Soups and Salads

Rich Tomato Soup

Ingredients:


  • Tomato - 4
  • Bay leaf - 1
  • Clove - 3
  • Cardamom - 1
  • Cinnamon - 1" piece
  • Butter - 1 knob
  • Corn flour - 1 sp
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
Method:

Blanch tomatoes. (Boil in water cool it and peel the skin). Bled the tomatoes well in a mixie when cooled.
Boil the tomato paste with the water in which it was cooked. Tie all the spice in a soft thin cloth and drop it in the soup. Add salt and pepper. Also add the corn flour paste and boil. 

Note: To make the soup more rich use a spoon of fresh cream. You can also make it more creative with the cream. Or if you are diet conscious you can also use milk instead.
If the soup is more spicy add a little milk to it which will reduce the heat of pepper. It also take the excess salt.


Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:


  • Carrot - 2 tbsp
  • Beans - 2 tbsp
  • onion - 1 tbsp
  • Butter - 1 knob
  • Sweet corn - 4 tbsp
  • Spring onion - few string
  • Corn flour - 2 sp
  • Milk - 2 tbsp
  • Aginomotto - a pinch
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper powder
Method:

In a pan heat a knob of butter sauté the onion. Add the vegetables and sweet corn and four cups of water. Close the pan with the lid and cook the vegetables. Add the salt, pepper and aginomotto. Mix the corn flour in milk and pour it into the soup and bring it to boil. serve it in the bowl and garnish with spring onion.

Note: You can also add few drops of soy sauce but that will change the color of the soup darker and some may not like the flavor also. So it is better to serve the sauce separately. And also if you want you can omit the onion part of it and directly boil the vegetables. the onion adds a flavor to the soup.


Chick Pea Salad

Ingredients:
  • Chick Peas - 1/2 cup 
  • Potato - 1
  • Onion - 1/2
  • Coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch
  • Green Chillies - 2
  • Lemon - 1/2
  • Salt - to taste
  • Chat masala - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 2 spoons




Method:

Soak channa for 5 hours and pressure cook with salt.
Cut potatoes into small squares and cook with little salt.
Chop coriander and green chillies.
In a bowl toss in all the ingredients and squeeze in lime and serve chilled.




Note: adding little black salt improves the taste and also salad oil instead of vegetable oil will add flavor to the salad.