Category: Soup

Vegetable Stew Recipe – Vegan gluten free stew with lentils and cauliflower

This vegetable stew recipe with lentils is gluten free, delicious and very easy to make. It has a medley of taste and can be enjoyed as a whole meal.

Vegetable Stew recipe with lentils

Festivals in India are synonymous with food. People enjoy various kinds of food and completely forget to watch what they are eating. This Durga Puja season, I obviously was out enjoying all kinds of street foods of Kolkata that I miss in Bangalore. But now after the pujas are over, it’s time to detox. I am getting to have healthy and light food to compensate for the entire binge eating during the festival. This light vegetable stew recipe has every bit of nutrition and taste to bring me back to the healthy lifestyle. Continue reading Vegetable Stew Recipe – Vegan gluten free stew with lentils and cauliflower

Old fashioned Chicken Stew

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The Old fashioned English chicken stew is the easiest chicken stew recipe you can make. Chicken, potatoes, carrots slow cooked in a buttery milk broth infused with aromatic sage.

There are some days when I want to make simple yet delicious dishes. These old fashioned chicken stew recipes have their own charm – they are easy to cook, just one pot meals with few ingredients but are so yum. You put everything together and forget about it for time. I like making these one pot recipes quite a lot because they are so much less hassle and saves a lot of time later for washing up. Continue reading Old fashioned Chicken Stew

Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

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Do you like sweet potato? No? D you like carrots? No? They are tasteless? What if I tell you they taste yum in the Sweet Potato and Carrot soup. Believe me, it was a yum mild warm soup and totally healthy.
 
Seriously, I never liked sweet potato but I have some in my refrigerator because I give that to my son sometimes. So I thought why not make a soup for myself for my healthy eating month.
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HEALTH BENEFIT
 
Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene, which is also found in carrots 

They are also a very good source of vitamin C, manganese, copper, pantothenic acid, and vitamin B6. 

They provide potassium, dietary fiber, niacin, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and phosphorus.

I am using extra virgin olive oil and no butter

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Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
Recipe Type: Soup
Cuisine: British
Author: Tina Basu
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Serves: 2 bowls
Ingredients
  • Sweet Potato – 1 sliced
  • Carrot – 1 chopped length wise
  • Red Onion – 1 diced
  • Garlic – few cloves minced
  • Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
  • Salt & Pepper – to taste
  • Dried Oregano – 1 teaspoon
  • Dried Basil – 1 teaspoon
  • Dried Sage – 1 teaspoon
  • Vegetable stock – 150 ml
  • Milk – 50ml
Instructions
  1. Heat olive oil in a deep sauce pan
  2. Fry onion and garlic till translucent
  3. Add sweet potato and carrot and stir
  4. Add herbs and seasoning
  5. Add the stock and let it boil
  6. Cover and cook till vegetables are tender
  7. Add milk
  8. Blend and serve warm
Notes
You could add some mushrooms also with the onions – it will add a nice taste and thicken the soup

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Rustic Tomato Soup

It has been raining in Bangalore for like ever and its super awesome weather here. It gets quite chilly sometimes surprisingly at this time of the year God knows what’s in store for December. And I am again down with a running nose and cough – It has become a monthly affair almost.

So what’s better than some hot piping soup in this weather to keep my throat happy? Okay the Knorrs, and Chings and Maggi soups are little mainstream – nothing beats the old fashioned freshly made soups minus the corn flour. I am a big fan of fresh soups whenever I have time.

So here goes a simple recipe of a rustic tomato soup for all the soup lovers. And yeah it’s thick and no the watery kinds.



All that you’ll need

1. Canola oil – 1 table spoon –  you can use Olive/Vegetable oil
2. Tomato – 4 large – diced
3. Garlic – 4 cloves
4. Red onion – 1 large chopped – you can use white onion also
5. Salt & pepper – to taste
6. Sugar – ¼ tspn
7. Basil – I have used dried basil about 1 tspn. If you have fresh basil then nothing like it.
8. All purpose flour – 2 teaspoon
9. Butter – 1 teaspoon
10. Fresh Cream – 1 tspn (totally optional)

Let’s get started

  • Take a large pot, heat oil and fry the onions and crushed garlic
  • Add the diced tomatoes in the pot and mix them well till they are juicy and gooey.
  • Once the tomato is cooked take a hand blender and blend it well. Transfer the mixture in a bowl and set aside.
  • Add some butter and let it melt. Add the flour and fry it in the butter to make the rue. This will give a very nice flavor and will add a good texture to the soup. It will also make it thick. 
  • Add your soup to this rue and mix well so that there are no lumps.
  • Add seasoning and herbs and mix well.
  • Add a little fresh cream on top and serve hot with croutons/ toast or just enjoy it as it is.
And hey you are done before you can think anything else.
Wasn’t that easy? I am sure you’ll enjoy. 

Let me know.