Vegetable soup

Ingredients

Carrots, diced	2 medium
Potato, diced	1 medium
Bottle gourd (lauki/doodhi), diced	100 grams
Tomatoes, quartered	4 medium
Oil	1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds	1/2 teaspoon
Black peppercorns	7-8
Onion , sliced	1 medium
Salt	to taste
Sugar	1/2 teaspoon

Method


Heat one tablespoon oil in a pan.Add cumin seeds and black peppercorns. When the cumin seeds begin to change colour add onion and sauté for two minutes.

Add carrots, potato, bottle gourd and stir. Add salt and mix.

Add two cups of water, cover and cook till nearly done.

Add tomatoes and continue to cook, covered, till all the vegetables are completely cooked.

Strain and reserve the liquid. Cool the vegetables and then puree in a blender.

Transfer into a deep pan, add the reserved liquid and adjust consistency. It should be quite thick.

Bring the soup to a boil. Adjust salt, add sugar and stir.

Serve hot.

Sour Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

1 cup Vegetable -julienne cut (Carrot,Green beans,corn kernels,Cabbage)

1" piece Ginger (Grated)

2 cups Vegetable stock(or water)

1 tbsp Corn flour

1 tbsp tomato sauce

11/2 tbsp dark Soy sauce

11/2 tbsp Hot sauce

11/2 tbsp distilled vinegar

1 tbsp oil

Salt and pepper to taste.

Method:

Heat oil in a sauce pan and add corn, julienne beans and carrot , ginger and saute.
Now add the tomato sauce,salt,soy sauce,hot sauce and saute for a minute.
Now add the vegetable stock and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Mix the cornflour with water to for make a thick paste and add it to the soup.
Add vinegar and cabbage and let it cook for another minute.(cabbage is added at the end to maintain its crispness)
Garnish with spring onion and serve immediately.

Carrot Soup

Ingredient

3 Cups Carrots (peeled and sliced)

5 tbsp Milk

2 Tomatoes

2 tsp Butter

½ tsp Garam Masala

2 tsp Garlic (peeled)

A pinch Black Pepper Powder

Salt to taste

Method



Keep the carrots for cooking until their raw smell goes.

Boil tomatoes in the water to remove the skin. Remove the seeds also.

Blend together the tomatoes, carrots and garlic.

Melt the butter in a heavy based vessel and add the above mixture.

Allow it to cook for few minutes.

Now add milk and again cook the mixture for sometime.

Remove from the flame. Add a pinch of pepper powder, salt and garam masala to the soup.

Carrot soup is ready to savor. Serve hot.