Fibre Rich Homemade Vegetable Sweet Corn Soup

Few days back had a box of sweet corn piled up in my refrigerator. Planned to make a sweet corn soup. But, as iam always experimental towards food i wanted to make a sweetcorn soup little different and thus this soup formed up. Its a wholesome meal. Pardon if you are looking for a typical restaurant sweet corn soup :)

Soup for 4 people

Ingredients:
Sweet corn kernels - 150gms
Carrot - 1/2
French beans - 2
Onion - 1
Garlic pods - 4
Ginger - 1inch
Olive oil - 1tbs
Butter - 1tbs
Green chilly - 1
Oregano leaves dry/fresh - 1tbs
Amchoor -1/2tps
Salt - 1 1/2tbs
Sugar - 1/2tbs
Water - 6cups
White pepper powder as per taste

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Finely chop carrot,french beans,ginger,garlic,onions,chilly.
2. In a heavy bottom pan add 1/2 tbs olive oil saute half part of onions that are chopped.
3. Add 50gms of sweet corn kernels,carrots,french beans,chilly, ginger,garlic (If you prefer garlic to be seen in soup hold some chops)
4. Add 3 cups of water and close the pan with lid. Let it boil for 20mins.
5. Once the vegetables are done drain the water in separate bowl and let the veggies cool.
6. Once they cool grind them to paste or coarsely.
7. In the same pan add butter and rest of olive oil.
8. Add the rest of garlic and onions. Saute for 10secs.
9. Add the 100gms corn kernels, salt, sugar, amchoor powder.
10. Mix well and add the drained vegetable stock made before.
11. Add the remaining water and bring to boil.
12. Boil till the corns turn soft.
13. Add the ground mixture and mix quickly before they form lumps.
14. Add oregano and white pepper powder.
15. Bring them to boil and stir well.

Serve a bowl along with tomato sauce, vinegar chillies, dark soya sauce, crisp bread sticks.

Vegetable Semiya Upma

One of the basic Upma apart from the usual rawa/sooji upma. Seen from childhood my mom making it!!
Thought to share the same with everyone.

Ingredients:
Semiya/Sevaiyan/Vermidelli - 100gms
Carrot - 1
French Beans - 4
Toamto - 2
Onions - 2
Green peas -10gms optional
Potato - 1 big
Curry leaves - 2 arc
Green chilly -2
Ginger - 1inch
Green coriander leaves - 4arc
Asafatida - 1tps
Mustard - 1tbs
Channa dal/Kadala parupu - 1tbs
Turmeric powder - 1/2tbs
Water - 4
Oil - 3tbs
Salt to taste

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Wash and finely chop the vegetables.
2. In a pan add oil temper mustard seeds,channa dal, curry leaves,asafatida.
3. After tempering add ginger and green chilly.
4. Saute for 10secs and add onions.
5. Saute till onions turn transparent.
6. Add tomatoes and other vegetables.
7. Add turmeric and 2 cups of water and boil vegetables.
8. Once the vegetables turn soft add salt and the Semiya.
9. Mix well and add rest water.
10. Stir occasionally. Do not smash the Semiya.
11. If needed add 1tbs of oil for getting glaze on top.
12. Upma is ready to serve as soon as the water evaporates.
Garnish with green coriander leaves. Serve with tomato sauce, mint chutney, curd.

Alternate method: You can par boil the veggies before or steam them to cut short time and water.

Wishing everyone a colourful and joyous holi!!!
Wishing all Women Folks HAPPY WOMENS DAY!! Your actions,aspirations,joy makes the world!!
Keep Smiling and make the people around you smiling bcoz it really changes the moments of life :)

Brocolli Soup With a Twist

Brocolli one of the cosliest but yet worth having once a while. Having it in a soup form is the better way to eat it. One bowl of this soup fills up the stomach for the night. TRY IT :)

Method to make 6cups

Ingredients:
Brocolli - 200gms
Carrot - 1
Green Peas - 10gms
Potato - 1/2
Celery - 2 strangs (You can use coriander leaves too)
Onion - 1/2
Green chilly -1
Ginger - 1/2inch
Garlic - 2pods (depends on how much you prefer)
Yellow salted /Unsalted butter - 1tbs
White pepper powder - 2tbs
Salt to taste
Amchoor powder - 1/4tbs
Cornflour powder - 1/2tbs if needed to thicken the soup
Water - 1 ltr
Milk - 1/4cup
Sugar -1tsp

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Finely chop onions, garlic, ginger,Brocolli (Keep few florets for final touch) remember to cut the thick part of it and chop the florets, carrots (keep a tbs for final touch), green chilly, celery,potato peeled and chopped.
2. In a pan add the onions, garlic , ginger, brocolli finely chopped, carrots, green chilly, potato,celery.
3. Add 2cups of water and bring them to boil.
4. Once the colour of the water turns light pale turn off the heat and drain the stock.
5. Keep aside the stock. In a blender run the veggies with 1/4 water.
6. Its better that you dont drain again the mixture.
7. In a pan add butter remaining brocolli, carrots and saute for few mins.
8. Now add the blended mixture and the stock water.
9. Add remaining water of how much ever you need and bring it to boil. Add salt, amchoor powder and sugar.
10. Remember to keep stirring the soup.
11. Add 1/4 of boiled milk.
12. Bring it to boil till it thickens.
13. If required mix cornflour and water and pour it in soup. This makes the soup thick.

Serve hot with white pepper powder. If required tomato sauce. Add a tbs of fresh cream if required. Garnish with Celery leaves