Vegetable Soup
Ingredients • Kidney beans – 1/4 cup • Yellow split peas – 1/4 cup • Split mung beans – 1/4 cup • Pearl barley – 1/4 cup • Unsalted butter, or olive oil – 3 tbsp • Yellow asafoetida powder – 3/4 tsp • Carrot, diced – 1 medium • Celery stalk (with leaves), diced – 1 medium • Potato, scrubbed and diced – 1 medium • Turnip, diced – 1/2 medium • Tomato, peeled and diced – 1...
Sweet & Sour Dal Soup with Mixed Vegetables
Ingredients • Mixed dried dal – 2 kg • Litres water – 12 – 15 • Minced fresh ginger – 3 tbsp • Hot green chili, chopped, or to taste – 2 tbsp • Bay leaves – 8 • Turmeric – 2 – 3 tbsp • Ghee or oil – 1 cup • Mixed vegetables like pumpkin, potato etc – 2 – 4kg chopped • Salt – 2 – 3 tbsp • Lemon or lime juice – 1.5 cups • Black mustard seeds – 2...
Lotus Root Soup
Ingredients •2 cup lotus roots* •1 cup lotus seeds* •1 cup chopped Chinese turnip/daikon (cubes) •1 cup chopped carrot (cubes) •½ cup goji berries •¼ cup chopped ginger •5-6 cup water 1 tsp white pepper •2 tsp salt •2 tbsp cilantro leaves Wash lotus roots and seeds* (you can get lotus roots fresh when they are in season in a Chinese grocery store. If not available, you can get lotus roots in an Indian grocery store. Lotus seeds are...
Country Style Anise – scented Cream of Fennel Soup
Ingredients: • Unsalted butter – 4 tbsp • Yellow asafetida powder – 1 tsp • Fennel bulbs, thinly sliced – 4 medium • Red potato, sliced – 1 large • Cold water – 6½ cups • Heavy cream – 1 cup • Salt – 2 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – ½ tsp • Chopped fennel greens – 2 tbsp Preparation: 1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over moderate heat. Sprinkle in the yellow asafetida...
Artichoke Soup – 1
Ingredients •1 Tsp olive oil •1 Tsp butter •½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1 celery stick, chopped •675g/1½ lb artichoke, peeled and chopped •5 C vegetable stock/water •1¼ salt •¼ Tsp ground black pepper •1 C milk Preparation 1.Heat the butter and oil in a saucepan over moderate heat.Addasafetida, celery and cook for 2 minutes. Add the artichokesandstir-fry again for 2-3 minutes. 2.Add the stock or water. Bring to a boil and simmer...
Stuffed bitter gourd soup
Ingredients •1 Chinese bitter gourd (it is 6 times bigger than the Indian bitter gourd) •4 tbsp soy meat •3 tbsp soy sauce •1 ½ tsp egg replacer, mixed with 2 tbsp warm water or 1 tbsp flaxseed meal, mixed with •3 tbsp warm water •1 tsp corn starch •½ tsp Chinese chili paste, optional •1 tsp salt •6 cups water •1 tsp sesame oil Preparation To make the soy meat stuffing, mix soy sauce, corn starch, egg replacer, oil, chili paste...