Recipes: 3 vegetarian soups to spice up your winter

Rediff Reader Reshma Aslam shares some appetising vegetarian soup recipes for the season. Don't forget to share yours too!

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These vegetarian recipes are sure to please you all.

Tamatar ka Shorba

Photograph: SirNico/Creative Commons

Ingredients

• 5 large tomatoes (puree)
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• Few curry leaves
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup fresh coriander leaves chopped
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• Salt to taste

Method

• Heat a pan and add a bit of butter. Add ginger garlic paste and fry well.
• Add tomato puree and allow it to boil.
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala and salt. Let it simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Heat a small pan and add the remaining butter.
• When hot, add cumin seeds.
• When they pop, add curry leaves.
• Turn off the gas and add this tadka to the tomato shorba.
• Add chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve hot.

Winter Vegetable Soup

Photograph: Larry/Creative Commons

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cauliflower (floweret)
• 1/2 cup carrots chopped
• 1/4 cup cabbage
• 1/4 cup green peas
• 1 potato
• 1/4 cup French bean
• 1/4 cup broccoli
• 2 tomatoes (chopped)
• 2 small onions
• 6 flakes garlic (chopped)
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• Salt as per taste

Method

• In a vessel and place all the vegetables except garlic. Bring it to a boil.
• When the vegetables become tender, turn off the gas and allow it to cool.
• Blend them well in mixer till it turns into a fine puree.
• Take another pan, heat some butter and add chopped garlic. Heat it till it turns brown.
• Add vegetable puree in it and let it simmer for some time.
• Add a dash of pepper.
• Serve hot.

Cream of Spinach

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Ingredients

• 1 bunch spinach
• 2 small onions (chopped)
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 to 2 bay leaves
• 6 garlic flakes (chopped)
• 1 cup milk
• 3 to 4 cups water
• 1/2 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash and chop the spinach well.
• Heat some oil in a pan.
• Add chopped garlic.
• When the garlic turns slightly golden in colour, add onions and fry well.
• When the onions turn pink in colour, add bay leaves and salt.
• Add chopped spinach, water and cook it for about 5 minutes.
• Turn off the gas and keep the spinach aside to cool.
• Remove the bay leaves.
• Blend the spinach in a mixer to make it into a puree.
• In a thick bottom pan, heat the spinach puree.
• When it starts to bubble, add pepper powder and cook for a minute.
• Add milk and simmer for around five minutes.
• Serve hot.

Note: All images used for representation purposes only.

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