Written by KamalaUpdated on September 20, 2011in Soups
Ingredients
Carrot – 2 Nos
Onion – ½
Green Chilli – 1
Fresh ginger – a small piece
Mint leaves – few
Salt, Pepper powder as per taste
Directions
Chop onion. Remove the skin from carrot and cut it into small pieces.
Slit green chilli lengthwise into two, chop ginger and mint leaves. Take a small piece of clean muslin cloth and put the chopped chilli, ginger and mint. Gather the corners of the cloth and tie with a thread and make a bundle.
Put both onion and carrot in a pressure cooker and add enough water to cover them. Place the cloth bundle in the cooker along with carrot. Add a pinch of salt and cook for two whistles. Allow to cool.
Open the lid and remove the cloth bundle. Squeeze the bundle on the cooked carrot, so that all the essence will come out. Put the carrot along with the cooked water in a mixie and grind it to a puree. Strain it. Put it in a vessel and bring to boil. Cook on medium flame till it slightly thickens or to a desired soup consistency.
Pour it in soup bowl and add required salt and pepper powder. Garnish with grated cheese or a dollop of cream. Or with simple bread croutons.
Note: If you like, you can fry the onion and carrot in a teaspoon of butter and then cook,
When you bundle the spices, the flavour is mild and perfect for a soup. If you add straight, you will get strong masala smell and more spicy. If you like that taste, you can add it directly.
Soup looks vibrant and colorful. Looks healthy.
Hi Divya Vikram,
Thank you for your comments. It tastes good and perfect for a winter evening.
Tried this out today…It was very good. Simple and healthy. Thanks for this recipe.
Thank you Shoba.
will try this. can you pls explain why are we using this cloth bundle. cnat we just put inside.
Hi Nirmala,
When you bundle the spices, the flavour is mild and perfect for a soup. If you add straight, you will get strong masala smell and more spicy. If you like that taste, you can add it directly.
really nice and vitamin enriched soup
Mam pls can u suggest some soups that wrote can for summer season also.
Mam pls can u suggest some soups that we can for summer season also.
Hi Prabhavathy,
I have already posted some cold soups. Please try that.
Hai ur recipes its very useful.great
Thank you.