Showing posts with label Soup special. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soup special. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

How to make Cabbage soup?


Ingredients:
• 1 Head cabbage, shredded or chopped
• 16-28 Ounces canned tomatoes, chopped
• 4 Stalks celery
• 6 Carrots, sliced
• 2 Big onions, chopped
• 1/2 Pound green beans, sliced on diagonal
• 2 Green peppers
• Any fresh herb of choice, chopped
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 to 2 Packages lipton onion soup mix, or any dry onion soup mix.

Method:


Place all the vegetables in a big pot and cover it with water, bring it to a boil.
Stir in the soup mix and boil gently for about 10 minutes.
Cover it and decrease the heat and simmer till all the vegetables are soft.
Add the black pepper and chopped herbs to it, saving some for garnish.

How to make Carrot soup?




Ingredients:

• 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.

Monday, July 20, 2009

How can we make Tomotto soup or thakkali soup?


Ingredients:

• 4 Ripe Tomatoes
• Salt to taste
• Pepper
• Mint leaves
• Butter

Method:

Put the tomatoes in boiling water for 2 min.
Then immediately transfer them to ice-cold water.
Peel the skins and cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
Now take water in a pan, boil it and add the chopped tomatoes.
Add mint and salt to the boiling mixture. Boil for about 5-6 minutes.
Cool and blend the tomatoes with the help of a mixer.
Sieve the blended mixture to discard the seeds.
Garnish it with a dash of butter and serve hot

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Making of Cream Of Chicken Soup


Ingredients:

  • 4 cups milk
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 cups finely chopped, cooked chicken meat
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Method:

  1. Make a white sauce of milk or cream, flour, and oil. Add chicken. Add sugar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder (may use more or less as desired). Mix well and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat.
  2. If soup is not as thick as desired, mix a small amount of cornstarch with a small amount of water and add to soup. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Simple Homemade chicken soup



Ingredients:

  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken
  • 4 carrots, halved
  • 4 stalks celery, halved
  • 1 large onion, halved
  • water to cover
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules (optional)
Method:
  1. Put the chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. Heat and simmer, uncovered, until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often).
  2. Take everything out of the pot. Strain the broth. Pick the meat off of the bones and chop the carrots, celery and onion. Season the broth with salt, pepper and chicken bouillon to taste, if desired. Return the chicken, carrots, celery and onion to the pot, stir together, and serve.