Mixed Vegetable Soup

Soups are very light if we prepare them with more fresh vegetables. They provide all nutrition to the body with fewer calories. Here is a recipe for a simple mixed vegetable soup.

Ingredients

• Chopped mixed vegetables like carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas and sweet corn – one big bowl full
• Milk – ½ cup
• Garlic cloves chopped – 2 no
• Green chilli chopped – 2 no
• Onion small chopped – 1 no
• Ginger chopped – I table spoon
• Corn flour – 2 table spoon
• Butter – 1 table spoon
• Vegetable stock or water – 6 to 7 cups
• Freshly ground black pepper – 1 tea spoon (adjust as per your taste)
• Coriander leaves – few (for garnishing)
• Salt – as per taste

Method

• Heat a pan with butter, add chopped onion, ginger, green chilli and garlic; stir for 1 minute in low flame (no need to fry like other vegetable seasoning).

• Add all vegetables, stir for 3 to 4 minutes; add water or vegetable stock, cook till vegetables are just done; mix corn flour in milk without lumps, add in the boiling soup; mix well, add salt, keep cooking for few more minutes; lastly add pepper powder and mix.

• Serve hot.

Tips

In vegetable soup corn flour can replaced with oats to thicken the soup.

This post is part of the event “WYF: Light Meal” hosted by Simple Indian Food.