- Soya sauce-1/2 tsp
- Corn flour-1 tbsp.
- Water-4 cups
Method- Pressure cook fresh corn, till tender.
- Take the corn in a deep pan. Mix the corn flour in 1/2 cup water.
- Add water, salt, sugar, vegetables and chilli sauce.
- Mix well and put to boil. Once boiling, add corn flour paste and stir continuously.
- Keep stirring till the soup is thick and clear.
- Stir in the soya sauce and take off fire.
- Serve steaming hot with garlic rolls and more chilli sauce or chillies in vinegar.
Ingredients:- Small celery sticks thinly sliced- 8
- One onion finely chopped
- Water -3 cups
- Plain flour-1 tbsp.
- Light sour cream- 2 tbsp
- Grated cheese -2 tbsp.
- Chopped fresh coriander -1 tbsp.
- Lemon juice -1 tsp
Method:- Boil the celery and onion in 1/2 cup water in a large saucepan till the onion is soft.
- Blend flour in 1/4 cup water till smooth.
- Stir gradually into the onion mixture.
- When smooth stir in remaining water.
- Stir constantly till the mixture boils and thickens.
- Reduce heat. Simmer covered for 5 minutes.
- Stir in sour cream, cheese, parsley and lemon juice.
- Serve hot with garlic rolls or croutons or just plain toasts.
Ingredients:- Carrots chopped(medium sized)-2
- One small onion( chopped)
- One small potato( chopped)
- Water -2 cups
- Garlic crushed-1 clove
- Orange juice-2 tbsp.
- Curry powder-1/2 tsp.
- Thick tomato puree-1 tbsp
- Skim milk-1 cup
- Spring onion greens( finely chopped)-1 tbsp.
- Butter-1/2 tsp.
- Salt to taste
Method:- Cook vegetables(onion,potato, carrots, garlic) in water. Simmer covered till tender.
- Add orange juice, curry powder, tomato puree and skim milk.
- Blend till smooth.
- Heat butter and stirfry spring onions for two minutes.
- Add blended soup, and heat without bringing to a boil.
- Serve hot with croutons or soup sticks.
Ingredients:- peas boiled - 1 cup
- snow peas (cleaned and whole)- 1/2 cup
- One small onion grated
- One clovette garlic
- One bayleaf
- Pepper corns- 3,4
- Cloves - 2
- Butter - 1 tsp
- Green chilli sauce to taste
- Plain flour - 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water - 2 cups
Method:- Put the shelled, boiled, peas, flour, water in a blender. Blend till smooth.
- Heat butter in a saucepan, add onion and snow peas. Stir fry till tender.
- Add blended peas, salt and allow to boil, stirring continuously.
- Tie the garlic, bay leaf, clove, peppercorns, in a tiny pouch of a piece of muslin.
- Add to the soup and boil for 15 minutes, adding more water if required.
- Add chillisauce as per taste.
- Serve piping hot with warm buns and butter.
Ingredients:- Spinach leaves-8-10 stems
- Tender stalks of the leaves just below cauliflower -4,5
- Coriander leaves-2-3 stems
- Spring onion-1 small sprig
- Celery-1 stalk
- Ginger (peeled and crushed )-1/2"
- Garlic (crushed) -1 clovette
- Cornflour -1 tbsp.
- Dried red chilli( crushed)- 1/4
- Sugar-1/2 tsp.
- Salt to taste
- Soya sauce- 1/2 tsp
- Oil or butter-1/2 tsp
- Water.-2 1/2 cups
Method:
- Clean any fibrous threads from the stems.
- Chop the vegetables into thin slanted slivers.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic.
- Saute for a minute. Add vegetables.
- Stir fry till tender. Add water and bring to a boil.
- Mix cornflour in 1/2 cup cold water.
- Add to soup, stirring continuously till it comes back to a boil.
- Add the chilli, sugar, salt, soya sauce and boil till thickened like cornsoup
- Serve fresh and piping hot.
