Vegetable Soup (Italian Style)
Ingredients
1 onion, chopped in half rings
1 tomato, chopped
12-13 flowerettes of cauliflower
1 carrot, finely chopped
Peas-1/2 cup
1/2 cup boiled macaroni
Oil
Salt and black pepper as per taste
1/4 tsp ginger garlic paste
A little cornflour mixed in water
Chilli sauce
Method :
- Take a cooker/covered vessel and put onion rings and ginger garlic paste to
fry.
- Meanwhile blanch all the vegetables in salted boiling water for 3-4 mins.
- When onion is golden brown put half the parboiled vegetables in it, saute
for 2-3 mins, add 3 cups water and then cook this
mixture for 10 mins(covered) or if in cooker, put 3 whistles.
- If you like your soup of thin consistency you can sieve the mixture in the
cooker in a vessel. If you like it thick, blend the
cooker mixture in a mixi for 30 secs.
- Put the blended/sieved mixture in a pan on the fire. Add salt, pepper
- Now add the macaroni and the other half of boiled vegetables to this. Add
little water if required.
- Simmer on low fire for 5 mins, add chilli sauce droplets on top and stir
gently.
- 2 mins before serving add the cornflour in water.
You may like to serve Italian style in shallow plates instead of bowls.
** Note : Italian style soup is thick. You can alter the consistency of your
soup by adding/reducing water content.
