Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes
Serving : 4 members
Description
10 minute itsy bitsy soup. A soup i learnt as a teenager initially when i started cooking (a married teenager). At moms place i don’t remember being served a soup at all except for the paaya soup (aatukkal soup) served with arusi maavu rotti. The same at my in-laws place to. I prefer watery soups to creamy soups.But my hubby and my kids like creamy soups. So very rarely do i make watery soups at home. Maybe once in 4 times of creamy soups, a watery soup will be prepared.Usually i don’t garnish my soups at home as i serve my soups with a sandwich or a starter which is more than enough. I like the concept of having a hot home style soup before a meal as your food intake gets reduced to a certain level and is great healthy eating option. The nutritional boost of these watery soups will make them your go to food to beat the calorie count.
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mixed vegetables | 2 cups ( carrots , beans , cabbage , capsicum , mushroom , ) - Cut into thin long strips |
| Water | 4 cups |
| Vegetable or chicken stock cubes | 2 ( I used maggi ) |
| Garlic | 2 flakes crushed |
| Onion | 1 sliced |
| Butter | -1 teaspoon , ( optional ) |
| Celery | 1 stalk with stem and leaves |
| Pepper | to taste |
Method
- Pressure cook all the ingredients together except for butter , stock cubes , pepper and garnish items for 3 whistles .
- Add the stock cubes , pepper to taste and butter . Bring to boil . Taste and adjust .
- Do not add salt to the soup as the stock cube contains a lot of salt . Remove the celery stalk .
- Serve hot with any garnish of your choice .
