Instant Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

1. Chopped Onions - 1 tbsp.
2. Green Chillies chopped - 2 medium sized .
3. Tomato Paste - 2 tbsp
4. Corn Starch - 1 tbsp.
5. Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp.
6. Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp.
7. Mixed Vegetables (Frozen) - 1 cup. Preferable to use mixed vegetables that has Beans, Corn, Carrot
8. Chopped Spinach - 1 tbsp.
9. Butter - 1 tbsp.
10. Salt to taste.

Method:

1. Microwave the frozen vegetables in a small bowl until they become tender.
2. Heat a saucepan and add butter to it. Once the butter melts, add the chopped onions and saute it until they become soft.
3. Bring the heat to a medium, then add chopped spinach and continue to sautee it.
4. Add tomato paste to the mixture, followed by corn starch powder and mix everything thoroughly.
5. Add water that you used to cook the vegetable in Step1 to this mixture until the consistency becomes semi-solid. Boil this mixture for about 5 minutes - until everything blends or mixes thoroughly.
6. Allow this to cool - so that it is ready to be pureed in a blender.
7. Using a regular blender or hand-blender, puree the mixture completely or depending on your taste, just take a portion of it to puree so that you can have some vegetable chunks to remain in the soup.
8. Add desired amount of water to this puree to make the soup and heat it well. (Do not allow it to boil though).
9. As you heat the soup, add salt, coriander and red-chilly powder to it.
10. You may garnish the soup with either fried bread croutons or potato- chips or just server as is.
11. Serve Hot and Enjoy!!