Nothing fancy was the idea, rather to create something from the locally available supermarket would best save the time. All that boring soup can be elevated to an interesting dish with few magic tricks. check out the magic.
Showing posts with label Soups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soups. Show all posts
Friday, February 23, 2018
German style soup with little Indian twist
Nothing fancy was the idea, rather to create something from the locally available supermarket would best save the time. All that boring soup can be elevated to an interesting dish with few magic tricks. check out the magic.
Labels:
Soup Salad Drinks,
Soups
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Monday, October 28, 2013
Suppengrün suppe Rezept(Karroten, Lauch, Sellerie, Petersilie) Soup Recipe
Supermarkets in Germany often sells Suppengrun in their vegetable counter. I was quite fascinated with this combo whenever i strolled through the market. Last day i bought this combo to prepare the soup. I would like to tell you all that my soup turned out superb and super delicious. Here's the recipe of this tasty and highly nutritious soup :
Serves- 4
Preparation time- 10 minutes
Cooking time- 20 minutes
Total time- 30 minutes
Ingredients:
Serves- 4
Preparation time- 10 minutes
Cooking time- 20 minutes
Total time- 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Carrot- 2, chopped
- Leek- sliced
- Celery- chopped
- Potato- 2, large, peeled and chopped
- Butter- 1 Tbsp
- Salt as per taste
- Pepper- 2 Tsp
- Petersilie/ Parsley
- Cream/ Sahne
Direction:
- Heat butter in the boiling pot.
- Add all the vegetables except parsley. Season with salt.
- Saute until they are half cooked.
- Add 500ml of water. cover and let it boil for 15 minutes until everything is done.
- Once it is done turn off the heat. Mash the vegetables with the help of blender or once it cools you can grind them in the mixer grinder.
- turn on the heat once again, add the cream and mix well once again. Finally turn off the heat. Sprinkle freshly crushed pepper.
- Sprinkle the chopped parsley and serve.
Serve hot with Baguette or any bread of your choice.
Enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Happy cooking.
By- Sushmita Pandit
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Dal and Vegetable Soup(Lentil and vegetable soup)
Dal and Vegetable Soup(Lentil and vegetable soup)
Dal soup is an excellent appetizer. Dal or lentil are rich source of protein. These are said to be beneficial for women specially lactating mothers and young females. There are variety of Lentils available in the market. For this soup i chose arhar dal(Tur dal)(split pigeon peas) and masoor Dal. They help in making thick soup. Apart from lentils i have added carrot and tomatoes. Carrot is another power source of carbohydrates and vitamin. So all together this is highly nutritious, tasty soup and easy in preparation.
Serves: 4 people
Preparation:5 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Level of difficulty- easy
Ingredients:
Serves: 4 people
Preparation:5 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Level of difficulty- easy
Ingredients:
- Arhar dal- 100gms
- Masoor dal- 100gms
- Carrot- 2
- Tomato- 5 large size
- Onion- 1 small size
- Garlic cloves- 5 to 6 large cloves
- Green Chili- Depending on taste
- Salt as per taste
- Pepper powder or Freshly crushed pepper
- Corn flour- 1 Tbsp
- Butter- 1 Tbsp
- Lemon juice- 1 Tbsp
Preparation:
- In a pressure cooker pan or in a boiling pot bring together everything except corn flour and butter.
- Add in 800ml of water and let it boil for 20 minutes in boiling pot and in pressure cooker wait for 4 whistle.
- After everything gets boiled let it cool for 5 minutes.
- Pour everything in a blender and blend into a fine paste.
- Heat 1tbsp of butter in a pan and fry the corn flour until its colour turns slight yellow.
- Add the pureed soup. Adjust the thickness of the soup by adding water.
Your soup is absolutely ready to be served. Sprinkle lemon juice and serve it hot with Bread crumbs.
Enjoy and Happy cooking :-)
By Sushmita Pandit.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Mango Lassi
Waiting for Summer, No worries its almost approaching. You might have several plans to quench your thirst. Well, i had planned for having Mango Lassi , since summer is the season of fresh ripen mango, it would be an amazing Beverage to overcome high temperature. In India summer is the time when the Mango trees are all cladded with mouth watering mangoes. So people have found out several ways to Kill heat using Mangoes. they simply BBQ the raw mango and then make a hot drink with it which to ,much of our surprise keeps the body hydrated and cool. In my next post i will share with you the raw mango drink.
Well Mango lassi is quite easy in preparation and it also helps in digestion. Here's my Recipe of Mango Lassi. Hope u like it.
Serves: 4
Preparation Time :10-15 Minutes
Ingredients:
Well Mango lassi is quite easy in preparation and it also helps in digestion. Here's my Recipe of Mango Lassi. Hope u like it.
Serves: 4
Preparation Time :10-15 Minutes
Ingredients:
- Mango Pulp- 500 gram
- Yogurt/Curd- 500 gram
- Sugar- As per taste
- Milk(cold)- 200ml
- Dry fruits- For garnishing
Preparation:
- Bring together Milk and yogurt into a jar, Blend it with a blender, or if you don't have a blender you can churn it into a mixer grinder, or in a food processor .
- Once Milk and yogurt are churned well, add the mango pulp and churn again until you achieve a consistent liquid(Lassi).
- At this point of time , taste the Lassi, if you want it to be more sweet add sugar as per required and churn again until sugar gets dissolve in the Lassi.
- Your lassi is almost done, you can refrigerate it if you want it to be cold.
- Once done pour the lassi in a glass.
- Garnish the lassi with some dry fruits and enjoy!!!!
Your Mango Lassi is now ready to be served, Serve it cold...Enjoy
and happy cooking :-)
By -Sushmita pandit
Labels:
Baby Food,
Deserts,
Indian preparation,
Quick within 10 minutes,
Refreshment evening snacks,
Soup Salad Drinks,
Soups,
Sweet Dishes
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Chicken noodle soup, The Classic style
The snow c laded land , constant low temperature ,Kind of relaxed mood and old sad song in the background, What do you prefer to have in this situation. I definitely enjoy hot chicken noodle soup , that do make your senses and belly happy while helping you to carry on your classic way of celebrating cold.
No doubt, Its chicken soup for the soul. I say so because its simple, no complication. Its just chicken , noodles and veggies cooked in a clear soup. Enjoy your cold wintry days with this recipe.
Preparation time :10 mins
Cooking time: 45 mins
Serves- 4
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| The classic chicken Noodle soup |
- Chicken - 500 gms, boiled and chopped, or the leftovers will also do.
- Carrots- 4 chopped
- Onion- 1 chopped
- celery- 4 sticks chopped
- Egg Noodles- 400 gms
- Pepper- freshly crushed
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for cooking
- Vegetable bullion
- Chicken stock - 700 Ml
Preparation:
- If you do not have boiled chicken , boil it by adding the chicken in 1Ltr of water. Add salt while boiling. Strain the chicken stock and reserve it once chicken gets cooked. Let the chicken cool of , then chop it.
- Heat oil in a soup pot.
- Add in the onion , celery, carrot. Saute until they are soft , add salt to this.
- Add the chicken stock or vegetable stock, boil. Add the vegetable bullion or any other bullion cube of your choice.
- Add the egg noodles once the vegetable stock is hot . Cook Noodle until it is la dent...cooked.
- Add in the chopped chicken pieces, season with pepper and simmer for 2 minutes.
Your chicken Noodle soup is ready to be served, serve it hot. Enjoy Winter :-)
By-Sushmita Pandit
Labels:
Chicken recipe,
Chinese,
European cusines,
Main Course(Non-Veg),
Soup Salad Drinks,
Soups,
Starters
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tortellini Salad
There are times when i have little patience to cook a dish that takes a long time. That's when i look for easy to cook, healthy and filling meals.
Today i just opened my cupboard and found a packet of tortellini. That's when i decided of making a quick tortellini salad. Being a tortellini fan i would use it here and there every now and then.
I would also like to share my experience from the time i included salad in my daily diet, i have been benefited a lot health wise . Here's sharing you the healthy recipe, Hope you like it.
Preparation- 10 minutes
Cooking - 8 minutes.
Serves- 4
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| Tortellini Pasta Salad |
Ingredients:
- Carrot- 4 , large in size , Washed peeled and chopped.
- Tomato- 4, Medium in size, cut into cubes.
- Lettuce leaves- Washed , Dried with kitchen towel, and gently tore with hand into small chunks.
- Corn - 1/2 cup boiled and salted.
- Lime juice- 2 Tbsp
- Tofu- 100 gms, cut into cubes
- Tortellini Pasta- 250 gms.
- Pepper cons- Freshly crushed
- Salt as per taste.
- Butter- 1 Tbsp.
- Olive oil
Preparation:
- Boil 1 liters of water, by adding salt to it. Once the water gets boiled, add the tortellini to it and cook it for 8 minutes. After 8 minutes turn off the heat and drain the water. Transfer the tortellini in a large bowl. Add 1 tbsp of butter to it and simply toss it.
- In the same bowl bring together all the other ingredients, mix well by adding lime juice and olive oil.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Your quick and healthy tortellini salad is now ready to be served.
if you want to eat them cold you can cover it and refrigerate it . This way tortellini absorbs all the flavors of lime and pepper and make our salad more mouth watering.
Enjoy and Happy cooking.
By-Sushmita Pandit.
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