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Hi,
I am Radhika. I hope you
enjoyed my Veggie Wrap recipe. Here is another recipe called
Veggie-Rice soup. This really comes in handy when you are too bored
eating rice or rotis and want to try something simple, but still
nutritious and which would be filling also. You can always send me
your feedback to Radhika_Mukund@hotmail.com
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Veggie-Rice Soup
Ingredients
1. Rice - 1 tbsp.
2. Moong Dhal - 1 tbsp.
3. Channa Dhal - 1 tbsp. [You can also use Split Peas if you don't have Channa Dal].
4. Tuvar Dhal - 1tbsp.
5. Sliced Green Chilies - 3.
6. Vegetables:
Carrot[s] - 1 (chopped)
Shredded Cabbage - 1 tbsp.
Chopped Spinach - 1 tbsp.
Frencn Beans - 1 tbsp. (You can use Frozen beans also).
Peas - 1 tbsp. (optional).
Chopped Cilantro or Mint - 1 tsp.
7. Water - 3 cups.
8. Pepper - 1 tsp.
9. Red-Chili powder - 1 tsp.
10. Butter - 2 tsp.
11. Turmeric - a pinch.
12. Asofeatida [Hing] - a pinch.
13. Salt to taste.
14. Bread Croutons - a handful to garnish.[Optional]
Method
- Soak Items 1-4 for about 1/2 hr - 45 mts .
- Take a pressure-cooker add the soaked items, along with the vegetables
and the Green Chilies to it.
- Add 1 cup of water basically this should cover all the ingredients.
- Then add a dab of butter or 2 tsp. of it to the mixture.
- Close the lid and pressure cook the above ingredients and remove it from
the oven after you hear 3 whistles from the pressure-cooker.
- While you are waiting to let the cooker to cool down do the following:
- chop some cilantro, mint if available.
- On another small sauce-pan, just fry some bread croutons in Ghee
and keep it aside.
- After the pressure has been released from the cooker, take a soup ladle
or a big spoon and add the cooked ingredients to a blender. NOTE: This
purely depends on your preference. If you want you can just mash all the
cooked items manually and then continue the process from Step 8 (or) just
take 1 ladle of the cooked items to blend, leaving some of the cooked items
to remain in the soup itself and then continue from Step 8.
- Now place the pressure-cooker [without the lid] on the oven, add the
blended mixture to it.
- Add about 2-3 cups of water (based on how thick or thin you want this
soup to be) to the mixture.
- Except for Item 10, add Items 8 -14.
- Heat it until it becomes very hot (don't let it to overboil).
- Add the chopped mint or cilantro leaves.
Serve it in a cereal bowl or a soup bowl, and top the soup with the fried
bread croutons. Keep some salt, pepper and butter aside so that they can be
added to suit one's taste.
Serve Hot and Enjoy!!.
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